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Three reasons you’re turning into a housezilla

Forget bridezillas, when buying a home you can, without knowing, turn into a buyer from hell. It’s often said that moving home is one of the most stressful things you can do, so it’s understandable that your emotions might be... Read More

Is your garden devaluing your home?

There are many things that you might have thought could be devaluing your property – outdated décor, damp, subsidence, and the removal of period features. Yet one thing you may possibly not have considered is the plants in your garden... Read More

Is your home ready to spring onto the market?

Daffodils are in bloom, the leaves are starting to bud on the trees, and that random hot weather spell has made us believe spring is already upon us. If you’re thinking of selling your home, is it ready for sale? How do you ensure that it... Read More

Reading the Market

Andrew Cadwallader of Samuel Wood reflects on a property market affected by Brexit and uncertainty, but showing some clear signs of resilience. It has been a trying two years since the Brexit referendum. No market likes uncertainty,... Read More

To Brexit and Beyond

  Russell of Samuel Wood ponders the property market in Brexit year, 2019, and explains some home truths amongst many unknowns. There was a time before 1973, the year of the UK’s first big property boom, when houses... Read More

A Friend in the Business

Russell of Samuel Wood takes a look ahead at the 2018 autumn/winter property market in the final months of the pre-Brexit period. Those of us who have been connected to the property market for many years will have seen a number of ups and... Read More

Swings in Roundabouts

  Swings and Roundabouts Andrew Cadwallader of Samuel Wood looks at some of the many positives in the autumn property market. As we look forward to the autumn season in the 2018 property market the naysayers may... Read More

The Art of Negotiation

There is a time in the course of a negotiation when the wheels sometimes come close to falling off. We can see this with Donald Trump pulling out of the Singapore summit with Kim Jong-un. And we can see it with Brexit when the House of Lords... Read More

Bottoms Up

Andrew Cadwallader of Samuel Wood & Co takes a look at what and who is driving the property market this spring. In property there are top-down people and bottom-up people. The top-down people seem to believe that wealthy overseas buyers... Read More

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions Russell Griffin of Samuel Wood & Co looks at how important making the right choice of agent is when planning your next property move. Markets are forever in flux. That is their nature. So our... Read More