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Throughout October we saw a return towards a more “normal” level of market activity following two exceptional years – years when no one could have anticipated or how the housing market would react in response. In the face... Read More

Russell Griffin and Andrew Cadwallader, Directors of Samuel Wood, examine the conflicting forces that are affecting the property market in the run-up to Christmas.   The property market is changing.  This can hardly come as a... Read More

A £1500 cheque donation from county estate agent, Samuel Wood has helped boost funds for Shropshire charity Severn Hospice. Russell Griffin, co-director at Samuel Wood has first-hand experience of the Hospice, as his own father... Read More

This is a question we are asking ourselves as we would beg to differ from the picture the media is offering us at present. Infact, according to the latest stats and facts from Rightmove, the market is actually turning out to be... Read More

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has today announced the point at which Stamp Duty is charged on property sales will increase from £125,000 to £250,000 for home movers with immediate effect. The threshold for first-time buyers will... Read More

Russell Griffin here at Samuel Wood looks at the human side of buying and selling a home. In the days before technology invaded the estate agency industry - flooding it with helpful and not so helpful ‘proptech’ – estate... Read More

Rightmove has recently reported a sixth consecutive price record for July, but the housing platform says the temperature of the housing market is moving from boil to simmer. The average price of property coming to market has risen by 0.4% ... Read More

We may be basking in some of the hottest temperatures on record, but Samuel Wood Co-Director Russell Griffin has been thinking about Christmas in his latest column in the Shropshire Star: Who else is starting to think of all things... Read More

Our Co-director Russell Griffin takes a look at what’s important in a confusing property market: Asked what he thought would define his premiership, Prime Minister Harold McMillan famously replied, “Events, dear boy,... Read More

He’s arguably the UK’s most famous property guru and now he’s set to use his property profile to help inform the public about the estate agency regulatory body while rubbing shoulders with a us here at Samuel Wood. ... Read More