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Is now the time to move up the property ladder?
December 12, 2016
There has been a drop in Aberdeen house prices of late – making it a buyer’s market. While this is not good news for some, it does mean that those looking to get on the property ladder for the first time, or to move up a rung, may find themselves in a good position.
What will Brexit mean for the housing market?
August 08, 2016
Like many, I expect, I retired to bed on the night of 23rd June expecting to awake to the news, next morning, of a narrow win for “remain”. I was still trying to adjust to the real result when Prime Minister Cameron said he had been through enough and a successor would have to cope with the aftermath. Thereafter, news item after news item continued the assault on our capacity to absorb the frenetic pace of events.
Aberdeen housing market in a difficult local economy
May 06, 2016
I doubt that anyone in our area is unaffected by the downturn in the oil industry. Job losses, a decrease in general activity – noticeable across the City - and hotel occupancy rates down are all signs of the change. Unsurprisingly, the effects are also being felt in our housing market.