Property experts – apologies to anyone working at the firms I’m highlighting, but you bring it on yourselves. The companies below are considered some of the most reliable property experts in the UK. Making expert predictions is a fool’s game. It’s not that the ...

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Why do experts get it so wrong? Have a look at the graph below, which shows the UK House Price Index between 1954 and the second quarter of 2015. There have been a couple of blips in the market–most markedly ...

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Property trends are predictable The great thing about property is that it moves in very clearly defined cycles. So if you are holding property then it will shoot up, sit stagnant, and then shoot up again. If you are buying, ...

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Southall investment growth kick-started by London mayor A process that began in 2012 is transforming once out-of-favour Southall. sees the local authority, in consultation with local residents and businesses, has, through its ‘Big Conversation’ and ‘Southall Charter’, rewritten the rulebook ...

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Manchester, the second capital of the UK ­Manchester is referred to as the UK’s second capital thanks to its booming economy, and the city is an attractive alternative for young professionals priced out of London. In fact, Manchester has become so attractive, ...

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Expert predictions that were cataclysmically wrong Hands up if you remember the nightmare of the Y2K, Millenium bug. Let me refresh your memory… As the new millennium approached, computer geeks around the world warned that a huge problem existed. They told ...

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Predictions 2015 Last year I also predicted a safe 5% growth so at 8% (Nationwide 7.2% and Halifax 8.5%). I wasn't that far off. In fact, unlike some property experts I’ve been thereabouts every year for the past five years, ...

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