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Property price report from Kate Faulkner for March 2022
Mar 16, 2022

The more 2022 continues, the more I think property prices are going to be extremely dependent on the individual supply and demand for that property at the time it comes up for sale. This is tough for the media to get across to buyers/sellers, but it’s essential for agents in particular to do so. Using the average results from the stats we have seen to date rather than an agent’s local knowledge is essential for buyers to listen to. I’m also not a great fan of the automatic valuations often used to drive leads as when the data is like this, it could end up under-pricing some and overpricing others – and we know how badly that ends for everyone! Read my latest property price analysis here.

Radio 4’s Moral Maze asks ‘what is our countryside for?’
Mar 3, 2022

Radio 4's Moral Maze asks 'What is our countryside for?'. I was recently asked to be a witness to support housing in the countryside. To do this, I did quite a lot of research and thought it would be useful to highlight how ridiculous the call is that developers are ‘concreting’ over Britain. My key point is that we have a housing crisis in the UK – but one that is rarely properly defined. The true housing crisis isn’t greedy landlords and developers, who are often blamed, it’s simple - read my article to find out more and listen to Kate Faulkner again.

Property price report from Kate Faulkner - February 2022
Feb 16, 2022

The big question this month is how long can the price growth we are seeing go on for? Eventually, it just has to run out of steam, but so far this year, we are still motoring, mainly due to a lack of stock and keen buyers still happy to pay ‘top dollar’ for the property they want. However, it’s important to note that despite the flurry of articles by the media on how bad this is for first time buyers’ affordability, that property price inflation isn’t the same for all. Read my article to find out more.

Planning reforms in England: Looking back on a busy 2020 and 2021
Feb 9, 2022

It’s safe to say that many predictions made about the start of this decade turned out to be worthless. But it’s also true – as many people have said – that some of the ways that the COVID-19 crisis affected the world accelerated what was already happening rather than reversing their course. We’re going to look back on how that has all played out in the English planning system.

January 2022 - property price report from Kate Faulkner
Jan 19, 2022

How on earth we ended up with property prices up year on year by 6-10% after the crazy growth we saw in 2020, I kind of have no idea – and certainly my predictions of a fall in growth year on year back to around 3% (not in prices) didn’t pan out! However, it’s likely that 2022 will see much more muted growth for several reasons. Read more to find out what's happening to property prices in your area.