I love it when a plan comes together! We bought this charming house in Gospel Oak for £1.35m in 2021 where according to @rightmove03.bsky.social average prices locally have since fallen 4%. Our clients just sold it via Day Morris for £1.88m!

"What sort of properties do you buy Henry?" pryor.co.uk/2026/02/the-...

Prep school boys and fans of Frank Drebin and The Naked Gun may enjoy this post over on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DV_tqKDCMX...

Here's the story we did on @theJeremyVine show yesterday. As I said, tempting to have a pop at the agent but I suspect that this is a Public Liability provision rather than trying to smarten up their image. Regardless, well done Alanah! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Heating oil quote this morning is 140ppl up from 135ppl yesterday. 🛢️

To those who doubt if we need to build more houses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

More tax nonsense from "influencer" Samuel Leeds. "I just sold my castle. On paper, I lost about £3.5m. But here is the part most people will not understand. It is also a tax write-off... the loss can be set-off against profits" No it isn't, and no you can't. Oh dear.

New borrowers.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Private Rented Sector still represents about 20% of all housing & landlords can still put the Stamp Duty against future Capital Gains Tax. What's more all the homes that haven't been bought by investors are now owned by the folk who live in them. www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/c808e4a...

As a graph halfway down the feature illustrates, the changes may have helped to stop the runaway growth of the private rented sector but it's only a little smaller than it was ten years ago

Buying agent don't just find off-market homes & negotiate with estate agents..

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time!” (Credit to @ScarletCinema on X)

War on Chelsea Tractors. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This south London house was launched last summer at £3.8m. Having ignored initial advice, 3 reductions later the sellers have relaunched with their 4th agent at a more sober £2.85m. Over-pricing can kill a sale & a history of price cuts can lead to buyers exploiting your mistake

Private house building activity fell again in January 2026, as expected, in the ONS construction output data this morning. Private housing output in January was 5.6% lower than in December, 10.7% lower than a year ago & 28.7% lower than at the recent peak in 2022. (1/n) #ukhousing #ukconstruction

Changes to mortgage rates are a result of anticipated problems rather than to actual ones. Inflation has not yet risen, base rates have not yet changed but lenders are pricing ahead even though they rarely do so on the way down. Just how close does this come to 'Price gouging'?

Typical 2 year fixed rate mortgage has gone from 3.5% two weeks ago to..

Anyone renewing a fixed mortgage, or looking for a new one - such as first-time buyers - will be affected. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BREAKING: Andrew Milne, the solicitor who has been buying up hundreds of freeholds in Sheffield and then demanding money from homeowners, has been sentenced to a 24 month community order and 300 hours of unpaid work for “grossly offensive and menacing” emails to the court reporter Daniel Cloake.

NiMBY argument of the day - “the "rural idyll" where he once explored the fields and woods would be lost if the development went ahead.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Filled up with heating oil by chance last Friday at 0.58ppl. Today it's at 1.34ppl with some paying 1.42ppl.

Booking Angela Rayner to speak to estate and letting agents proves controversial. Order your popcorn for 12th June! propertyindustryeye.com/propertymark...

Only a few days after Rachel Reeves stood in the Commons to talk about how much the government was saving homeowners on their mortgages, this happens... www.thetimes.com/money/mortga...

Of course it’s not unsellable, just being the price down! bit.ly/4aZEEMM it’s only worth what a willing buyer will pay on the day you want to sell it,

If you haven't seen it already and have 20 minutes I promise you'll be pleased you watched this absolute gem; www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMqU...

Wow! Both ex-housing secretaries Angela Rayner and Michael Gove giving freeholders & Treasury both barrels today to Housing committee on the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. www.youtube.com/live/s_Qonb6...

Meanwhile, while Nick Candy is dodging the drones in Dubai back in London there are some problems with the plumbing www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

It also goes without saying that the OBR's house building forecast, going from the low point of house building in 2026/27 to its highest levels ever just 3 years later, in 2029/30, & then rising even further in 2030/31, is ludicrously overoptimistic, as it was back in November. #SpringStatement

Please Nick, feel free to stay there! #Muppet www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

"Hey Siri, show me the toughest job in estate agency this week."

📻 Just how much can an estate or letting agent exaggerate about a property before it becomes a fib & what can you do it they go too far? Winifred Robinson wants to know after the news on You & Yours at 12.05.

30% of the homes we buy are off-market, not on websites or in estate agents windows.

Spot on in the @FT www.ft.com/content/0989...

Half of all homes marketed don't sell & of those that do 80% achieve less than the guide. So no surprise to hear @richard_donnell say: “We are in a buyer’s market, so some homes having price reductions to attract more demand are a regular occurrence." inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

To all those fizzing about the The Green Party please remember that when it comes to a housing policy they are only a first cousin once removed from Monster Raving Loons! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For the love of God! 🤬 Is there any way to filter out the political navel-gazing from my timeline? I don't give a flying f*ck about the Gorton & Gromitt by-election result, its implications for Andy Burnham or what Chris Mason had for breakfast!

TikTok, YouTube and Facebook are full of rubbish tax influencers, spinning any kind of old codswallop, whether it's for clicks or fees I'm trying to create a "Greatest Hits" list. The worst of the worst I'd love it if people could post examples. I'll start - Samuel Leeds:

According to HMRC the provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in January 2026 was 79,880, 3% lower than January 2025 and 24% lower than December 2025

Hours of fun, thank you Martin.

Get in the queue guys!

The ultimate balanced article. Banning second homes in holiday spots works for some people but not for everyone. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you don't like gardening then I've may have just the place for you.. www.onthemarket.com/details/1708...

I know it's like the 279th most important way this can fuck right off, but anyone who describes themselves as pro-natal without even *glancing* at the housing shortage should be buried up to their neck with their face smeared in raspberry jam

Some people are only just cottoning on to the fact that prices for many homes (especially flats) in the Capital are back where they were in 2013. Factor in inflation and they're even lower!

Anyone up for the World Cup? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Fresh from his 'What's the Monarchy for' series it was good to hear the other Dimbleby's take on Andrews arrest. David much more measured than his little brother yesterday talking to Sarah Montague on World at One.

Just getting this doodle in before someone like Matt does a proper job.

For some reason I have been 'bumped' for some breaking story..

Who's sweating now?

📻 We seem to have been talking about excessive service charges for years. What are they, who pays them, how do they increase & what can you do if you think they're wrong? All questions from Adrian Chiles on @bbc5live.bsky.social after the news at noon.