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Fife Property Market Update: February 2023 With the Bank of England raising interest rates and inflation high, what is happening in the Fife property market? What types of properties are selling in Fife? What is happening to house prices in Fife? If you are a Fife homeowner or Fife landlord, read this article to find out what is happening to your property. (Watch/Read/Listen) https://www.fifeprope...

Zoopla UK House Price Index – December 2022 • House price growth ground to a standstill in Q4 2022, dragging the annual rate of house price inflation lower to +6.5% • Most regions registered small price falls in Q4 2022 • Demand has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, in line with 2018 and 10% higher than in 2019 • It’s going to be a slow start to Q1. Early buyers are focusing on flats with a shift...

EP56 THE WEALTH CREATION SHOW: Diary of a Property Investor Part 11 How I lost my first million and the lessons learned. You don’t often get to know how someone failed but when you do you can often learn more from this than their success. In this episode Jim Parker and Richard Cook are going to talk about the steps that led to Jim losing a million and the lessons learned. This is the warts and all...

FIFE PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE – 22ND – 28TH JAN 2023 Weekly round up on what's driving the Fife Property market with Jim Parker. He will be looking at: · Fife Properties recent listings, sales and coming soon. · Weekly stats for new and sold in Fife. · A review of the shows produced and broadcast live this week. · Details of the next Wealth Creation Show episode which air on Mondays @ 12.30pm. (Watc...

FP TV (EP 127) WIN OVER THE MARKET: Five reasons why you're better off selling your Fife home when prices cool How do you feel about the property market right now? It's peak prediction season in the press, with daily claims from experts that house prices are about to fall off a cliff, stagnate or even slowly rise. We know that most of these predictions will be wrong, but which ones? https://www.fi...

The Four Different Types of Landlords – Which One Are You Buy-to-let landlord  – Owns one to three properties and is building a nest egg to fund their retirement or help their children get on the ladder. This type of landlord often has a busy career outside the property sector and is time-poor. Using a letting agent to manage their portfolio means they don’t have to be on call for their tenan...

Fife Baby Boomers and their 22,088 Spare ‘Spare’ Bedrooms Whilst we are around 12 months away from receiving the results of the Scottish 2022 Census, south of the border - as their census was in 2021 - the results are starting to come out. One interesting statistic is the growth of number of spare bedrooms and spare ‘spare’ bedrooms between the 2011 and 2021 Census. Britain has over 8 million hous...

EP55 THE WEALTH CREATION SHOW: Diary of a Property Investor Part 10 How I made my first million and the lessons learned. In this series Jim Parker and Richard Cook are going to take you through the steps by step approach that took Jim from homeless and unemployed in his early 20’s to retiring at 38 years old a millionaire and financially free. This is the warts and all, laid bare story of Jim’s jo...

FIFE PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE – 15TH – 21ST JAN 2023 Weekly round up on what's driving the Fife Property market with Jim Parker. He will be looking at: · Fife Properties recent listings, sales and coming soon. · Weekly stats for new and sold in Fife. · A review of the shows produced and broadcast live this week. · Details of the next Wealth Creation Show episode which airs on Monday 23rd January 202...

“2022 saw the highest proportion of property sales to investors since 2016, with landlords accounting for 12.2% of the sales that year and 19% of the overall UK housing stock. Surprised? Well, it's not so unbelievable when you look at what’s happening. Join Lettings Director Richard Cook along with one of the UK’s most successful Property Investors, Jim Parker (who will more than likely share some...

UK HOUSE PRICE INDEX SCOTLAND INCLUDING FIFE: Nov 2022 Average house prices in Scotland increased by 5.5% (Fife 6.2%) in the year to November 2022, increasing slower than average UK house prices (10.3%) and down from 7.9% (Fife 9.3%) in the year to October 2022. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in Scotland decreased by1.2% between October and November 2022, compared with an...

EP54 THE WEALTH CREATION SHOW: Diary of a Property Investor Part 9 How I made my first million and the lessons learned. In this series Jim Parker and Richard Cook are going to take you through the steps by step approach that took Jim from homeless and unemployed in his early 20’s to retiring at 38 years old a millionaire and financially free. This is the warts and all, laid bare story of Jim’s jou...

FIFE PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE – 8TH – 14TH JAN 2023 Weekly round up on what's driving the Fife Property market with Jim Parker. He will be looking at: · Fife Properties recent listings, sales and coming soon. · Weekly stats for new and sold in Fife. · A review of the shows produced broadcast live this week. · Details of the next Wealth Creation Show episode which airs on Monday 16th January 2023 @ 1...

INTERIOR MOTIVES: Start your 2023 in style with our guide to the latest home decor trends What’s hot and what’s not for home decor in 2023?  Join Jim Parker and guests as they discuss what is new in the world of interiors and home decor trends. (Watch/Read/Listen) https://www.fifeproperties.co.uk/blog/interior-motives-start-your-2023-in-style-with-our-guide-to-the-latest-home-decor-trends/ #F...

EP53 THE WEALTH CREATION SHOW: Diary of a Property Investor Part 8 How I made my first million and the lessons learned. In this series Jim Parker and Richard Cook are going to take you through the steps by step approach that took Jim from homeless and unemployed in his early 20’s to retiring at 38 years old a millionaire and financially free. This is the warts and all, laid bare story of Jim’s jou...

FIFE PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE – 1ST - 7TH JAN 2023 Weekly round up on what's driving the Fife Property market including a look at recent listings, sales and coming soon: Article, Podcast and TV Shows written and produced this week are: FP TV (EP 124) BUY-TO-LET OR PENSIONS: Which Has The Profit, Freedom And Security That’s Right For You? “Being a landlord might still pay better than a pension” - tha...

“Being a landlord might still pay better than a pension” - that was the arresting headline in The Telegraph that caught our attention recently. Pensions have certainly been squeezed, with workplace pension pots shrinking and inflation eating into returns. Meanwhile, buy-to-let is regularly portrayed in the press as no longer viable, despite research from Hamptons revealing that the average rental...

11 Ways to Improve Your Home's Security in Fife The shorter, darker days in January or February can make many of us feel down in the mouth. But there's a certain section of our society that sees winter's long nights as a shameless window of opportunity – burglars! So, with that in mind and with the mantra of 'it's better to be safe than to be sorry', here are some tips from www.police.uk to shore...

Fife Property Market Holding Up Despite Doom and Gloom in the Newspapers Jim Parker and Perrie McIntosh discuss how the Fife property market is performing. (Watch/Read/Listen) https://www.fifeproperties.co.uk/blog/fife-property-market-holding-up-despite-doom-and-gloom-in-the-newspapers/ #fifeproperty #fifeestateagents #2023market #sellyourfifehome #housesalesinfife

The Six Main Reasons Why People Move Home In Fife Are you thinking of moving or improving? Should you stay or should you go? Settling down or moving on up? If the above questions sound familiar to you – you’re not alone and that’s because, according to the statistical website Statista.com , more than 365,000 people in the UK are actively thinking about moving home. But what makes people want to up...

EP52 THE WEALTH CREATION SHOW: Diary of a Property Investor Part 7 How I made my first million and the lessons learned. In this series Jim Parker and Richard Cook are going to take you through the steps by step approach that took Jim from homeless and unemployed in his early 20’s to retiring at 38 years old a millionaire and financially free. This is the warts and all, laid bare story of Jim’s jou...

FIFE PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE – 25th – 31st Dec 2022 Weekly round up on what's driving the Fife Property market including a look at recent listings, sales and coming soon: Article, Podcast and TV Show written and produced this week are: FPTV (EP 123) CHANGING ROOMS: Relaunch Your Fife Home with a Different Look If you took a break from selling in the last year and you're ready to try again, or if yo...

FPTV (EP 123) CHANGING ROOMS: Relaunch Your Fife Home with a Different Look If you took a break from selling in the last year and you're ready to try again, or if your home is still for sale and you'd like to refresh your marketing, this show is for you. We've all said at some point that a change is as good as a rest, and whether it's switching careers or changing a routine, doing things different...

Seven New Year’s Resolutions Homeowners in Fife Can Stick To It’s that time of the year after the most wonderful time of the year. And with 2023 within touching distance, it’s time for those who enjoy making (and usually breaking) New Year resolutions to get busy with their wish lists. Did you know that writing down your resolutions gives you a much better chance of sticking with them? Dr Gail Mat...

We’re not far off from seeing in 2023. Will you aim to get fitter, more intelligent, less stressed or stop/start a habit? We often get contacted in January by local landlords who want to change how they run their rental investments. Below are five of the most common resolutions we see local landlords make. Getting your finances in order – A new year is a great time to review your mortgage rate (no...