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FP TV (EP 117) EVENING VIEWINGS: Wow your buyers with a warm welcome when it's dark and cold After the clocks go back and the nights start earlier, viewings at your home happen in a whole new light. Perrie and Ann-Marie provide a useful guide as to why this can be an advantage when selling your home. (Read 3 min) https://www.fifeproperties.co.uk/blog/evening-viewings-wow-your-buyers-with-a-warm-we...

Autumn Statement 2022 Summary Today's Autumn Statement 2022 and implications for the economy and housing market.  (Watch, Read, Listen) fifeproperties.co.uk/blog/autumn-statement-2022-summary/

Is Now a Good Time to Buy a Fife Home? What if Fife house prices do drop? Then, surely, it’s going to be wise to wait and save lots of money? But what if I told you that for most Fife homebuyers, waiting could end up costing them a lot more money than what they would save on their purchase price! (Read 3 min) https://www.fifeproperties.co.uk/blog/is-now-a-good-time-to-buy-a-fife-home/ #fifepropert...

EP45 THE WEALTH CREATION SHOW: How to Retire Early If I asked you what the age of retirement in the UK is, most people would say an age of 65 and onwards. But why is that?  Because retirement is nothing to do with age, it’s everything to do with money. If you have the money, you can retire anytime you want! Retirement doesn’t mean sitting on the porch day after day watching the world go by, i...

FIFE PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE – 6th – 12th Nov 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: FP TV (EP 116) LETTING UP: Could Rising Inflation Spell Good News For Landlords? Everyone's talking about inflation right now, and usually in negative terms. The curr...

Everyone's talking about inflation right now, and usually in negative terms. The current climate of rising prices is affecting us all, from filling up the car to doing the weekly shop. There’s also plenty of news about tenants and buyers feeling the squeeze, but what about landlords? Join Lettings Director Richard Cook along with one of the UK’s most successful Property Investors, Jim Parker (who...

What will Rishi Sunak as PM mean for Fife house prices? What will Rishi Sunak as PM mean for Fife house prices? Rising interest rates, inflation and the cost-of-living crisis will all affect the value of your Fife home. Yet what exactly should (and shouldn’t) Rishi and his team be doing to protect your biggest asset – your Fife home. Find out what Jim Parker and guests thought as they discussed th...

EP44 THE WEALTH CREATION SHOW: How to Build Confidence Self Confidence can be defined as: A feeling of trust in one's abilities, qualities, and judgement. For some of us it comes easier than others. Sometimes we go the whole of our lives not having that confidence that we so desperately seek that can lead us to the riches we desire. Having a healthy level of self-confidence can help you become mor...

FIFE PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE – 30th Oct – 5th Nov 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: FP TV (EP 115) INTEREST RATE RISES: How to keep your sale or remortgaging plans on track Even though many lenders lowered their mortgage rates after Rishi Sunak b...

FP TV (EP 115) INTEREST RATE RISES: How to keep your sale or remortgaging plans on track Even though many lenders lowered their mortgage rates after Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister, we all face a bumpy road ahead. The media is battling it out to write the scariest headlines of an imminent price crash and soaring interest rates, but there isn’t a newspaper, market analyst or financial expert who...

How will interest rate rises affect you and how high can it go?  Interest rates have risen sharply as the Bank of England continues to use its powers to tackle soaring prices.  The Bank has increased its benchmark rate from 2.25% to 3%.  That is the eighth consecutive increase since December, pushing the rate to its highest level for 14 years.  It also marks the biggest single...

ZOOPLA UK House Price Index Sept 2022 Executive summary Spike in 2 and 5 year fixed mortgage rates hits demand, down a third since mini budget Sales still being agreed at slower rate, from cash buyers and those with cheap loans -pipeline of nearly 293,000 sales in progress No signs of any impact on pricing expected in Q4 Outlook for 2023 depends largely on trajectory for mortgage rates Sustained 6...

EP43 THE WEALTH CREATION SHOW: 10 Tips to Build Wealth So where did it all start and where can you start to build wealth? Not only for you but your family and wider community. It’s easier than you think and really starts with creating good habits and taking advantage of some simple everyday opportunities that you know but just don’t see! Luckily, you don’t need to head back to school to understand...

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: FP TV (EP 114) RENTAL RECOVERY: What Can You Do When Your Tenant Pays The Rent Late Or Leaves With Arrears? Arrears - a dreaded word among landlords and, for anyone with even a mildly British temperament, an often un...

Arrears - a dreaded word among landlords and, for anyone with even a mildly British temperament, an often uncomfortable situation to discuss and resolve. 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 of his secrets) this Saturday morning live on “The Fife property Show”. Tune in at 9.30am and we’l...

FIFE PROPERTY MARKET: Granny Annexes Could the humble ‘granny annexe’ help solve the Fife housing crisis for mature homeowners? With more larger Fife properties coming up for sale in the last few months, yet so few bungalows to buy. Click on the link to read this article and find out why the annexe could be a solution : (Read 3 mins) https://www.fifeproperties.co.uk/blog/fife-property-market-grann...

I know it's been a while, but this week has definitely seen some good news in the mortgage market!!! Since Luz Truss’s resignation the money markets have started to calm a little and number of the lenders that had withdrawn from the market have returned. But even better, over the last couple of days some of the big high street lenders have actually reduced theirs rates slightly for the first time...

EP42 THE WEALTH CREATION SHOW: Importance of Delayed Gratification In the age of one click purchases and easily available credit, instant gratification is seen as the norm. We live in a microwave society “Ping” and the reward is there almost instantaneously with no afterthought on how we will pay for it. Combined with the always-on world of smartphones, which reinforces that you have to get what y...

FIFE PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE – 16th – 22nd Oct 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: FP TV (EP 113) CHANGING ESTATE AGENTS: Could a fresh start be the key to getting your home sold? Perhaps things went well at first, but viewings are now thin on the...

FP TV (EP 113) CHANGING ESTATE AGENTS: Could a fresh start be the key to getting your home sold? Perhaps things went well at first, but viewings are now thin on the ground. Maybe you sense your agent’s initial enthusiasm has begun to cool. https://www.fifeproperties.co.uk/blog/changing-estate-agents-could-a-fresh-start-be-the-key-to-getting-your-home-sold/ #fifeestateagent #fifeproperty #changinga...

Simple Safe Steps to Protect Your Home from Burglars The nights are drawing in, and the days are getting ever shorter. So, what’s on your mind as we head further into autumn? Are you planning for Christmas? Trying to keep your energy bills as low as possible? Or do you welcome the shorter days as a chance to get nice and cosy in front of the telly? But how many of us use this time of year to revie...

FIFE LANDLORDS: Will Fife buy-to-let continue to be profitable in the next few years? Fife buy-to-let landlords are facing some challenges with rising interest rates, new legislation and Fife tenants in arrears. Is this the end of the buy-to-let dream in Fife? Far from it. (Watch/Read/Listen) https://www.fifeproperties.co.uk/blog/fife-landlords-will-fife-buy-to-let-continue-to-be-profitable-in-the...

EP41 THE WEALTH CREATION SHOW: Inflation v’s Interest Rates! The Bank of England increased interest rates again for the seventh consecutive time since December 2021 to 2.25% in September in a bid to bring inflation back to 2% and make life more affordable again. Why is this so important to control inflation, is interest rates the only way, does it really matter and how does affect us? Luckily, you...

FIFE PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE – 9th – 15th Oct 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: FP TV (EP112) WINTER-WISE LETTINGS: The Time is Now to Get Your Fife Rental Property Ready and Legal for Winter Winter is the time when most problems arise in rental...

FP TV (EP112) WINTER-WISE LETTINGS: The Time is Now to Get Your Fife Rental Property Ready and Legal for Winter Winter is the time when most problems arise in rental properties. Emergency callouts abound, and insurance claims rocket, mostly from water or weather damage. While your policy might cover the costs, the inconvenience of midnight phone calls, stressed-out tenants and urgent repairs is so...