Moving Home with Charlie

How far in advance should First Time Buyers start getting ready to buy? See this on video https://youtu.be/BhIgzenW7YM Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80   Sellers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9oR28aWLOs   Offering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZaDs7...

Charlie talks with Suzanne Smith, a lawyer-turned-landlord who runs The Independent Landlord blog, which gives free, practical advice to landlords and property businesses. Watch the video of this podcast here: https://youtube.com/live/PJB4q-niKDI Find Suzanne here: https://theindependentlandlord.com/ https://x.com/indie_landlord https://www.instagram.com/indie_landlord/ Support the show Follow me...

This is why the Rightmove House Price Index is extremely unhelpful. https://mhwc.co.uk NOTICE: A HIGHER "AVERAGE" PRICE DOESN'T NECESSARILY  MEAN HIGHER PRICES. If more large, detached, higher-value homes are being listed than usual, this too will make the "average" figure higher, EVEN if underlying individual prices are lower. Almost everyone is automatically interpreting...

5 Fact Friday 15 March 2024 - The 5 new facts hitting housing hardest Link to all 5 Fact Sources https://mhwc.co.uk/blog/5-fact-friday-the-ides-of-march/ All my other links: https://linktr.ee/movinghomewithcharlie Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/SowBQY6oGdg Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buy...

You need 3 things: 1. Preparation. (Luck favours the prepared). 2. Luck (for the things you can't control) 3. Patience. (being in a hurry always costs more money) The Art of War: 1. Know your enemy better than you know yourself 2. Try everything to avoid conflict (negotiation). 3. If conflict (negotiation) is unavoidable, strike first. (walk away). FTB offer email template: https://mhwc.co.uk...

It feels like I'm going mad. https://mhwc.co.uk I can see and feel the housing market struggling. But the media says it's all fine. I chat with Alex. Watch the video of this podcast here: https://youtube.com/live/Vwd8fOVnuBY https://www.ft.com/content/e4156a28-5b50-41f9-b8d5-9e5a3d770c39#:~:text=Romei%20in%20London-,UK%20mortgage%20arrears%20at%207%2Dyear%20high,-The%20share%20of https:/...

RICS Associate Surveyor Daniel Knight, Director of HomeScan Surveyors https://www.homescansurveyors.com/ talks to Charlie about the good, bad and ugly of surveys. Watch the video of this livestream here: https://youtube.com/live/UneQUsbR2Pw Get your property search packs from Charlie here: https://mhwc.co.uk/property-pack/ Why going cheap is a really bad idea and what you should expect to pay.  Mo...

Watch the video of this podcast here: https://youtube.com/live/cRR0rkRKPQk Question thread on X: https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/1766776637461246322?s=20 Rightmove "Asking Price" Index: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/content/uploads/2024/02/Rightmove-HPI-19th-February-Final-.pdf BestAgent "Asking Price" Index: https://bestagent.news/country/england/ All my links: https://...

5 Fact Friday 8th March 2024 - All links: https://mhwc.co.uk/blog/five-fact-friday-great-budget-for-housing/ January 2024 Housing Transactions 2023 Mortgage Lending CGT Cut OBR Forecast Great budget for housing? https://linktr.ee/movinghomewithcharlie Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/L3pKb1bVN8o Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Char...

Never ever sign a long sole agency agreement.  Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80   Sellers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9oR28aWLOs   Offering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZaDs7uZ5Hw 🎥 Playlist of FTB advice - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...

Charlie watches and reacts to Jeremy Hunt's 2024 Spring Budget. Alex Groundwater joins at the end of Hunt's speech to discuss the contents. https://mhwc.co.uk #budget2024 #housingmarket Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/KiGDxKY-iRk Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.y...

What's the budget going to do to the housing market this year? Free range, chilled Sunday Chat with Alex Groundwater, aka Housing Stig. Follow Alex https://x.com/alexgroundwater Follow Charlie https://x.com/moving_charlie Housing is affected by: Politics (looming election) Policy (Renters Reform Bill) The Economy (Growth or lack of it) Jobs (Real Wages, Unemployment) Debt (and how impossible...

1st March 2024 - Frustrated, furious, where's the truth? Links to all sources here: https://mhwc.co.uk/blog/five-facts-for-frustrated-first-time-buyers/ All my help for mover links: https://linktr.ee/movinghomewithcharlie Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/IAYOBvApkpc Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules v...

My regular calm interpretation of housing market data to counterbalance the media's extremism. https://mhwc.co.uk January Mortgage approvals recover slightly from an extreme low. Housing transaction activity recovers from an extreme low. Jan Mortgage Approvals Data https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/money-and-credit/2024/january-2024 https://www.zoopla.co.uk/discover/property-news/hou...

Alex Tan is Regional Sales Director of Andrews Estate Agents, a corporate agent with 40 branches owned by a Charitable Trust. She's also "The Property Mum" https://www.the-property-mum.com/industry-news with a YouTube Channel of her own: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePropertyMum Alex is a champion of ethical estate agency and a proponent of change in the industry who abhors overvaluin...

Can you trust new homes builders? All my links: https://linktr.ee/movinghomewithcharlie Competition and Markets Authority House Building Report: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-finds-fundamental-concerns-in-housebuilding-market CMA New Investigation: https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/investigation-into-suspected-anti-competitive-conduct-by-housebuilders BBC R4 You and Yours on New Homes scandals...

I can't say it enough: All estate agents are not the same. Multiple award-winning Bournemouth independent agency owner Katie Fox shares Charlie's despair with the endless dishonest overvaluing carried out by some large corporate agents. Katie has over 24 years experience. She loves being an estate agent and has a passion for property & people. Her website is: https://katiefoxea.co.uk...

All my links: https://linktr.ee/movinghomewithcharlie Competition and Markets Authority House Building Report: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-finds-fundamental-concerns-in-housebuilding-market CMA New Investigation: https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/investigation-into-suspected-anti-competitive-conduct-by-housebuilders Bloomberg Story and Interview with CMA CEO https://www.bloomberg.com/news/ar...

This is but one of the elephants in the housing market room. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-23/uk-mortgage-rates-homeowners-brace-for-a-surge-in-costs-in-2024 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/howincreasesinhousingcostsimpacthouseholds/2023-01-09 Watch the full video here: https://youtube.com/live/aZTTojU99Vk Support the show Follow me on X for d...

Too many unanswered questions in recent live streams, I want to rectify that this evening. Watch the video of this podcast here: https://youtube.com/live/V2m2gwwWkGM My focus will be answering your live chat questions on the housing market, moving, rents, the economy and anything else related to finding a home for everyone. People's/Public House Price Index: https://bestagent.property/hpi Sup...

The 5 verifiable facts hitting housing hardest this week Friday 23d February. Watch the video of this here: https://youtube.com/live/y2d_iQxy9b0 Add your exchange or rent price to the People's Home Price Index: https://bestagent.property/hpi and let's Stop the Sharks from ripping people's off with fake house prices. All the links to this week's story sources: https://mhwc.co.uk...

Talk to my hand picked mortgage brokers here: https://mhwc.co.uk/mortgage 95% MGS Gov Rules https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6079406fd3bf7f400b462d6f/Mortgage_Guarantee_scheme_rules.pdf FT Article https://www.ft.com/content/ce643bfa-d4a9-4d85-b28c-6cc0fceba62f Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/nRzzTiML0Is Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/m...

A clip from a contribution to the "Right Move" property podcast with Andrew Simmonds and Jon Rose.   https://podfollow.com/1601426975 Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80   Sellers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9oR28aWLOs   Offering: https://www.y...

My livestream yesterday with former agent and mortgage broker Ash Borland has prompted a rethink on an important topic: Using in house brokers and revealing your full budget. https://youtube.com/live/51LhA3tTX9k?feature=share My FTB offer email template: https://mhwc.co.uk/suggested-email-template-for-first-time-buyers-making-an-offer-with-a-mortgage/ Enter your property in the Open Source House P...

All my links are here: https://linktr.ee/movinghomewithcharlie Ash Borland is a Mortgage Marketing Coach who started his career in estate agency at a large corporate, then moved into mortgage broking within a corporate too. His experience echoes my stories from clients and will be eye-opening for movers. Find him at ashborland.com Just bought or sold your home? Enter your exchange price here and h...