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Perfect Fifth
April 28th, 2009
Winkworth, the national estate agency, announces the opening of Winkworth Worthing – its fifth new office in 2009. This follows the opening of a satellite Winkworth office in Shoreham-by-Sea in February this year.
Acclaimed writer Peter James opened the new office on April 27th, ahead of the release of his fifth Roy Grace novel, ‘Dead Tomorrow’.
Posted in Franchising, UK Press Releases, Winkworth Office News
Winkworth French Market Report – Spring/Summer 2009
April 23rd, 2009
Past experience has shown that France does not experience the boom/bust culture to the same degree as ‘Les Anglo-Saxons’. In good years the French do not benefit as much as the British or Americans, but they rarely enter recession as deeply. This is primarily due to higher state involvement in the economy (particularly taxation and strict bank lending criteria) and also a relatively low percentage of property ownership. Nevertheless, France is not escaping ‘global’ recession and since mid-2008 property sales have fallen with price reductions sometimes up to 30%.
Our French property experts discuss recent activity within their individual markets…
Posted in International Market Comment, International Newsletters, International Press Releases
Winkworth Comment on Today’s Budget Report
April 22nd, 2009
In today’s Budget, the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, announced a £1 billion package to help stimulate the housing market. Amongst other proposals, the Chancellor announced that the Stamp Duty ‘holiday’ on property worth up to £175,000 will be extended by three months to the end of this year in a bid to help first time buyers.
Here, Winkworth discusses the extent of the package and whether or not it will be enough to make a real difference …
Posted in Industry-related News, Property Market Comments, Property-related News, UK Market Comment, UK Press Releases
Winkworth Comment on ‘Surprise Bounce’ in House Prices
April 2nd, 2009
Today the Nationwide reported that house prices rose by 0.9% compared with last month. Winkworth believe this statistic is reflective of the increase in activity that Winkworth agents have experienced this year.
Here key Winkworth spokespeople discuss recent market trends and whether or not, dare we say it, there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon for the UK property market …
Posted in Industry-related News, Property Market Comments, Property-related News, UK Market Comment, UK Press Releases