20th June 2011
20th June 2011
Energy certificate spot checks planned
Northern Ireland householders selling their home without an Energy Performance Certificate when government officials visit next week will face fines of up to £1,000, it was revealed yesterday. The Department of Finance and Personnel will be carrying out a series of spot checks at properties being marketed for sale or rent in a bid to […]20th June 2011
NI Housing market in 2009 – Keith Mitchell, Templeton Robinson
No matter who you are you’ll have a view on the estate agency profession. Some will be critical and accuse us of making the wrong call on the way market would go. Cynics will say our job is to ‘talk up’ the market and we therefore can’t be objective. We even get blamed for fuelling […]20th June 2011
House Market Officially ‘On The Up’ Say Templeton Robinson
HOUSES are ‘officially’ selling again in Northern Ireland, a leading residential estate agent claimed today. Indeed Templeton Robinson revealed sales of new and re-sale homes reached 75 across its five locations in Greater Belfast and North Down during the past four weeks, signalling a ‘positive’ start to the new year. Founding Partner, Keith Mitchell, said […]20th June 2011
House prices increase by 1.9%
Halifax announce 1.9% increase in house prices. This is the first increase in house prices in ten months, putting the average UK house price at just over £163,000 – more than £4,000 higher than at the end of December. However, the annual rate of change, measured by comparing the average for the latest three months […]20th June 2011
30% Fall in property values – Is it all bad news?
Surprising as it may seem – no! Prices rose phenomenally in 2006 and the first half of 2007 in some cases by as much as 80%, it is reported. The reductions since August 2007 have been well chronicled and as the headlines state, by as much as 30%. But simple mathematics show property is still […]20th June 2011
Dept Of Finance and Personnel Issue Fines Warning to Home Sellers
Six weeks after the deadline for the requirement of home sellers to have an Energy Performance Certificate and Recommendation report in place, the Dept of Finance and Personnel have written to Northern Ireland Estate Agents enclosing a letter to their clients to remind them of their legal responsibility to have an EPC and Report in place at […]20th June 2011
Record level of choice makes it an Opportune time for home buyers says top agent
Northern Ireland homeowners could save tens of thousands of pounds by upsizing, a leading residential estate agent claimed today.Keith Mitchell, Partner with Templeton Robinson, said the current reductions in house prices across all levels presented ‘real opportunities’ for those considering upgrading their homes. "Year on year we estimate someone moving from a house which would […]20th June 2011