This month sees the introduction of various welfare and tax changes and we’ve already had the announcement in March of further government initiatives to get the housing market moving, but what will this all mean for the West Hampstead market? … Continue reading →
What IS the collective noun for estate agents? Having run into a bunch on West End Lane the other morning, I thought Twitter might provide some illumnination… [View the story “What IS the collective noun for estate agents?” on Storify] … Continue reading →
The first days of spring seem to have come and gone, but we are now looking forward to what are traditionally the three best months for residential sales. However, while prices are on the up locally, the government’s attempts to … Continue reading →
The start to the year has been very encouraging for the sales market in West Hampstead. It seems that the government Funding for Lending scheme, introduced six months ago, is starting to have an impact on the availability of loans … Continue reading →
This month Newham will become the first council in England to require private landlords to be registered. Meanwhile, Camden has already served the country’s first landlord asbo to a West Hampstead landlady and has sought this week to extend it … Continue reading →
As homeowners and buyers we all have an opinion on what property is worth in our area. Indeed, many people have made a fortune by speculating or even just by staying put while prices have risen. In previous decades this … Continue reading →
Welcome to the Property News section of West Hampstead Life. Local estate agent Benham & Reeves will be writing about the local sales market over the coming months, giving you some sales and prices statistics for the area as well … Continue reading →
Here’s a good thing. Win vouchers at West Hampstead businesses simply by advertising for a flatmate. Lots of you use Twitter as a way to find flatmates. You post a tweet and, as long as I see it, I RT … Continue reading →
A couple of months ago I went to have a look round the show apartment at the Mill Apartments. Back then they were called the Mill Apartments Hampstead, though they have since been rebranded – extremely sensibly – as the … Continue reading →
Maps have always been a powerful way of highlighting London’s social inequalities (Charles Booth‘s and John Snow‘s are the most iconic examples of this) and they continue to show how the richest and poorest Londoners often live side by side. … Continue reading →
