Oakwood Estates would like to thank all of our clients and staff for a tremendous 2011 which has seen some eye opening sales figures across the board in a tough market. Next year sees the company expand and set up in Old Windsor where we hope to continue the success which has been witnessed in Richings Park. We look forward to new faces joining the company and more opportunities. The sales and rentals team have worked profoundly to ensure tenants, landlords, buyers and vendors are satisfied with the outcome of their experience. Thank you for …

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Leaders, the UK’s largest independent letting specialist, is reporting an increase in demand for rental accommodation at the start of 2010, with demand outstripping supply in parts of Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Dorset, where the firm has a total of 42 branches.
Says Leaders’ managing director, Paul Weller: “Despite the disruption of the snow during the first two weeks of January, most of our branches experienced an incredibly busy month, with high demand for all types of properties, from studio and 1 or 2 bedroom flats to big …

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Letting agents are more optimistic about the future of the market than they were almost a year ago despite the continued lack of financing for buy-to-let mortgages, according to HomeLet.
HomeLet, the market-leading tenant referencing and specialist insurance provider to the lettings industry, conducted an independent customer satisfaction survey in December 2009 which revealed that 98% of agents expect the lettings market to stay the same, grow or grow substantially in the next 12 months. This is up by 12% on January 2009.
This figure reflects the results of recent research by …

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Letting agents organisation Arla has welcomed news that the buy-to-let market has grown for the first time in two years.
Statistics from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) showed that the number of buy-to-let loans grew by around 25,000 in the third quarter compared to the preceding three months.
CML director general Michael Coogan said that although the recovery was modest, the report indicates buy-to-let is “here to stay”.
Ian Potter, Arla operations manager, said: “Arla welcomes the rise in buy-to-let lending, which suggests that the market is getting back on its feet …

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Letting agents organisation Arla has joined forces with the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) to call for a reform of stamp duty.
The pair are leading a coalition of property-related organisations, including the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Home Builders Federation, in asking the government to review the “anachronistic” tax.
Speaking to the Press Association, NAEA chief executive Peter Bolton-King said: “It limits market flexibility, creates regional inequality and its slab structure unfairly distorts the housing market.”
The coalition wants to see the level at which the tax is introduced go …

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