Starting with the bigger picture, over the last 12 months in the UK, 1,061,557 properties were sold with a total value of £223.74 bn. To give that some context, ten years ago 1,581,727 properties sold with a total value of...

Recent statistics published by the Office of National Statistics show that there are 267,704 private rented households in the Country that are occupied by people aged 65 and older, meaning 4.39% of OAP’s are living in private rented property. It...

“How much would it cost to buy all the properties in Telford?” This fascinating question was posed by the 14-year-old son of one of my Telford landlords when they both popped into my offices before the Christmas break (doesn’t that...

An Englishman’s Home is His Castle as Maggie Thatcher lauded – everyone should own their own home. In 1971, around 50% of people owned their own home and, as the baby-boomers got better jobs and pay, that proportion of homeowners...

Telford’s private renting set to hit 12,287 households by 2021 – Is Buy to Let immoral? (Part 1) Can we blame the 55 to 70-year-old Telford citizens for the current housing crisis in the town? Also known as the ‘Baby...