The West Sussex Property Blog

A blog about West Sussex property matters created to keep our customers and the public up to date with the every day changes and ups and downs of the property market.

As a market leader in the area with years of experience we believe we are well placed to advise customers on the best possible route to sell, buy or rent their property. This blog will hopefully be interesting and at times amusing but most importantly informative. Enjoy...

Ode to Joy

The property market too has seen enormous changes in the past few years, and it will continue to do so as it steadily moves from white hot, Covid-affected panic buying to a more considered mood in the New Year.  

The Property Cycle

Lots of buyers and sellers are currently asking us, “Where are we?”.  What they mean is, now that the stamp duty holiday is over, where are we in the property cycle? The property cycle can be looked at as a clock...

Winning Gold in the Property Olympics

The property market has some interesting parallels with the Olympic Games.  Hand-in-hand with glorious success can come bitter disappointment when things go unexpectedly wrong.  So, like any great Olympian, it’s best to concentrate fully on things one can control.

A Year on...

Covid19 has changed many things in our lives. It has altered our outlook, our expectations and our ambitions, and it has changed the way we live or want to live.   Over the past year we have experienced this in an evolving list of property buyers’ aspirations. Oh, the usual essentials are still there – right price, enough room and attractive location – but now a secondary list of important requirements has appeared as buyers seek to change their lifestyles in the light of the pandemic. read more and let us know what's on your list..

Keep The Home Fires Burning

In his spring 2021 Budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has chosen to keep the fire under the property market well and truly alight.   The UK is now experiencing a property buying demand reminiscent of a 1970s or 1980s type boom. We know there’s a property boom when adverse events that might otherwise have knocked the market off course fail to do so. Read more...

The Roadmap to ending lockdown in England

The positive news and the relaxation in guidelines will affect all of us in many ways, but if you still have concerns over moving, we can hopefully answer some of them in our blog. And if we don't answer yours, just pick up the phone and speak to a member of our team, who can help you map out your road to a new property!

Exodus - from City to Countryside

Neil Moore, Managing Director of GL&Co looks ahead to a busy spring in the property market.   In the wake of Covid 19 the UK experienced an exodus. This was the evacuation of urban dwellers to the land of milk and honey – the countryside. But will this movement last?

Happy 2021

Neil Moore, MD of GL & Co reviews a topsy turvy year in the property market and looks ahead with optimism to 2021. In the property market, 2021 will be a far cry from 2020. 2021 will be a time of renewal and fresh opportunities. Buying a property is not about a tax advantage. It is about new beginnings, about building a home for one’s self or family and it is about investing in the future...

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