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Walsall Homeowners – Are you sabotaging the sale of your home?

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Walsall Homeowners - Are you sabotaging the sale of your Home?
Walsall Homeowners – Are you sabotaging the sale of your Home?

Many of my blog reading friends contact me for various property related advice and as they will testify, I try my best to assist where I can.  As you can imagine I see a lot of property and meet both buyers and sellers alike so I get to see and hear from both sides.  As the market starts to pick up again after the usual winter lull, I have been approached by some sellers struggling to sell their property.  So here’s my tuppence worth…

…you’ve put your home on the market and now you’re eagerly waiting for those viewings to come rolling in.  You may be receiving some viewings but actual offers are lacking. Unbeknownst to you, you are sabotaging your sale.  The good thing is there is time to turn things around.

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Walsall Landlords, Which Party Will You Vote For In The 2019 General Election?

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Walsall Landlords, Which Party Will You Vote For In The 2019 General Election?
Walsall Landlords, Which Party Will You Vote For In The 2019 General Election?

I got stopped in the street the other day…not for a stop and search but by a local landlord who recognised me!  As the story goes, we started to talk about the local property market.  He was uncertain which way to vote and wanted my opinion.  There is so much talk with a nauseas amount of noise from all corners that it’s almost impossible to weigh up the pros and cons for Walsall landlords and Walsall property owners.  I mean if I could have it my way, I would love to take some manifesto ideas I like from one party and attached it to the manifesto of another to create my own…wishful thinking…

…so, as Thursday 12th December draws closer, I’m keen to find out which parties Walsall landlords are backing in the General Election.  If you’re unsure on who to vote for, I have put together a summary of each party’s housing and rental plans to help you find out everything you need to know before polling day.

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Homeowners of Walsall – Is your mortgage paid off?

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Walsall Homeowners – Is your mortgage paid off?

The Government’s Annual Housing Survey is 50 years old this year. It has taken a snap shot of the UK’s property market every year since 1969 and in the recently published report for 2018, it wasn’t a surprise that owner occupation is still the most predominant tenure, yet now more people own their home without a mortgage rather than having a mortgage as the number of people buying their first home (obviously with a mortgage) has declined since the Millennium.  The report also shows homeowners (mortgaged and owned outright) are, on average, older than renters and between the homeowners themselves, those who are mortgage free are older than those with a mortgage.

Looking at the most recent data for Walsall, I wanted to see how we compared to the national picture.  Therefore, focusing on the main 4 tenures of owned outright, owned with a mortgage, social housing (i.e. Council Housing and Housing Association) and private rented, this is what I found out…

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My BTL Deal of the Week is a 2 Bed Semi Walsall WS2 By Modern Method of Auction Yields 8.25%

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A 2 bed semi detached house on Monmouth Road, Bentley, Walsall, WS5. On the market with Lovett & Co (01543 526007) and priced at £80k Full details can be found here.

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My BTL Deal Of The Week, Nottingham New Road, Walsall, WS2 With Yields Of 6.50%.

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A two bedroom semi detached house on the popular Reedswood estate in Walsall, WS2.

This is just a quick one this week following on from my involvment with the letting of a similar property on the same estate this week.

Sadly, there are no other photos on the listing, but suffice to say it has two double bedrooms, a modern kitchen, a family bathroom with shower, a rear garden and off-road parking. It would be better appreciated by a viewing. The location is within easy reach of all the major road networks, services and other amenities lending easy access to Walsall town centre plus Reedswood Retail Park is just around the corner.

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My BTL Deal of the Week 2 Bed Semi Walsall WS4 With A Minimum Yield of 4.93%.

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More good news for Walsall landlords is this 2 bedroom semi detached house on Station Road, Walsall, WS4 with a sitting tenant. The property is being marketed by Goodchilds (01922 312016). The full property details can be viewed here.

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5 Easy-Peasy ways your Walsall home can attract Tenants & Buyers with kerb appeal

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5 Easy-Peasy ways your Walsall home can attract Tenants & Buyers with kerb appeal
5 Easy-Peasy ways your Walsall home can attract Tenants & Buyers with kerb appeal

Too often I am going to meet landlords and vendors in Walsall who have a perceived idea of how to present their home when looking for a tenant or a buyer.  I have always said that you want to present your home in a way which will take the prospect’s mind away from thoughts of excess expenditure and expensive necessary changes they may have to fork from their pocket in addition to paying that all important price tag.  The moment you have prospects thinking of where to place that all important sofa or ‘Will my bed fit in this room?’, is where you have created a chance of converting the prospect into a potential tenant or buyer.  Now that’s on the inside but how important is the outside and what can you do to make your Walsall home more desirable?

You want your home to stand out from the crowd.  You want tenants or buyers flocking to see what it has to offer.  First impressions matter, and how your home looks from the outside can impact how buyers view the inside.  Wow them from the kerb and they will enter with hope and anticipation. Disappoint them and it will take twice as much effort for your property to win them over.

Getting the right kerb appeal doesn’t take rocket science; here are 5 easy-peasy ways to attract Walsall tenants & buyers.

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MY BTL Deal of the Day 3 Bed Semi, Walsall, WS3 Yielding a Minimum 5.54%

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Good news for Walsall landlords and investors, an extended 3 bedroom semi detached property, Clare Road, Walsall WS3 that has just been marketed by Acorns & Co. (01922 312060 ) with an asking price of £130k. It has a varied neutral decor and perfect spec. and has gas central heating and double glazing.

A family home with low maintenance gardens and a block paved curtilage at the front of the property, which could be used for off-road parking. Two of the bedrooms are double sized, with the third being a single.

The extension includes a utility room and a sitting/ reception room. Top this all off with a modern kitchen and bathroom (Ground floor) and you have a rental property that is good to go.

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My BTL Deal of the Week 2 Bed Terraced House Yew Tree Walsall WS5 Yields 7.33%

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A 2 bed terraced house on Birchfield Way, Delamere Drive, Walsall, WS5. On the market with Connells (01922 716026) and priced at £90k Full details can be found here.

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The Best Type of Walsall Property For Buy To Let is…

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The Best Type of Walsall Property For Buy To Let is…
The Best Type of Walsall Property For Buy To Let is…

In today’s Walsall property market, the Walsall homeowners and Walsall landlords I talk to are always asking me which attributes and features are likely to make their property comparatively more attractive and which ones may detract from the price. Over time buyers’ and tenants’ wants and needs have changed.

The conformist way of categorising property in Britain is to look at the number of bedrooms rather than its size in square metres (square feet for those of you over 50!). My intuition tells me that homeowners and tenants are happy to pay for more space. It’s a little obvious, the more bedrooms a house or apartment has, the bigger the property is likely to be. Also, it’s not only the physical additional bedrooms, but those properties with additional bedrooms tend to have larger (and more) reception (living) rooms. However, if you think about it, this isn’t so surprising given that properties with more bedrooms would typically accommodate more people and therefore require larger reception rooms.

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