I'm pleased to say that 2017 has been a good one for Caithness and Sutherland and there is great confidence in the air. Sales are reported by the Registers of Scotland to have increased, overall, in the Highland area by 10.3%. As regards prices, nationally in Scotland, prices increased, overall, [...]
I have just been asked by a chap whether a letter from a solicitor inviting him to enter into negotiations for a separation agreement should be ignored as he wishes to use my online divorce service to save money. My answer has been that the opportunity to negotiate a separation [...]
I'll start off with a large dollop of good news issued by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. They expect, in 2014, a rise in prices, throughout Scotland, of 7%. I'm happy to say that I believe that a price rise will come to the North of Scotland. This is [...]
The Headlines • Confidence in the property market is much higher than it has been of late. • Sales picked up in December and have kept up momentum. • Mortgages are becoming easier and cheaper to obtain. • There is a great deal of borrowing activity [...]
Imagine the scene - a darkened room, an old crone with a shawl over her head and the crystal ball centred on the table. Draw up a chair whilst I (the old crone) gaze into the future.... First to say is that the omens are better than for a long [...]
I have just read this BBC headline. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20863917 I may be involved in ending marriages but that is not to say that I like it. I do my professional duty to the best of my ability but I am always conscious of the effect on children and seek to promote [...]
In Caithness and Sutherland, specifically, there is no question about it. Prices are dropping - and quite steeply. The statistics for the Highland region, as a whole, are a drop of 4.4% but that, of course, includes Inverness which always seems to do rather better than the rest of [...]
In today’s market, prices can be volatile and, generally, are moving downwards. If the valuation report you are looking at is more than a few months old then it might well be worthwhile to have it refreshed. Effectively, this means that the surveyor is sent back the report and asked [...]
Recent national headlines, to this effect, mirror my own experience, here in the Far North. HM Revenue and Customs reported that there has been an 11% rise in house sales this year and I would certainly confirm that house sales are definitely up. There is speculation, with which I tend [...]
Having had a strong start to the year, particularly a very buoyant March, this flattened somewhat only to revive again about a month ago. In the last two weeks we have had acceptable offers for approximately 15 properties. This is a significant uplift in the market. Long may it continue! [...]
