Journal
All the latest news, industry insights and updates from Team AB.
Busting Market Myths!
We are constantly hearing the press talking the economy down with only doom and gloom… We want to stick our heads above the parapet and bust some of these widely reported market myths! The government pressed pause on the housing market, and so it paused. Transaction numbers reduced for that period of time and rightly […]
How we all look forward to conversations about Brexit and the Weather again……..
As we start a new decade, it was hoped that this year the topic of conversation was going to be about the weather and Brexit. Sadly, both of those topics have been forgotten whilst we as a country, deal with the awful and concerning dreadful effects of Covid-19. It just puts everything perspective.. Everything has […]
Agency Update April/May 2020
Things have changed dramatically since the last newsletter, with people and businesses all learning to navigate our way around the Covid-19 pandemic, as safely as possible. Our offices might be closed, but we are still very much open and operating with a network of team members, from our homes, its busy busy, busy! Activity in […]
Get ready to market!
So many people are at home at the minute and wondering how they can get ready to sell their home. Here is our advice:- Pick up the phone Talk to us, tell us all about your property, you can even show us by video. We want to see the best and the worst parts of […]
‘From a seemingly simple burst pipe repair, to a full new mains gas or water pipeline installation, it is always better to be prepared’
A large proportion of agricultural land will have some form of utility apparatus passing through, be it water pipelines, gas pipelines, electricity/BT poles or pylons. There are generally rights granted to each separate utility company to install, maintain, repair and renew this apparatus, however the rights of each company vary drastically, with most being governed […]
Goldman Sachs Webinbar – 8 April 2020
So here we are in the middle of the Coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic. Brexit is almost a long forgotten topic and many folk are working from home, where they are fortunate enough to be able. There are lots of important issues being addressed all over the world. I am aware of all of these and am not […]
Welcome Tom Hargreaves!
Tom Hargreaves joins us as a Property Agent who will work out of our North Lancashire and Ribble Valley Offices. Tom has been involved in estate agency for many years and has a wealth of experience. He is looking forward to getting involved in all aspects of property sales. Tom has started working with us […]
Welcome Fraser Wilson!
Having recently graduated from Harper Adams University, my education and placement year on the Ragley Estate in Warwickshire has put me in good stead to deal with the challenges of professional practice as a Graduate Surveyor here in the North West. Having lived in and around the Cotswolds and further south for most of my […]
Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) – Do You Comply?
As of 1st April 2020 all existing privately rented properties will have to meet the MEES regulations, being rated E or above. As of 1st April 2018 it has been a legal requirement for all privately rented residential properties to meet a minimum energy performance rating of E as assessed within an Energy Performance Certificate […]
AMC agent
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (AMC) has been providing medium to long term finance solutions to farmers and rural businesses since 1928. They remain specialists in the rural sector, lending to all types and sizes of farms, landed estates, and rural businesses in the UK. Importantly the AMC are continuing to support farmers in the North […]
Direct Payments – where next?
Leaving the EU no doubt leaves many farming businesses concerned about direct payments, with most relying heavily upon these. To put this into perspective, according to the Farm Business Survey Data 2017/18 the average English farmer relies their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) income for 66% of their profit. So where does this leave us… Direct […]
Land Values – stable but variable
Another year – erratic weather and another period of uncertainty. So what has changed? As we start a new decade it would be wrong not to look back over the last year, for once the weather was not the sole topic of conversation. The wet summer of 2019 has affected the amount of winter sown […]
