Property News & Market Comment

When I first started working in the lettings industry some 16 years ago, the sector was completely unregulated with scant regard paid to the rights and interests of tenants. Lettings agents worked, quite rightly, solely in their clients’ interest, with tenants left to fend for themselves. Over the years, this has led to an inordinate amount of complaints against lettings agents and latterly to a clarion call for the sector to become fully regulated. The quality of service in… more

I hope that you will enjoy browsing through our new website and like its improved functionality. Whilst the warmer weather has been late in arriving the traditional ‘Spring’ market has certainly begun. All our offices have been extremely busy during the first quarter of 2013. The current round of quantative easing has weakened Sterling resulting in increased international activity, and I have no doubt that the current unfortunate financial turmoil in Cyprus will drive further… more

Over the last few years we have witnessed a polarisation of the London and country property markets with record highs being achieved in Prime Central London, as seen in the latest John D Wood & Co. Indices (available on www.johndwood.co.uk ).  These highs have rippled out into Fulham, Battersea Richmond, Wimbledon and Chiswick.   Life is returning to the country property market as the Government’s Funding for Lending Scheme is yielding results.  The increased liquidity in… more

In his inimitable way, the legendary football manager Brian Clough once famously said, “they say Rome wasn’t built in a day, but I wasn’t on that particular job”.  In the lettings business, similarly, we are well versed in finding solutions quickly.  We manage many thousands of properties on behalf of our clients.  In order to do this effectively and efficiently, we have centralised our property management and renewals so that we have dedicated teams of specialists working to… more

As a cursory glance through the Sunday supplements will confirm, when it comes to the beginning of the year, knowledgeable commentators will inevitably try to map out their view of the property market and make predictions about the future. It can be especially difficult to read between the lines and separate the good advice from the bad. At John D Wood & Co., our agenda is simple. To provide the best possible advice to our clients to enable them to make informed decisions. … more