haart Lincoln have reached a significant milestone with over 2000 reviews, thanks to an innovative approach to customer engagement and a team-wide commitment to delivering exceptional service. This achievement has been driven by "Feedback Friday" - an initiative where the lettings and sales teams collaborate to ensure all clients receive a follow-up call, inviting them to share ...
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Spicerhaart Appoints New Director to Lead South Yorkshire Estate Agency Team
Spicerhaart is pleased to announce the promotion of Christina Clarke to Estate Agency Director for South Yorkshire, reinforcing the company’s commitment to nurturing talent from within. Christina joined Spicerhaart over a decade ago after a successful career in recruitment and has thrived in multiple roles since, most recently as Branch Manager of the Crookes branch in Sheffie ...
A Beacon of Support for Veterans
Spicerhaart, of which haart is part, is honoured to announce that we have been awarded the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, the top recognition for employers who demonstrate exceptional dedication to supporting military personnel and their families. The Armed Forces Covenant recognises employers that go above and beyond in their support for the Armed Forces community. Receivin ...
haart Lincoln Reach Google Review Milestone
haart in Lincoln has reached a significant milestone with 1,000 Google reviews. The residential sales and lettings teams have maintained consistently high standards over the years, achieving an impressive average rating of 4.7 stars out of 5 from their customers. The team have strived for these high standards because they understand that the reviews can affect a number of fac ...
haart’s Season Greetings 2022
The festive period is truly underway at haart and we can’t wait for Christmas Day!
We just wanted to take the time and say thank you very much for your help during 2022, and we hope to continue supporting you in 2023.
Stamp Duty: What has changed?
On the 23rd September 2022, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced cuts to stamp duty in the government’s mini-budget, by increasing the amount at which buyers in England and Northern Ireland will begin paying duty from £125,000 to £250,000. For first-time buyers, this threshold is now £425,000 and discounted stamp duty will apply up to £625,000.
haart’s new Area Lettings Director goes for results in East London
Andrie Neophytou has joined haart as the new Area Lettings Director, taking on responsiblity for 12 offices in East London and its associated property management department.
Opportunities for Landlords & Investors as Rent Increases
Landlords are facing peak demand for properties with the most competitive rental market ever recorded. Outside of London, national average asking rents hit a new record of £1,088 per calendar month (PCM) in March (Source: Rightmove). The portal's Q1 Trends Report has concluded that average rents are now 15% higher compared to two years ago. Landlords are achieving strong rents ...
Cladding – Latest News (March 2022)
Recently, the government announced the Cladding Remediation Fund initiative to deal with the impact of dangerous cladding on buildings. It’s positive to see movement in this area when many property owners have been left in desperate situations, including landlords. What’s the concern with the Cladding Remediation Fund? Currently, landlords are excluded from the £4 billion f ...
haart reveal plans for growth in Cambridge
haart is proud to announce the opening of a new First Time Buyer and Investor Centre in Cambridge while also introducing sister company Chewton Rose into the Cambridgeshire market.
Just Mortgages' John Phillips takes home BMA gold
haart are proud to announce that John Philips of Just Mortgages has been recognised for his great achievements at the British Mortgage Awards 2021
New Property Centre coming to Berryfields as haart invests in Aylesbury
The UK’s largest independent estate agent, haart, is to open its new state-of-the-art Aylesbury Property Centre, based at the growing Berryfields development.
A round-up of data from across the property market
Rents continue to rise, but are residential sales set to cool? Here’s a summary of what some experts from across the market are saying.
Private Rented Sector - A settled summer?
We’re hoping for a settled summer. No significant changes to legislation will occur over the next couple of months as the House of Commons is due to go into recess on the 22nd of July. However, when the House returns in September, we’re expecting to see the consultation results into the abolition of Section 21 notices. MPs must listen to those responses; it’s those on the fro ...
haart placed firmly on the map
haart’s ambitious plans to be based in every postcode in the UK are taking shape, with new Property Centres and partners taking their positions across the country.
Striking new look for Spicerhaart’s estate agencies
Spicerhaart has undertaken a major investment into its estate agency boards in order to stand out in a saturated property market. New eye-catching For Sale, Sold, To Let and Let signs have been unveiled by haart, butters john bee, Haybrook and Darlows and are now hitting the streets across the UK. Spicerhaart Group Managing Director Antony Lark said: “We’ve always been renown ...
The Housing Market in 2021
It’s been an interesting year for the housing market, with impact from the coronavirus pandemic and numerous Government backed solutions to help people onto the property market. If you are wondering how these factors will affect you, what the housing market might look like in the next few years, or if it’s a good time to buy or sell, read our insights on the current housing mar ...
May 2021: A further update on regaining possession
After more than a year of restrictions, landlords now know the plan for the eviction ban to be lifted. Since the policy that no tenant would be evicted as a result of the pandemic was first announced last year, landlords have struggled to obtain vacant possession of their rental property in all apart from extreme scenarios. There have been numerous updates and extensions throu ...
Our enhanced Rent and Legal Protection
In January, we made the case that Rent and Legal Protection (RLP) should be everyone’s New Year’s Resolution - for more information click here. However, whilst some have abandoned the promises of getting healthy in 2021, and others have cast aside the diet – if you needed any encouragement to stick with our recommendation to protect your rent with RLP, then since 1st March, the ...
What does the latest stamp duty news mean for me?
In his March 2021 Budget, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has announced that the Stamp Duty holiday has been extended until 30th September. The nil rate band for up to £500,000 properties ends on June 30th. This then tapers with a nil rate band for up to £250,000 properties until 30th September. Introduction If you’ve been property hunting during the last year, you’ll probably kn ...
Why Rent and Legal Protection should be your New Year’s resolution
If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that we should prepare for the unexpected, and protect against everything – even those risks which appear to be particularly unlikely. At the start of last year, we all took very normal things for granted. Our children attended school. We went shopping. Going out for a meal was normal. We met friends. We travelled on trains and tubes. We ...
The places with the biggest house price growth in 2020 revealed
According to the list gathered by Halifax, there are nine London locations in the nation’s top 20 house price growth with Islington taking the top spot at 13.4% rise. Other locations in London on the list are Croydon with 10.9%, Richmond Upon Thames at 7.5% and Sutton at 6.9%. The rest of the list covers the length and breadth of the UK with the map below showing the top ten ...
What’s in store for the property market in 2021?
While we can all say 2020 was an unexpected year all round, attention is now turning to next year and how the property market will respond going forward. Rightmove have released their latest House Price Index with forecasts of 4% national price growth in 2021. While the Stamp Duty incentive remains in place until the 31st March 2021, there will be a rush of activity to meet t ...
How long does it take to move house?
There are a number of different factors at play here, depending on whether you are buying and selling as part of a larger chain, if you’re a first time buyer, part exchange, freehold or leasehold property among other things. On average it takes 13 weeks to complete a sale, this is after the sale has been agreed and an offer accepted. This time frame doesn’t typically includ ...
England enters Lockdown 2.0 – Some evictions can now take place
In a dramatic Saturday evening address to the nation at the end of October, Boris Johnson announced that England would move away from the Tiered System of regional restrictions, and into a countrywide lockdown, in a bid to slow the spread of Coronavirus. However, although non-essential shops, gyms, beauty parlours, bars and restaurants were forced to close – the property mar ...
The September property market hits three record levels, looking to sell? Find out why now’s the perfect time
The September property market has proved how incredible the demand for property has been this last few months with thanks to the Stamp Duty incentive and buyers and sellers on a mission to move. Here are some of the headline Rightmove stats:- With the average time to sell at 50 days, quicker than ever before, and a decrease of 12 days on the same time last year. Number of a ...
Are you undecided about selling your home at the moment? You may need to think again
September has produced excellent results for homeowners looking to sell their properties, with houses boasting three or more bedrooms seeing a record high in sales, an incredibly promising result should you be considering moving. According to Rightmove’s House Price Index, figures for September detail encouraging and record-breaking selling figures for ‘second-stepper’ propert ...
Customer gives thanks to haart team for “excellent customer service”
Paul Oliver, a customer of haart Barkingside, gave his thanks to the haart team that provided “excellent customer service” while trying to move during a challenging 2020. Mr Oliver was due to exchange contracts in March before lockdown. haart resumed progress on the sale when safe to do so, keeping their cool and Mr Oliver didn’t feel rushed throughout the process for which h ...
Could you sell your house within seven days? Thanks to the stamp duty holiday, you might
The housing market is currently experiencing a record high when it comes to week one property sales thanks to the implementation of the stamp duty holiday, with those looking to sell their home reaping the benefits of this favourable incentive. According to a recent study, the popularity of the scheme has meant that one in seven properties were sold within the first seven days ...
What does the new stamp duty scheme mean for me?
During his summer statement, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a temporary holiday on stamp duty on the first £500,000 of all property sales in England and Northern Ireland. This is part of the Government’s plan to boost the economy through the housing market and help buyers who have taken a financial hit due to the coronavirus crisis. It is important to note that the changes a ...