Arnolds Keys Blog
Insights and updates on the property market. Featuring opinion pieces and brand news across residential, commercial and agricultural sectors.
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A FRANTIC START TO 2018 AFTER THE BOXING DAY ONLINE ‘SPIKE’
26 January 2018
In years gone by, January was traditionally a month when estate agents could ease slowly back into work after the Christmas break, safe in the knowledge that most people would... Read more >
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HIGH BUSINESS CONFIDENCE WILL LEAD TO A STRONG 2018 FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
3 January 2018
Business confidence will remain high despite continuing uncertainty over the UK’s future relationship with Europe, and that this will be reflected in rising rents and falling retail vacancy rates across the county.
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MYSTIC CLIVE IS BACK WITH HIS PROPERTY PREDICTIONS FOR 2018
15 December 2017
Reflective types tend to look back and ponder the past 12 months at this time of year, but I am someone who prefers to look forward. After a 2017 in which uncertainty has perhaps been the over-riding emotion, we enter 2018 with some reasons to be cheerful,
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A DULL BUDGET WHICH DELIVERED SOME COMFORT FOR PROPERTY INVESTORS
29 November 2017
For a Budget which was billed as the most vital in many years, in the end Philip Hammond’s speech last week was decidedly dull.
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A CAUTIOUS TWO CHEERS FOR MR HAMMOND'S BUDGET
27 November 2017
If anyone was in any doubt about the importance of the housing market in the overall economy, last Wednesday’s Budget speech hammered the point home. Read more >
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Housing Discussion live on BBC Radio 4 and BBC 5live
20 November 2017
The Government’s recent call for evidence on ways to modernise the house buying and selling process in the UK resulted in our Group Residential Manager, Martyn Baum, being invited to... Read more >
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MR HAMMOND’S ONE CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT BEFORE BREXIT
2 November 2017
This month sees the second Budget of the year, and the Chancellor will be walking a very tightrope indeed as he attempts to balance the various economic and political pressures... Read more >
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A FAVOURITE DINNER PARTY TOPIC OF CONVERSATION
27 October 2017
Religion and politics may still be taboo subjects at a dinner party, but that staple conversational theme, house prices, remains a favourite topic for discussion over the lamb tagine and cous-cous. Read more >