Review of Lettings Market 2008
20th March 2008
Barber Residential Lettings Manager, Richard Heath comments on the boom in the lettings market and the number of larger properties being let on longer leases - from anything to two to five years. Barbers are finding that as many as 21% of tenants are people new to the area choosing to rent rather than buy as a result of a choice to let their own houses in the short term, whilst they settle into new employment and get to know Shropshire. Also as a result of the number of people opting to rent in favour of better school catchments during the crucial school years, and those making the most of the opportunity to realise capital from the sale of a business or a property in the Home Counties in favour of a cheaper, quieter, rural location.
Time to remain quietly confident - Barbers Senior Partner comments
5th February 2008
Mike Arthan, Senior Partner of Barbers Estate Agents, Chartered Surveyors and Auctioneers, explains why 2008 is a year to remain quietly confident as far as the property market here is concerned.
Barbers Award Winners prove: ‘We’re not just an Estate Agent’
5th February 2008
Barbers Estate Agents, Chartered Surveyors and Auctioneers celebrated their 160th Annual Awards Dinner at the Shrewsbury Town Football Club on 25th January and proved once again that they’re ‘not just an estate agent’. Barbers now employs over 145 staff having continued its phenomenal growth over the past year and having opened its new Stafford office back in September, following the opening of the new headquarters office on Shrewsbury Business Park.
Barbers met to discuss the Property Market One Year On
5th February 2008
Mike Arthan, Senior Partner of Barbers Estate Agents and Chartered Surveyors which was established back in 1848 commented on the state of the property market and Barbers investment in its corporate head office one year on.
An empty property costs you money!
22nd January 2008
As Richard Heath, Barbers Property Management and Lettings Manager, explains, ‘Barbers Lettings Department have had a record year in 2007 with more landlords and tenants approaching us to assist them than ever before.
Barbers win best estate agency Shropshire
2nd November 2007
More than 700 property professionals from across the UK entered the 2007 Daily Mail UK Property Awards. The competition which is in its third year aims to distinguish the highest levels of excellence in a range of property related fields.
Why Barbers bother with QA?
23rd October 2007
Peter Dawson, Barbers Quality Assurance Manager, discusses why Quality Assurance (QA) is important to a firm like Barbers.
Talking about Tenancy Deposits
19th October 2007
Richard Heath of Barbers Lettings Department explains, ‘The tenancy deposit law was introduced on 6th April 2007 to provide protection for tenants by preventing landlords and letting agents from unfairly withholding a deposit. The scheme was designed to protect all Assured Shorthold Tenancies in England and Wales (covering most tenancies since 1997). From the tenants perspective it is supposed to ensure that they get all or part of their deposit back or to ensure that any disputes between landlord and tenant or agent and tenant could be easily resolved. Landlords and agents not paying into a tenancy deposit scheme will have to pay their tenant back three times the deposit.
