An All-Time High for the Lettings Market
The private rental market continues to thrive with leading membership body for property agents ARLA reporting that the number of prospective tenants registering at branches was the highest fig…
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Pandemic Price Climb
London house prices are up 1.9% and houses are the most sought-after in the Capital and beyond, according to new research. As anyone who is looking to buy a house right now might know, hous…
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May Day Bank Holiday Opening Hours
Here at Major Son & Phipps we wanted to let all of our clients know that we are open as usual (including Saturday 1 May from 9.30am until 2pm), but that we will be closed on May Day (…
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A further boost to the property market: 95% mortgages launched today
With Rightmove reporting that homes are currently taking just 45 days to sell – the fastest ever reported by the portal – further incentive has been given to the property market wi…
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Easter Opening Times
With daffodils blooming, restrictions easing with groups of up to six people being able to meet outside from today, and a balmy few days of weather – temperatures are expected to reach 2…
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Stamp Duty Extension
As part of the spring budget on 3 March 2021, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that he has extended the stamp duty holiday by a further three months until the end of June. The scheme was in…
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Our Response to Covid-19
It’s 1 March and there is definitely a spring feeling in the air at Major Son & Phipps. With reports of a possible extension to the current stamp duty reduction and the arrival of sp…
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Richmond is voted the happiest place to live six years running
Today, 18 January, is Blue Monday, a name typically given to the third Monday of the first month of the New Year. It is called this as it is said that by this date many people will have broken…
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Housing market to stay open in Tier 4
With Saturday’s announcement that London and the south east are in Tier 4, here at Major Son & Phipps we want to assure you that we’re still operating as usual, albeit with som…
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Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
During the upcoming festive and New Year period, the Major Son & Phipps office will be closed from Thursday 24 December 2020 to Sunday 3 January 2021. We will reopen at 9am on Monday 4 Jan…
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We are open
With England on its fifth day of a second national lockdown – it started on 5 November – business is very much as usual at Major Son & Phipps, albeit with additional Covid secu…
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Time is of the Essence
Are you an owner thinking of selling? Or are you a buyer who has decided to make that first-time purchase or to move on from your current home? If so, now is the time to put your property on t…
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The London property market sees record highs
The number of enquiries for sales and lettings has reached an all-time high in recent months, according to Major Son & Phipps. Activity has increased considerably after restrictions wer…
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