Author: Emma Roberts

After weeks of looking, you have found your perfect home. It seems to have everything you wanted – desirable location, great accommodation, beautiful garden and excellent condition. The vendor obviously knows they are selling a highly desirable proposition. They have priced it attractively which makes you think that you might be onto a good thing….

You may have heard the term ‘urban village’ before and wondered what it means. We’re still wondering, too, to be honest! But there’s one thing we do know: If Great Baddow is an ‘urban village’ then urban villages are for us. With a population of around 13,000, Great Baddow is one of the UK’s largest…

In this second part of our two-part series on how to keep maximise your rental yield by ensuring that your tenants stay – thereby avoiding any possible void periods or additional expense in seeking a new tenant. One of the main reasons why people move out is because they just don’t feel they belong. So…

Many property commentators point to the first time buyer as a primary stimulus for the property market. While many property related transactions are indeed reliant on somebody somewhere down the chain buying without being dependent on a related purchase, the influence of “old money” is often overlooked. The value of housing assets left in wills…

If you’re pondering a move to Essex, but can’t decide if the county is right for you, look no further… We love Essex here at Martin & Co – and Chelmsford in particular. There are so many reasons why Essex is a great place to live, but here are 10 things that are sure to…

Following the government’s overhaul of the mortgage market, known as the Mortgage Market Review (or MMR), much tighter mortgage application regulations are in force, in response to high levels of irresponsible lending in the past.    There are five key areas where mortgage applicants, including people remortgaging an existing property, feel the effect of these…