The MRKT Property Experts blog

It might be tempting to believe that the pandemic has been destructive and all-consuming on all fronts, especially in relation to the property market, which virtually ground to a halt a few weeks ago. We British are a resilient...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 came into force on 1 June 2020. The new regulations will apply to new tenancies from 1 July 2020 and to existing tenancies from 1 April 2021....

When letting your property, you naturally want your property to look its best, but how far should you go in terms of presentation? Firstly, aim to understand how your property “sits” within the market. Not all tenants have the...

The housing market has been an obvious casualty of the Coronavirus lockdown. Yet the desire to move is strong, once the decision has been made. Indeed, as soon as the government announced that people could once again move house,...

There have been lots of changes to landlord tax over the last few years, some of which have been phased in and some have been more recent. It’s a subject we are asked about frequently, but an area we aren’t qualified to give...

A core part of our business is the management of properties and tenancies, many of those properties may be in blocks of flats, and in turn those blocks are looked after by an external block manager. In these unusual times caused...

At the start of the lockdown and in the midst of all the talk of 'mortgage holidays' we caught up with Ashley Rich, from St Barts finance to provide initial insight into this area (If you missed it see here - ) We followed up with...

It has been just over a month since the UK was largely 'locked down' - this has affected all industries and markets, and we thought we would share some thoughts on the experiences we have had so far, how we see the market, what...

With the constant shifting landscape due to the Covid-19 pandemic the government has stepped in to try and stabilize the economic shock it may cause. This has been through financial measures to help the country and its citizens to...

What a difference a month can make! Our March Market Comment was very positive and full of the joys of spring. Indeed, the Halifax subsequently reported that house prices were 2.1% higher at the end of March than they had been at...