Earlier I wrote about the difficulty of supply and demand when buying or selling a house, caused by an unwillingness or inability to accept a market value for a property. But I wanted to write about one thing that struck me repeatedly when searching for a house to move to - the craziness of the UK's offer system. Continue reading →

Moving house in a recession isn't easy unless you're at the bottom of a chain, and have a decent deposit to buy somewhere. And the lack of first-time buyers is exactly what's hampering the UK housing market right now. Continue reading →