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As experienced buying agents, we understand the importance of staying up to date with the latest news and trends in the industry. If we keep up with the latest developments in the market, we’ll be able to offer the most accurate property advice. Whether you are a first-time buyer or are looking to purchase your next property, we’re able to provide you with the most up-to-date property news and housing advice.

Read the latest news from Property Acquisitions below or get in touch with us today for more information about buying. We look forward to hearing from you.

Our Director, Jennie Hancock was included in a This is Money piece on the best and worst counties for securing a house price discount. Jennie provides her top tips for buyers in West Sussex, which includes putting the offer in its best light and explaining your circumstances. Read the full article here.

After more than two years of a booming house market with recorded prices achieved, sealed bids, best and finals and cash buyers scrambling for the best houses, it is now clear that there is a shift as buyers are now dealing with higher borrowing and a far slower market. However, as a buying agent these are […]

Our Founder, Jennie Hancock, is quoted in The Times today, as most of our clients are reducing their budgets by around 10-15% at the moment to take into consideration an increase in their mortgage repayments. As Jennie explains in the article, history tells us however, that when the current situation happens with mortgage rate increases and […]

Over recent years in the South East, especially the South Downs National Park, detached houses and village homes have jumped in popularity which has been heightened due to the pandemic, resulting in the increased numbers of working from home, space in the garden for an annexe /office. Many London families, and other counties wish to settle […]

Property Acquisitions were featured in this interesting Telegraph article on the best hotspots for family buyers. In West Sussex, we have found that families are choosing homes that are immediately liveable but need work over time. Ideally these homes have space around them to extend in three to four years as they can afford and […]

Our Founder, Jennie Hancock, was interviewed recently by The Times for protective measures on how buyers can deal with badly behaved house sellers. Following a strong few years for the housing market, the industry has reported that some vendors (not all) believe they now hold all the cards, and are bending the rules and changing […]

Our Founder, Jennie Hancock, was quoted in a Telegraph piece today which includes top tips from various property experts on how to haggle on price. I talk about a deal I recently did for a client where we had a lower offer accepted in a sealed bid situation, thanks to a letter that was presented […]

I was recently interviewed by The Times about how buyers can protect themselves from poor sellers. I suggested a quick exchange and agreeing to a long completion to help give sellers enough time to find something else themselves, as this can help reduce the risk of a seller pulling out of a sale. Sellers can panic […]

Our Founder, Jennie Hancock, recently had a chat with the Daily Telegraph about the second homes market, following a report by one of Britain’s major property groups which revealed the purchase of holiday homes has dropped and more are coming up for sale. Jennie said she has definitely seen this happening too. Several of our […]

We are thrilled to have appeared in the Daily Telegraph today in a piece about the best two-day-a-week commuter hotspots within 90 minutes of London, with West Sussex revealed as one of them. We explain how commuting hotspots in West Sussex are attracting couples in their mid-fifties and older. They may only need access to […]

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