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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895</id><updated>2009-11-11T08:27:44.911-08:00</updated><title type="text">Chard London Sales &amp; Lettings Blog</title><subtitle type="html">A blog about the London property market, the London Estate Agency business, finding a new home in London and getting the best price for your property.</subtitle><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/" /><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25" /><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/atom.xml" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>411</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ChardEstateAgents" type="application/atom+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-1768123726728193570</id><published>2009-11-11T08:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-11T08:27:44.922-08:00</updated><title type="text">Extra £50 per week For Flat to Rent in Holland Road, W14</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-to-rent-on-Holland-Road,-near-Olympia-W14-711527.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 137px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-to-rent-on-Holland-Road,-near-Olympia-W14-711525.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This two bedroom &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/Apartmenttolet/Holland%20Road/W14/beds-2/property.vtx?propertyid=C6A93076-AFB2-4DD3-9E78-25A08B843D6F"&gt;flat to rent on Holland Road, W14&lt;/a&gt; has just been let by Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=nhgl"&gt;Notting Hill &amp; Kensington lettings&lt;/a&gt; agents at a £50 per week increase on the previous rent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were instructed to let the flat on Friday and tied up the let the following Tuesday to a professional couple, following a series of weekend viewings.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Further information:&lt;br /&gt;Chard Notting Hill &amp; Kensington lettings&lt;br /&gt;190 Campden Hill Road&lt;br /&gt;London W8 7TH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;020 7792 0792&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-1768123726728193570?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/K68gUAk1t2g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/1768123726728193570/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=1768123726728193570" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/1768123726728193570" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/1768123726728193570" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/K68gUAk1t2g/extra-50-per-week-for-flat-to-rent-in.html" title="Extra £50 per week For Flat to Rent in Holland Road, W14" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/11/extra-50-per-week-for-flat-to-rent-in.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-4027249811059812430</id><published>2009-11-10T03:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-11T07:32:45.049-08:00</updated><title type="text">Jakob's Restaurant on Gloucester Road and the Gloucester Road  Rental Market.........</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Jakobs-746415.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Jakobs-746379.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Why should we mention a restaurant on a London property blog? Well, the name keeps coming up amongst professional tenants looking for a home to rent in Kensington and Gloucester Road so I went along for a quick lunch with our &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=chll"&gt;South Kensington lettings&lt;/a&gt; manager, Richard Saltmer, to find out why.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems they've built quite a following among stressed and overworked city types who can't face cooking at the end of a long day and can't bear the idea of another Pizza or microwave meal from a supermarket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the old days tenants and buyers chose property in this part of Kensington due to it's proximity Kensington Gardens, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, and the tube at Gloucester Road. Times are changing. Being able to pop into Jacob's to pick up a last minute takeaway falafel or lasagne with a fresh carrot juice is now a deciding factor for credit crunched bankers and other city type tenants looking to rent flats near Gloucester Road in Queens Gate Gardens, Elvaston Place, Cornwall Gardens and surrounding residential streets. Food is freshly prepared every day and a quick re-heat at home or while you wait if you're eating in makes for some of the tastiest and certainly healthiest "fast food" in London. It's in the middle of a parade of local shops literally on the way home from Gloucester Road tube if you're living in this patch of Kensington.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lunch was great by the way. And no, we didn't get a discount!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacob's is at 20 Gloucester Road, London SW7 (about half way between Kensington Gardens and Cromwell Road) - telephone 020 7581 9292&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-4027249811059812430?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/uQ96scUroOc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/4027249811059812430/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=4027249811059812430" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/4027249811059812430" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/4027249811059812430" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/uQ96scUroOc/jacobs-restaurant-on-gloucester-road.html" title="Jakob's Restaurant on Gloucester Road and the Gloucester Road  Rental Market........." /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/11/jacobs-restaurant-on-gloucester-road.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-482654665195887730</id><published>2009-11-10T02:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T03:02:12.977-08:00</updated><title type="text">Strong Interest For Property For Sale In Earls Court, SW5</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-for-sale-in-Nevern-Square-Earls-Court-SW5-753031.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 128px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-for-sale-in-Nevern-Square-Earls-Court-SW5-753028.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=chls"&gt;South Kensington estate agents&lt;/a&gt; on Old Brompton Road has just been instructed on this one bedroom &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/Flattobuy/Nevern%20Square/SW5/beds-1/property.vtx?propertyid=62288E49-BFB7-4CB1-9B0F-E11FF5C5461F"&gt;flat for sale in Earls Court, SW5 on Nevern Square&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The flat is within a red-brick Victorian conversion on a garden square. The location is always popular among city professionals looking to buy and rent &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/property-in-south-kensington.vtx"&gt;property in South Kensington&lt;/a&gt; and west London. Earls Court has both Picadilly and District line tubes for a City commute as well as easy access to Heathrow and the West End. There are numerous local shops literally at the end of the road, not least of all a Marks and Spencers Simply Food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The flat had unaccountably languished on the market, we understand, for around five months with another London-wide estate when the vendor (understandably keen to see some progress) contacted Chard. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Within two weeks we have already secured three strong offers and anticipate a sale within the next few days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have a property that you wish to sell, why not try our approach? Whatever the size of your property, we work longer and harder to deliver results for all our clients.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further information:&lt;br /&gt;Chard South Kensington &amp; Chelsea Estate Agents&lt;br /&gt;144 Old Brompton Road&lt;br /&gt;London SW7 4NR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;020 7373 8883&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-482654665195887730?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/aq1hrNc_FKk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/482654665195887730/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=482654665195887730" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/482654665195887730" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/482654665195887730" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/aq1hrNc_FKk/strong-interest-for-property-for-sale.html" title="Strong Interest For Property For Sale In Earls Court, SW5" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/11/strong-interest-for-property-for-sale.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-1921451163695793412</id><published>2009-11-06T08:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T04:18:14.212-08:00</updated><title type="text">London Lettings Market - Increased Demand Over £1000 Per Week</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Property-to-let-in-Kensington-Park-Road,-Notting-Hill-London-W11-785645.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Property-to-let-in-Kensington-Park-Road,-Notting-Hill-London-W11-785642.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Another flat let and managed through Chard - &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/details.dtx?propertyid=0C30BB96-6A2B-4476-956D-674F75DEA721"&gt;Kensington Park Road, W11&lt;/a&gt; - asking £1,200 p/w let through Chard Notting Hill and Kensington lettings yesterday&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chard's &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=chll"&gt;South Kensington&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=nhgl"&gt;Notting Hill lettings&lt;/a&gt; offices are registering more applicants with budgets over £1000 per week. Yesterday two lets were agreed over this figure - one of which, at £1300 p/w in Holland Park, with a year's rent paid in advance to secure the deal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The City is the major factor behind this; there's more and more evidence that senior executives are once again being move upwards and sideways - and not out through the door as we saw eighteen months ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For landlords with larger properties to let in central London this is great news. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're seeing more enquiries for family &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=flml"&gt;houses to rent in Fulham through our Fulham lettings office&lt;/a&gt; on Harwood Road, off Fulham Broadway too. Fulham, in particular is suffering a drought of family sized properties to keep pace with demand - especially from francophone families with children enrolled in the &lt;a href="http://www.lyceefrancais.org.uk/"&gt;French Lycee in Fulham&lt;/a&gt;, in Clancarty Road, SW6.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Partly this literal explosion in demand over the last week is likely to be seasonal. Companies generally prefer to relocate senior personnel outside school term time. The real news is that we didn't see anything like this number of higher spending tenants a year ago, which augers well for prospects into 2010.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-1921451163695793412?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/Pl55A4rKqAs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/1921451163695793412/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=1921451163695793412" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/1921451163695793412" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/1921451163695793412" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/Pl55A4rKqAs/london-lettings-market-increased-demand.html" title="London Lettings Market - Increased Demand Over £1000 Per Week" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/11/london-lettings-market-increased-demand.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-1258907557626971653</id><published>2009-11-06T07:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T08:06:15.278-08:00</updated><title type="text">Chard Scraps Charges For HM Forces Personnel</title><content type="html">Chard has scrapped all charges for HM Forces serving overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan who are either renting or letting a property through any of our &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk"&gt;west London lettings offices&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any landlord serving in Iraq or Afghanistan when we are instructed to let their principal residence in London will benefit from a 0% commission fee, no agreement charges and no charge for EPCs. Likewise any spouse of a serving member of HM Forces in these countries will be exempted from paying agreement fees if renting a property through Chard lettings ltd..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andrew Chard, whose father, Ken Chard, TD was a serving Major in the Territorial Army will be adjudicating the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further information on this offer, please contact:&lt;br /&gt;Andrew Chard&lt;br /&gt;andrew@chard.co.uk&lt;br /&gt;Chard lettings limited&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;020 7243 4500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-1258907557626971653?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/c4JTx1U41Dc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/1258907557626971653/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=1258907557626971653" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/1258907557626971653" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/1258907557626971653" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/c4JTx1U41Dc/chard-scraps-charges-for-hm-forces.html" title="Chard Scraps Charges For HM Forces Personnel" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/11/chard-scraps-charges-for-hm-forces.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-7117681469940241969</id><published>2009-11-02T04:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T04:59:36.029-08:00</updated><title type="text">London Property Market - 2009 and the Year Ahead</title><content type="html">Chard has been approached by a leading journalist to give our predictions for 2010. Here's what we think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chard has had its best ever year in terms of revenue. Much of this was a result of increased lettings business which compensated for the fall off in sales revenue for Q1 and Q2. The upturn in sales in Q3 has tipped the scales in our favour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm always reminded of Douglas Adam's when asked to give predictions - "Arthur no more knows his destiny than a tea leaf knows of the history of the East India Company", but we do know the factors most likely to affect the market and their probable consequences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lettings - if the City continues its upwards march towards profitability I expect corporate lettings to recover. We've seen a few more senior lawyers and bankers renting with larger budgets - always a good sign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The market over 600 per week and demand for property with the "wow factor" that wooed bankers before should therefore continue to recover. As should the market for family sized properties. The lettings growth in 2009 has been confined mainly to smaller, affordable properties to rent near the tube. Larger properties have proven a tougher gambit - and it's mainly the arrival of professional sharers, unable to find studios and one bed flats that agree with them under 300 per week, who have taken up the slack for these larger flats and houses to rent in London. Three lawyers renting in South Kensington with 750 - 900 per week between them have found three/four bedroom apartments make a lot more sense than virtual "student digs" at 250 - 300 per week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A stronger city means more jobs for lawyers, accountants, IT professionals, restaurant workers - practically everyone. The prospect of draconian, EU led regulation should scare the living hell out of anyone with a stake in the London economy, whether they are a home-owner, business owner or employee, in case these jobs evaporate and move to Frankfurt, Singapore, New York, Hong Kong....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Continued growth in demand for more affordable property to rent depends on several factors. Restricted access to mortgage finance means erstwhile FTBs are renting (or living with mum), uncertainty over sustainability of house prices (and any uncertainty) means "treading water renting" is a safer option rather than risk negative equity, in a deteriorating labour market mobility is an issue and renting is the preferred option - and lastly onerous stamp duty costs (which have not kept pace with house price inflation for ten years) can mean throwing half a year's salary at the Exchequer for many first time buyers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the answer to what will happen to rental demand over the next year is in the hands of the wider economy. I don't expect any help or positive commitment from the government to get the sales market moving, so the buy to let investors who have been busy buying up smaller flats over the last six months look like they're onto a good thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sales market has picked up remarkably over the last quarter. This is due to a combination of low interest rates - buyers with straightforward circumstances and large deposits have taken advantage of the drop in values. Investors with cash have been busy too (where else to put the money with 0.5% BoE rates?) and overseas buyers with Euros, Singapore Dollars, HKD and USDs have taken advantage of the devalued pound as well as lower house prices to buy at a 30-50% discounts on the 2006/7 euro and dollar cost. Simultaneously the City hasn't crumbled. If there's not an air of confidence there's not the thinly veiled panic that gripped the market in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The wider UK economy is looking less certain and a devalued pound should contribute further to making London (i.e the City and its related financial services sector) a good value location to do business. This should safeguard values and contribute to increased turnover in the London property market in 2010. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, the 50% proposed tax rate is nothing more than a two fingered salute to one of the UK's largest wealth producing industries from a government that is stepping into its gilded lifeboat leaving a badly holed ship behind. Repealing this must the the first priority of the next government. Worryingly we've sold several larger ex-local authority properties at a premium in the last weeks - to landlords looking to rent to what they describe as the "bottom of the market" and securing yields of around 13%. Perhaps investors are already smelling the coffee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fear is that in its dying gasps the present government may concentrate on a populist and damaging agenda to score political points. In which case the prospects for 2010 are rather different.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-7117681469940241969?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/lH61LCYvN5I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/7117681469940241969/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=7117681469940241969" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/7117681469940241969" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/7117681469940241969" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/lH61LCYvN5I/london-property-market-2009-and-year.html" title="London Property Market - 2009 and the Year Ahead" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/11/london-property-market-2009-and-year.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-8818168528101155458</id><published>2009-11-01T04:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-01T04:48:00.758-08:00</updated><title type="text">Weekend Viewings Increase</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Fulham-office-765357.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 173px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Fulham-office-765330.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/"&gt;London estate and lettings agents&lt;/a&gt; are working flat out with weekend appointments for both buyers and tenants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Partly this is seasonal. The clocks going back means that evening inspections after work are very likely going to be after dark - never the best time to properly appraise a new home. Many weekend viewings are for a second inspection following a mid-week evening appointment, and this is showing up in the increased numbers of offers being received on Saturdays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another factor is that prospective tenants and buyers feel less able to "slip out early" to view properties for sale and to rent during the week, in the current employment market that's just not going to be a good career move. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whatever the underlying causes, we're here to fit in with your schedule when buying or renting property in London.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-8818168528101155458?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/LlFq-Jb6fPU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/8818168528101155458/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=8818168528101155458" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/8818168528101155458" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/8818168528101155458" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/LlFq-Jb6fPU/weekend-viewings-increase.html" title="Weekend Viewings Increase" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/11/weekend-viewings-increase.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-4109994101562747062</id><published>2009-10-30T03:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T03:45:18.757-07:00</updated><title type="text">South Kensington House For Sale Showcases Latest in Interior Design</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/House-for-sale-in-Drayton-gardens,-South-Kensington-SW10-761672.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/House-for-sale-in-Drayton-Gardens,-South-Kensington-SW10-761670.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Five bedroom house for sale in Drayton Gardens, asking £4,750,000.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chard South Kensington estate agents have just been instructed on a meticulously refurbished &lt;a href=" http://www.chardsales.co.uk/Housetobuy/Drayton%20Gardens/SW10/beds-5/property.vtx?propertyid=EFF8D5C5-33A2-4891-95CF-7A2341904643"&gt;house for sale in Drayton Gardens, SW10&lt;/a&gt; that show-cases some of the best of contemporary interior design.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The property features a sound system throughout the house, with speakers hidden under plaster work in order to maintain the original look in the reception rooms. There is also air-conditioning, remote controlled fireplaces and an under floor heating system.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A very exciting property for a very busy market place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further information:&lt;br /&gt;Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=chls"&gt;South Kensington &amp; Chelsea estate agents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;144 Old Brompton Road&lt;br /&gt;London SW7 4NR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;020 7373 8883&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-4109994101562747062?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/hgnMKyw7X70" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/4109994101562747062/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=4109994101562747062" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/4109994101562747062" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/4109994101562747062" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/hgnMKyw7X70/south-kensington-house-for-sale.html" title="South Kensington House For Sale Showcases Latest in Interior Design" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/south-kensington-house-for-sale.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-4961705037746641929</id><published>2009-10-28T04:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T03:47:38.936-07:00</updated><title type="text">Exceptional Contemporary Two Bedroom Flat For Sale in South Kensington</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-for-sale-in-Roland-Mansions-Old-Brompton-Road-706275.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-for-sale-in-Roland-Mansions-Old-Brompton-Road-706273.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=chls"&gt;South Kensington estate agents&lt;/a&gt; has just received the instruction to sell this exceptional, interior designed &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/Flattobuy/Roland%20Mansions/SW7/beds-2/property.vtx?propertyid=0EE13EB5-1074-40E4-AEB8-DA01DE0E842B"&gt;flat in South Kensington&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The two bedroom flat was originally sold by Chard South Kensington sales to the current vendor who is an interior designer. He completed a top to bottom contemporary refurbishment of the flat, located in Roland Mansions on Old Brompton Road. Having enjoyed living there he's now looking for another property to buy with Chard with more space, and is now therefore selling. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further information:&lt;br /&gt;Chard South Kensington estate agents&lt;br /&gt;144 Old Brompton Road&lt;br /&gt;London SW7 4NR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;020 7373 8883&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-4961705037746641929?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/YzAC59fcV3w" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/4961705037746641929/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=4961705037746641929" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/4961705037746641929" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/4961705037746641929" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/YzAC59fcV3w/exceptional-contemporarytwo-bedroom.html" title="Exceptional Contemporary Two Bedroom Flat For Sale in South Kensington" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/exceptional-contemporarytwo-bedroom.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-2440494107603327277</id><published>2009-10-28T04:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T04:41:54.830-07:00</updated><title type="text">A Good Time to Buy London Property?</title><content type="html">Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk"&gt;London estate agents&lt;/a&gt; believe there's some definite indicators that it is once again a good time for buyers to be looking at the London property market. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's been a slight improvement in the numbers of flats and houses coming onto the market for sale - and importantly there's some signs that mortgage lenders are once again competing for buyers' mortgage business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Woolwich Building Society is offering a rate on an offset basis of 2.97% - which is 2.47% above base-rate. In the event that the buyer wishes to draw back on their savings they will be able to at the same rate of the original mortgage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For mortgage advice when buying in London, please contact Kelly at Charles Cameron on 020 7651 3865.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-2440494107603327277?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/-q5PCVqFYGA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/2440494107603327277/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=2440494107603327277" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/2440494107603327277" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/2440494107603327277" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/-q5PCVqFYGA/good-time-to-buy-london-property.html" title="A Good Time to Buy London Property?" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/good-time-to-buy-london-property.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-4838953482623407795</id><published>2009-10-27T01:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T01:30:35.163-07:00</updated><title type="text">London Property Market Report - November 2009</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/graham_head-718042-760491.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 102px; height: 140px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/graham_head-718042-760490.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Graham Norwood is a leading financial and property journalist. His latest book - Profiting From Property in a Recession - is now &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/"&gt;available from Amazon&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You heard it here first: despite the traditional pre-Christmas slowdown, November will be a key month for the housing market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The government is in the final throes of a death rattle but I expect it to try another roll of the housing dice in the mini-budget. Commentators expect the current stamp duty and first time buyer initiatives to be continued or expanded until spring (which just happens to be general election time).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Savills Research, a property consultancy, will unveil its 2010 forecast. It will claim south west London’s housing market is showing the strongest recovery of any part of the UK. It will also claim affordability across the UK is at an all time high thanks to house price falls and low interest rates…but the difficulty is actually obtaining a mortgage, meaning national recovery (as opposed to London’s) won’t happen until 2011 or 2012.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Love ‘em or loathe ‘em, bankers’ annual bonuses start being paid this month. Some will be in the form of stock but those in cash will probably go quickly into buying homes – good news for the capital’s market generally. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only gloom is on lending. November may see more details of further restrictions, if they happen, on interest-only borrowing for homes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That apart, you can hear a note of optimism amongst the crunch of autumn leaves.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-4838953482623407795?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/uQOk8wo7xlg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/4838953482623407795/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=4838953482623407795" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/4838953482623407795" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/4838953482623407795" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/uQOk8wo7xlg/london-property-market-report-november.html" title="London Property Market Report - November 2009" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/london-property-market-report-november.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-4767447133276865834</id><published>2009-10-26T03:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T03:59:51.879-07:00</updated><title type="text">Another Flat For Sale In Fulham Under Offer Within Hours</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/flat-for-sale-in-lilyville-road-fulham-sw6-760831.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/flat-for-sale-in-lilyville-road-fulham-sw6-760829.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Asking £425,000, this two bedroom flat for sale in Fulham is already under offer within hours of coming onto the sales market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=flms"&gt;Chard estate agents in Fulham&lt;/a&gt; collected the keys to this newly refurbished two bedroom &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/Flattobuy/Lilyville%20Road/SW6/beds-2/property.vtx?propertyid=230709B2-0F8E-4159-B514-77C76062F4C8"&gt;flat for sale in Lilyville Road, Fulham, SW6&lt;/a&gt; last Tuesday morning. Within hours, a strong offer had been received from a first time buyer with a large deposit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The buyer is currently renting locally with Chard and is looking to stay in the Parsons Green area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chard London estate agents have already sold or let over 1300 flats and houses in west London this year. This is yet another excellent result for a client (who happens also to be an employee of our &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=flml"&gt;Fulham lettings&lt;/a&gt; office).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further Information:&lt;br /&gt;Chard Fulham estate agents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;020 7373 8883&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-4767447133276865834?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/aih6AjcMits" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/4767447133276865834/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=4767447133276865834" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/4767447133276865834" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/4767447133276865834" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/aih6AjcMits/another-flat-for-sale-in-fulham-under.html" title="Another Flat For Sale In Fulham Under Offer Within Hours" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/another-flat-for-sale-in-fulham-under.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-2712282751735211889</id><published>2009-10-23T08:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T08:19:18.063-07:00</updated><title type="text">Rental Investment in Lillie Road SW6 Attracts Immediate Buyer Interest</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-house-rental-investment-for-sale-in-Lillie-Road-SW6-787298.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-house-rental-investment-for-sale-in-Lillie-Road-SW6-787295.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;These two &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/Flattobuy/Lillie%20Road/SW6/beds-3/property.vtx?propertyid=120733A4-74E6-4C6D-80A3-55F78D5E22B3"&gt;flats for sale in Lillie Road, West Brompton,Sw6&lt;/a&gt; comprise the whole building and have just come onto the market with Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardestateagents.com/pages/branch/id/2/South-Kensington-Chelsea-branch.html"&gt;South Kensington estate agents&lt;/a&gt; - they are being sold as a rental investment. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the option of a whole house as well as the freehold this an attractive option for many investors looking for a higher yield than on offer from banks and other investments. So much so that Chard have already received an offer within the first week of marketing the properties.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further information:&lt;br /&gt;Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=chls"&gt;South Kensington &amp; Chelsea estate agents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;144 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 4NR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;020 7373 8883&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-2712282751735211889?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/kZOqPzPd5_4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/2712282751735211889/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=2712282751735211889" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/2712282751735211889" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/2712282751735211889" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/kZOqPzPd5_4/rental-investment-in-lillie-road-sw6.html" title="Rental Investment in Lillie Road SW6 Attracts Immediate Buyer Interest" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/rental-investment-in-lillie-road-sw6.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-8537159091494015032</id><published>2009-10-15T23:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T23:59:07.813-07:00</updated><title type="text">Mystery Shopper and Customer Service Development</title><content type="html">Chard &lt;a href="http://chard.co.uk/"&gt;estate agents in London&lt;/a&gt; regularly employ "mystery shoppers" to monitor customer service and look for ways to improve on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've just had the results back on a mystery shop in &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=flml"&gt;Fulham &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=bgrl"&gt;Brook Green lettings&lt;/a&gt; offices- which was extremely positive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Using actors we borrowed a house "to rent" and "for sale" in Fulham and another "to rent" and "for sale" in Brook Green for the morning. We then book "valuations" with the local branch manager, who of course has no idea that this is anything but a genuine appraisal for rental or sale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The criteria assessed are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Punctuality&lt;br /&gt;- Personal presentation (attire)&lt;br /&gt;- Knowledge of Chard procedures&lt;br /&gt;- Knowledge of company marketing&lt;br /&gt;- The local lettings market - demand and recent comparable properties let&lt;br /&gt;- "Call to Action"&lt;br /&gt;- Knowledge of consumer related and legal issues of letting property&lt;br /&gt;- Follow up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The results are then closely reviewed by Resource Director, Jeff Culver together with Director, Andrew Chard, with the lettings or sales branch manager to look for ways to improve and develop on-going training. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also employ this program to monitor customer service for our buyers and tenants, with actors adopting a "persona" and a "background story" akin to a KGB operative! He or she then contacts our sales and lettings branches to register for properties for sale and to rent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We firmly believe in listening to our applicants so that we can understand their specific requirements. Part of the mystery shoppers brief when posing as buyers or tenants is to find out how well we're listening to our customers - and just how "interested" the individual broker was in ascertaining their specific requirements, as well as courtesy, market knowledge, preparation for property inspection tours. Not least of all, we also review care and attention whilst driving on escorted viewings. Our mystery shoppers then monitor feedback over the following week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All in all it helps keep us all on our toes and hopefully further contributes to the level of service we offer our buyers, vendors, tenants and landlords across central and west London.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-8537159091494015032?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/VlBCXeQKnns" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/8537159091494015032/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=8537159091494015032" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/8537159091494015032" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/8537159091494015032" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/VlBCXeQKnns/mystery-shopper-and-customer-service.html" title="Mystery Shopper and Customer Service Development" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/mystery-shopper-and-customer-service.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-882326112118926023</id><published>2009-10-12T01:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-12T01:45:47.239-07:00</updated><title type="text">Another Flat For Sale in South Kensington Goes Under Offer Within a Few Days</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-for-sale-in-Onslow-Square-South-Kensington-SW7-796520.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-for-sale-in-Onslow-Square-South-Kensington-SW7-796518.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pretty in pink? A quick makeover would create a superb London pied a terre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This spacious one bedroom, third floor (with lift) &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/details.dtx?propertyid=B35A7A7D-921A-4CA5-B4F1-2E4375599128"&gt;flat for sale on Onslow Square, South Kensington SW7&lt;/a&gt; has been on the market for well under a week yet has already gone under offer with Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=chls"&gt;South Kensington estate agents&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The flat is in need of modernisation and has a short lease (27 years), but would be ideal for a cash rich owner occupier or buy to let investor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chard offers a comprehensive range of services to buy to let investors including a dedicated Property Refurbishment team headed by Steve Hewitt who have the experience and contacts to create the "look" and function required by an owner occupier whilst adding value to re-sale and rental value.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Further information:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chard South Kensington and Chelsea sales&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;020 7373 8883&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chardestateagents.com/pages/maintenance"&gt;Chard Property Refurbishment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;0845 203 2506&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking for a property to buy in South Kensington?&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/property-in-south-kensington.vtx"&gt;Properties for sale in South Kensington, SW7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-882326112118926023?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/zdQyBUATHr8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/882326112118926023/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=882326112118926023" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/882326112118926023" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/882326112118926023" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/zdQyBUATHr8/another-flat-for-sale-in-south.html" title="Another Flat For Sale in South Kensington Goes Under Offer Within a Few Days" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/another-flat-for-sale-in-south.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-443043177987900791</id><published>2009-10-11T01:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-11T23:59:08.653-07:00</updated><title type="text">More Properties For Sale in South Kensington</title><content type="html">Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardestateagents.com/pages/branch/id/2/South-Kensington-Chelsea-branch.html"&gt;South Kensington estate agents&lt;/a&gt; are seeing more &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/property-in-south-kensington.vtx"&gt;properties for sale in South Kensington&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/property-in-chelsea.vtx"&gt;Chelsea&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grant O'Donaghue, manager of South Kensington and Chelsea property sales has seen a doubling in the number of valuations for properties to sell in the South Kensington area in the last three weeks. It appears that London is moving again. The feared "double dip" house price crash hasn't happened in London - in fact the reverse is true - prices have increased as much as 10-15% since early 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Confidence has returned to the market as prices have risen. Yet it's worth sowing a note of caution. Prices have been maintained in part due to a famine of properties for sale in the London market. More properties for sale hitting the market may dampen this, although the evidence on the ground is so far reassuring. The increase in instructions is mostly attributable to owner occupiers trading up or, less often, down - rather than an exodus of property owners from the market altogether. Property is also being snapped up as fast as it comes on to the market, with same day offers in some cases. In short there's both more buyers and more sellers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finance where available still looks cheap and rising rents, as reported elsewhere, are making home ownership more attractive than a year ago. London also has the advantage of overseas buyers and a buoyant buy to let market underpinned by its position as a world financial hub, to lend a reassuring cushion to the market - despite the otherwise very disturbing wider economic outlook in the UK. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From a &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk"&gt;London estate agents&lt;/a&gt; perspective there should be greater turnover of properties being sold in the near future and improved confidence in London property investment generally.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-443043177987900791?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/2xtmJr-KnkA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/443043177987900791/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=443043177987900791" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/443043177987900791" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/443043177987900791" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/2xtmJr-KnkA/more-properties-for-sale-in-south.html" title="More Properties For Sale in South Kensington" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/more-properties-for-sale-in-south.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-7090424404894028116</id><published>2009-10-09T02:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T02:25:45.976-07:00</updated><title type="text">Another Flat For Sale in Earls Court Under Offer Within 24 hours</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-for-sale-in-Philbeach-Gardens,-London,-SW5-795690.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 127px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-for-sale-in-Philbeach-Gardens,-London,-SW5-795687.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This two bedroom top floor &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/Flattobuy/Philbeach%20Gardens/SW5/beds-2/property.vtx?propertyid=89DE8FD5-32B6-4E16-9727-6AB410F13CC4"&gt;flat for sale on Philbeach Gardens, SW5&lt;/a&gt; within an Earls Court Victorian conversion has just come onto the market - and after one viewing on the property Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=chls"&gt;South Kensington estate agents&lt;/a&gt; have it under offer! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The flat makes an ideal buy to let investment in London with its two good size bedrooms and two bathrooms. There's also access to a roof terrace with views over the gardens to give it an added wow factor for owner occupiers and tenants alike.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The flat for sale is close to the local shops, bars and cafes on Earls Court Road, as well as the tube at Earls Court and the nearby Tesco superstore on Warwick Road. Yet Philbeach Gardens is a relatively quiet tree lined enclave. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further information:&lt;br /&gt;Chard South Kensington &amp; Chelsea estate agents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;020 7373 8883&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Links:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/property-in-earls-court.vtx"&gt;Property for sale in Earls Court, SW5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chardestateagents.com/pages/areadetail/area/38/Earls-Court-Areaguide.html"&gt;Earls Court property &amp; area guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-7090424404894028116?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/nU9T6OIjvHY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/7090424404894028116/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=7090424404894028116" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/7090424404894028116" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/7090424404894028116" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/nU9T6OIjvHY/another-flat-for-sale-in-earls-court.html" title="Another Flat For Sale in Earls Court Under Offer Within 24 hours" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/another-flat-for-sale-in-earls-court.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-1101239196087427074</id><published>2009-10-08T03:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-08T04:12:21.818-07:00</updated><title type="text">Three Offers and Another Flat Let at Asking Price in Notting Hill</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-to-rent-in-Ledbury-Road-W11-733501.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-to-rent-in-Ledbury-Road-W11-733498.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=nhgl"&gt;letting agents in Notting Hill&lt;/a&gt; were instructed on a one bedroom &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/Apartmenttolet/Ledbury%20Road/W11/beds-1/property.vtx?propertyid=D9E2DEFA-F31F-4630-A955-2D9B49D4C6FD"&gt;flat to let in Ledbury Road, Notting Hill&lt;/a&gt; on Friday October 2. By Monday they had secured three offers, agreeing the let at the asking price rent of £450 per week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interestingly £450 per week would have been considered a bit rich just a few months ago with a relative paucity of tenants looking at one bedroom flats to let in Notting Hill in that price bracket. Times have changed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The combination of unprecedented demand over the last eight weeks together with renewed City recruitment has pushed prices back to within a whisker of peak rental levels seen in 2007.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another factor at work is that the summer upturn in the sales market has meant many "accidental landlords" have now sold their properties (many through Chard) - further adding to the current drought of property to let in London.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Further information:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chard Notting Hill &amp; Kensington lettings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;020 7792 0792&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Links for property to rent in the Ledbury Road, W11 area:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/property-in-notting-hill.vtx"&gt;Flats to rent in Notting Hill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/property-in-bayswater.vtx"&gt;Flats to rent in Bayswater&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/property-in-westbourne-grove.vtx"&gt;Flats to rent in Westbourne Grove&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-1101239196087427074?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/WASV0P6wtSo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/1101239196087427074/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=1101239196087427074" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/1101239196087427074" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/1101239196087427074" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/WASV0P6wtSo/three-offers-and-another-flat-let-at.html" title="Three Offers and Another Flat Let at Asking Price in Notting Hill" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/three-offers-and-another-flat-let-at.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-5787341409321874906</id><published>2009-10-07T22:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-07T22:41:25.256-07:00</updated><title type="text">Shortage of Stock in London Property Market Defies Expectations</title><content type="html">Climate Change in the London Lettings Market?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're baffled. It's not very often that estate agents will admit they got it wrong but the reality on the ground is defying our expectation - for now at least. We've got more corporate and professional tenants looking for property to rent in London - and not enough stock to show them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October is not meant to be like this, landlords are traditionally peering ahead and starting to worry they might be left on the shelf over the Winter. Tenants are usually starting to sniff blood by mid October and prices falling accordingly. 2009 is looking very different.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our London lettings offices are letting flats and houses faster than we are taking them on. There simply isn't enough stock of property available to let to go around. One flat to let in Gloucester Road, as reported in the previous blog has just been let by Chard within 30 minutes - at 125 per week over a rival agent's valuation too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're seeing a lot of "new blood recruitment" in the City pushing demand and prices as a consequence. This comes at a barren time to be looking for a new home to rent as new graduates and record numbers of monied oversees students have taken up all the slack in the market up to 750 per week over the last 6-8 weeks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As long as it lasts it looks like an long Indian Summer for London landlords.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-5787341409321874906?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/-5w0B7S41w4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/5787341409321874906/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=5787341409321874906" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/5787341409321874906" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/5787341409321874906" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/-5w0B7S41w4/shortage-of-stock-in-london-property.html" title="Shortage of Stock in London Property Market Defies Expectations" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/shortage-of-stock-in-london-property.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-8634468441748755868</id><published>2009-10-07T22:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-07T22:22:30.271-07:00</updated><title type="text">Flat let in Gloucester Road, SW7 Within 30 Minutes - at £125 per week Over Rival Agent's Valuation!</title><content type="html">Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=chll"&gt;South Kensington &amp; Chelsea lettings&lt;/a&gt; on Old Brompton Road, SW7 has just let a refurbished two bedroom flat within 30 minutes of receiving keys and before our marketing team had arranged photos or uploaded details onto our web site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The flat to let on Gloucester Road SW7 had been valued by another well known London lettings and estate agent at £425 per week. Richard Saltmer, Chard's South Kensington manager felt an asking price of £575 per week more appropriate in the current lettings market - and tied the deal at £550 per week within the hour to City professionals!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our London lettings offices have more tenants looking - and fewer properties to show them. &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk"&gt;Properties to rent in London&lt;/a&gt; are literally flying out the door. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want the best possible price when letting your property please contact:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chard South Kensington &amp; Chelsea lettings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;020 7244 7711&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Links:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/property-in-south-kensington.vtx"&gt;Property to rent in South Kensington&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/property-in-earls-court.vtx"&gt;Properties to let in Earls Court&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-8634468441748755868?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/A6VUiM8rfrw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/8634468441748755868/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=8634468441748755868" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/8634468441748755868" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/8634468441748755868" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/A6VUiM8rfrw/flat-let-in-gloucester-road-sw7-within.html" title="Flat let in Gloucester Road, SW7 Within 30 Minutes - at £125 per week Over Rival Agent's Valuation!" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/flat-let-in-gloucester-road-sw7-within.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-1472240793495545590</id><published>2009-10-07T21:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-07T22:08:33.666-07:00</updated><title type="text">Chard increases property advertising in Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</title><content type="html">Chard has just taken four pages in the Hammersmith and Fulham newspaper to further increase exposure for our clients' properties when selling and letting in this area of west London.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We feel this is especially important as stocks of properties available for sale and to rent across Hammersith and Fulham are falling. In simple terms we're selling and letting faster than new properties are coming onto the market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Local offices:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chard&lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=flml"&gt; Fulham lettings agents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=bgrl"&gt;Brook Green lettings agents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=flms"&gt;Fulham estate agents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=bgrs"&gt;Brook Green estate agents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/property-in-fulham.vtx"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Property for sale in Fulham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/property-in-fulham.vtx"&gt;Property to rent in Fulham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/property-in-hammersmith.vtx"&gt;Property for sale in Hammersmith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chard.co.uk/property-in-hammersmith.vtx"&gt;Property to rent in Hammersmith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-1472240793495545590?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/WCdH0vShwhI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/1472240793495545590/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=1472240793495545590" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/1472240793495545590" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/1472240793495545590" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/WCdH0vShwhI/chard-increases-property-advertising-in.html" title="Chard increases property advertising in Hammersmith &amp; Fulham" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/chard-increases-property-advertising-in.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-223127594952678525</id><published>2009-10-06T08:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T08:15:51.658-07:00</updated><title type="text">Flat For Sale in Earls Court Under Offer Within a Week</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-for-sale-in-Philbeach-Gardens,-Earls-Court,-SW5-723379.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 127px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-for-sale-in-Philbeach-Gardens,-Earls-Court,-SW5-723376.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This meticulously refurbished, two bedroom &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/Flattobuy/Philbeach%20Gardens/SW5/beds-2/property.vtx?propertyid=031ED1AC-3AF3-44F7-8BFA-89BEFB24B0F0"&gt;flat for sale on Philbeach Gardens, Earls Court&lt;/a&gt; asking £585,000 has gone under offer within a week of instruction through Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=chls"&gt;South Kensington &amp; Chelsea estate agents&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philbeach Gardens, SW5 is a tree lined crescent off Warwick Road. Like most of Earls Court it doesn't suffer from through traffic and is justifiably described as an enclave - yet moments freom the A4/Talgarth Road. Its proximity to Earls Court tube, as well as Tescos "megastore" on Warwick Road is also a major selling point.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-223127594952678525?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/qL5QvUfZ1s0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/223127594952678525/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=223127594952678525" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/223127594952678525" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/223127594952678525" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/qL5QvUfZ1s0/flat-for-sale-in-earls-court-under.html" title="Flat For Sale in Earls Court Under Offer Within a Week" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/10/flat-for-sale-in-earls-court-under.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-7419232595446814734</id><published>2009-09-29T20:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-29T20:57:53.194-07:00</updated><title type="text">October London Property Market - Graham Norwood's Blog</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/graham_head-718042-735889.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 102px; height: 140px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/graham_head-718042-735886.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Graham Norwood has been a journalist for over twenty years. He is a frequent contributor to the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, The Independent, The Guardian and The Observer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The key to the well-being of the sales and rental markets is confidence. You can’t see it or smell it but you can feel it – and it’s rising.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some try to measure it, asking questions to gauge sentiment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In recent days the website Rightmove has quizzed members of the public whether they believe house prices will rise in the next 12 months. Back in January, two thirds did not and one third did; now the figures are reversed. Likewise the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ latest survey of members – most are estate agents selling homes – shows a big majority believing prices will rise in the near future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Redrow, the builder, says it is “more confident” about sales at the end of 2009 and the Building Societies’ Association says its members, too, are feeling better about the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But they all measure responses in different regions (even the building firm) and without exception London is the most optimistic part of the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That may show how ‘glass half full’ we are in the capital but it also illustrates that confidence is more likely to be high where the market is less reliant on mortgage borrowing (still tough in the provinces) and where unemployment is under control (it is growing in London but far less rapidly than elsewhere).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So there will still be press talk of doom and gloom in some locations. There will still be speculation of that dreaded ‘double dip’ downturn in the regions. But London is better insulated than elsewhere to cope – of that, we can be extremely confident.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-7419232595446814734?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/d4VGqmtbdHU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/7419232595446814734/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=7419232595446814734" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/7419232595446814734" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/7419232595446814734" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/d4VGqmtbdHU/october-london-property-market-graham.html" title="October London Property Market - Graham Norwood's Blog" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/09/october-london-property-market-graham.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-3197775631655485004</id><published>2009-09-29T12:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-29T12:12:52.338-07:00</updated><title type="text">Over £1400/sq. ft on Chelsea House For Sale</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/House-for-sale-in-Sprimont-Place,-Chelsea-SW3-756574.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/House-for-sale-in-Sprimont-Place,-Chelsea-SW3-756567.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Freehold house for sale in Sprimont Place, Chelsea SW3 asking £ 1,850,000 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having been on the market and receiving good interest for six weeks, this well laid out three bedroom, grade II listed &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/details.dtx?propertyid=0D49ACC6-3345-4DE8-A5A4-46988E1C1A0C"&gt;house for sale in Chelsea&lt;/a&gt; is now firmly under offer with Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=chls"&gt;South Kensington &amp; Chelsea estate agents&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The buyer, as is quite often the case at the moment, is European and has cash funds ready to go. The house has sold for over £1400/sq. ft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further information&lt;br /&gt;Chard South Kensington &amp; Chelsea estate agents&lt;br /&gt;144 Old Brompton Road&lt;br /&gt;London SW7 4NR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;020 7373 8883&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Related link:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/property-in-chelsea.vtx"&gt;Properties for sale in Chelsea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-3197775631655485004?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/2OUEHJ681MY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/3197775631655485004/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=3197775631655485004" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/3197775631655485004" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/3197775631655485004" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/2OUEHJ681MY/over-1400sq-ft-on-chelsea-house-for.html" title="Over £1400/sq. ft on Chelsea House For Sale" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/09/over-1400sq-ft-on-chelsea-house-for.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223239439674959895.post-8534170893663015036</id><published>2009-09-28T22:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T22:41:20.967-07:00</updated><title type="text">Shortage of Property For Sale Means More Competitive Bids in South Kensington</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-to-rent-in-Courtfield-Gardens-SW5-708899.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.chardblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/Flat-to-rent-in-Courtfield-Gardens-SW5-708897.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Three offers at the £525,000 asking price for a one bedroom flat in Courtfield Gardens, SW5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one bedroom flat &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/Flattobuy/Courtfield%20Gardens/SW5/beds-1/property.vtx?propertyid=A212E127-FFE5-4421-822E-3968AC65CCC"&gt;for sale in Courtfield Gardens, near Gloucester Road SW5&lt;/a&gt; with Chard &lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/default.dtx?content=branch&amp;type=chls"&gt;South Kensington estate agents&lt;/a&gt; has now attracted its third asking price offer. The property will now go into a competitive best and final bid situation to secure the sale in excess of asking price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There simply isn't enough property on the market for sale and consequently, as this example further illustrates, now may be a very good time to market your property if you are considering selling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further information:&lt;br /&gt;Chard South Kensington Estate Agents&lt;br /&gt;144 Old Brompton Road&lt;br /&gt;SW7 4NR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;020 7373 8883&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Related Links:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/property-in-south-kensington.vtx"&gt;Property for sale in South Kensington&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chardsales.co.uk/property-in-earls-court.vtx"&gt;Property for sale in Earls Court&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2223239439674959895-8534170893663015036?l=www.chardblog.co.uk'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~4/4WEXREFXtkA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/8534170893663015036/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2223239439674959895&amp;postID=8534170893663015036" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/8534170893663015036" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2223239439674959895/posts/default/8534170893663015036" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChardEstateAgents/~3/4WEXREFXtkA/shortage-of-property-for-sale-means.html" title="Shortage of Property For Sale Means More Competitive Bids in South Kensington" /><author><name>Barry Manners</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791261950212907005</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14321209906246175767" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.chardblog.co.uk/2009/09/shortage-of-property-for-sale-means.html</feedburner:origLink></entry></feed>
