Blue is the colour...

For once my week ahead is a bit quieter and is mostly taken up with Directors 1:1 monthly meetings so that will have me in Head Office for most of this week. A bit of calm after the weekend which contained my Birthday, the mighty Chelsea winning the Champions League and then me routering 580 meters of oak skirting and architrave!

So what is the market doing right now? I can see buyers being cautious, if something is the right price then there is a skirmish over who buys it but if there is a standard property at the standard price then interest is low so it is the outstanding properties and asking prices which are getting all of the attention.

We have just had our second online auction come to a successful conclusion within the past few days and this new modern method is a great way to sell in these tough times. Where else can you guarantee to get the market value and within a set time scale from the outset, the sale goes through quicker and hardly any go wrong due to us having taken a non-refundable reservation fee. When you realise that the seller doesn't pay any sales fees then you must start to wonder why more sales are not conducted this way.

Francis Marshall FNAEA
Managing Director
Bradleys Group