Adrian Tod of Hayward Tod Associates reviews the property year and looks forward to a steadier 2011. Overall, 2010 has been an annus mediocris for estate agents. Or to use a more contemporary cliché it has been a year of two halves. The first six months were rather good...

As the clocks go back and the nights draw in Adrian Tod of Hayward Tod offers some frank advice for sellers this autumn. From time to time, as autumn falls, mists envelop us and it is hard to see ahead. In the property market mist has come early this year and it is difficult to...

Adrian Tod and Peter Hayward of Hayward Tod in Carlisle look into the options presented by the property market this autumn. Realistic estate agents are putting the Champagne back on ice for little longer. For a while many people thought that a buoyant property market had...

Adrian Tod of Hayward Tod Associates in Carlisle comments on the property market as the autumn market approaches. Some people are naturally gifted with clothes or plants or DIY or cooking. Others are less so. Some people are really good at buying and selling property. The...

Adrian Tod of Hayward Tod comments on the property market after a busy Spring. What a game! The English have long been used to the highs and especially the lows of their national obsession. All the early hype leads to such lofty expectations. It is only later that frustration...

Adrian Tod of Hayward Tod was pleased that Home Information Packs have been abolished. Here Adrian explains why: “It’s over. After an inestimable amount of wasted time and money since 2007 the new government has been swift to put Home Information Packs out of their...

Peter and Adrian of Hayward Tod recently met with other regional members of Mayfair Office at their Regional Conference to discuss the housing market. This group is one of the most experienced and respected in the UK with members who regularly act as government, Bank of England...

Hayward Tod Comment on the Budget The 2010 Budget was, overall, rather neutral for the property market. But there are some winners and losers. The increase in the Stamp Duty threshold - doubled to £250,000 - will help first time buyers in more expensive areas of the...

Adrian Tod of Hayward Tod comments on a period of stagnation in the property market. Putting off moving until after the summer holidays or waiting until after Christmas are the usual causes of home buying inertia. But now we have lots more reasons to put off the evil day. First...

The question of climate change is one of the great issues of our time. Will the climate warm up or, as some would prefer to argue, will it become cooler? Well, the evidence across the UK is that the climate in the property market is improving. A warm current of opportunity is...