Welcome to the Rotherham Property Blog
News, research and the latest deals from the property market for Rotherham and the surrounding area.
Rotherham Homebuyers & Landlords Set to Save £1,517,830 in Stamp Duty Over Next Nine Months
The British are infatuated with owning their own property and politicians know that. Margaret Thatcher used it as a vote winner in 1979 when she allowed council house tenants to buy their own home. Coming to the present day, Boris Johnson’s Conservative government...
The Post Lockdown Property Market
What have we learned in the first month? From talking to most of the Rotherham estate and letting agents and our own findings, it might surprise many of you that new enquiries from homebuyers, tenants, landlords and home sellers have been at record levels since...
Are Buy to Let Landlords to Blame for Rotherham’s Housing Crisis?
Isn’t it funny that nobody boasts they are a buy to let landlord anymore? Roll the clock back to the early millennium and you couldn’t go to the local golf club or shop at a Waitrose without someone dropping buy to let into the conversation as easily and as often as...
Rotherham Property Market – The Rollercoaster of the last Decade!
Rotherham Property Market … the Rollercoaster of the last Decade Ah the 2010’s, the tens, the teens - I am not sure what we are supposed to call the decade that has just gone. No matter what it was called, the last decade was a tough one, so does it really...
14,608 people live in Rented Accommodation in Rotherham!
37,616 People Live in Rented Accommodation in Rotherham That number surprised you didn’t it? With the General Election done, I thought it time to reflect on renting in the manifestos and party-political broadcasts and ask why? As the best way to...
Chris Holmes
Author of the Rotherham Property Blog
I am a long time resident of Rotherham and am Senior Manager in both Bricknells Rentals and Fenton Board Estate Agents.
On this blog I will share what is happening in Rotherham’s Property market, even looking at specific areas and housing estates.
At other times I will post what I consider are decent buy to let deals. Some will be on the market with me whilst others may be marketed by other agents in Rotherham.
The Rotherham Property Blog is brought to you in partnership with Bricknells Rentals – Rotherham’s top independent letting agent.