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News, research and the latest deals from the property market for Rotherham and the surrounding area.
Average Rent Paid by Tenants in Rotherham rises to £521 per month
Back in the Spring, there was a surge in landlords buying buy-to-let property in Rotherham as they tried to beat George Osborne’s new stamp duty changes which kicked in on the 1st April 2016. To give you an idea of the sort of numbers we are talking about, below are...

Rotherham Property Values decrease by nearly 1%… good or bad news?
“How's the Rotherham housing market doing?” asked one of our upbeat Rotherham landlords last week. “Quite strange”, I replied. Our landlord was a bit confused! Let me explain... Even the Brexit vote has not fully hindered Rotherham’s steady rise in property value -...

Rotherham Housing Crisis? Only 2.7% of Rotherham Homes Are For Sale
The Rotherham property market continues to disregard the end of the world prophecies of a post Brexit fallout with a return to business as usual since last summer's break. The challenge every Rotherham property buyer has faced over the last few years is a lack of...

Private rent set to increase by 2,300 households by 2025
I was having a most interesting chat the other day with a Rotherham landlord when we were looking at a property. We got talking about the Rotherham property market and this landlord brought up the subject of a report he had read from the Royal Institution of Chartered...

How many people in Rotherham live in shared houses?
I had an interesting chat the other day with a Rotherham landlord. He said he had been talking with an architect who said back in the mid-2000’s, the developments he was asked to draw were a balance of one and two bed properties, compared to today where the majority...

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.
