Southport housing market ‘booming’ with gardens surging in popularity

Now is a great time to sell your home with the house market in Southport “booming”.

Curlett Jones Estates, which opened on Lord Street in Southport in August this year, says that the recent cut in Stamp Duty has fuelled the housing market in the UK, pushing up house prices and increasing the demand for new homes.

The Covid pandemic has seen a change in what people want from their new homes too, with beautiful gardens becoming more attractive now than ever.

Curlett Jones Estates Sales Manager Alan Jones said: “The housing market in Southport is booming at the moment.

“The Stamp Duty Holiday is due to end in March next year, and at the moment we don’t know what is going to happen after that.

We are currently telling people who are thinking of selling their homes to get them on the market now.

“The quicker that people can get their homes on the market and take advantage of the Stamp Duty holiday the better.”

The Stamp Duty boost from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which was designed to keep the housing market moving during the Coronavirus pandemic, has been good news for house sellers.

After a 15.6% rise in August in the UK, residential property transactions in September rose a further 21.3% in September under new figures published yesterday as more people decided to buy a new home or move house.

The increase in transactions came after the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday at the start of July that will last until March next year.

Alan Jones said: “Because people are saving money on Stamp Duty, they are willing to spend more on the cost of their new homes, so house prices have been going up.”

The Covid outbreak has led to many changes in people’s lives. This includes more people looking to work from home, and more people spending more time where they live.

This has made beautiful seaside resorts like Southport more attractive to house seekers, while buyers are also increasingly looking for attractive gardens with new properties.

Alan Jones said: “Before the Coronavirus pandemic people looking for new homes liked gardens, but they usually weren’t a determining factor in a house purchase.

“Good gardens are now becoming more important for people, with people spending a lot more of their time at home.”

At Curlett Jones Estates people can also save money through the firm’s fixed fees.

For homes up to £100,000 there is a fee of £500 plus VAT; for homes between £100,001 and £350,000 the fee is £1,000 plus VAT; with a fee of £1,500 plus VAT for homes which cost £350,000 and above.

Alan Jones said: “We know how expensive moving home can be. With the Covid pandemic people are also watching what they spend. That’s why we are offering our services and expertise on a fixed fee basis to ensure that everyone in our community has access to an outstanding and cost-effective service.

”You will receive an exceptional service that is catered to your individual needs.

A property for sale with Curlett Jones Estates in Southport

“Some estate agents can charge fees of around £2,000 or £3,000 so what we offer is quite a difference.

“The fixed fee means that it doesn’t matter what someone’s home is valued at, we will work just as hard for every single client. Some other estate agents spend more time pushing their higher value properties, because that is where their higher commissions come from.

“We recently took on one client whose home had been on the market with another estate agent for £82,000 and hadn’t sold for nine months.

“We sold it within two weeks. Because of our fixed fees, we pushed it as much as we would have done a £1million mansion.

“We have a new tagline – Curlett Jones Estates, keeping people moving – that is what we do best.”

• Curlett Jones Estates is situated at 653 Lord Street, Southport, PR9 0AW. Call them on: 01704 537950 or email them at: Hello@CurlettJones.co.uk or visit their website at: curlettjones.co.uk