by on 12th October 2017
Would you spend £300 million on a train to Leeds? According to news just released by the government and the YEP, the answer is an emphatic yes. £300 million is about to be expended on improving the rail network to Leeds, which means that 10 million people will be within a one hour train ride of our city. Good news or bad news? We think it’s good and here’s why. With such [...]
by on 16th September 2017
A few weeks ago, we posted an old photo of Harehills from 1897 when the area was being developed. The photo characterised it as a Leeds suburb of terraced homes and indeed little has changed since. In this latest article, we look at Harehills, just as we did with Beeston in an editorial some time ago. If you’re familiar with Leeds, you’ll know some basics about the area. It sits between [...]
by on 28th July 2017
You may be viewing the news about 2040 this week with some scepticism or relief, depending on your personal views, but the government, along with EU neighbours like France and European car builders like Volvo are reading the last rites to the petrol and diesel engine and going electric. Leeds, like any other major city, suffers from road congestion and air pollution, and by phasing out the [...]
by on 17th July 2017
With the General Election dust now settling, we are witnessing an uplift in the property market at Hogan's in Leeds and across West Yorkshire,. A previous article covered the political ramifications of the ballot box but in this blog post, we thought we’d hold a property magnifying glass up to our area and answer why now is a good time to sell. Traditionally, July and August is a [...]
by on 8th July 2017
Leeds, the base for our two offices, is the third largest city in Britain and home to 715,000 people, pipped to the post by London and Birmingham. We have other accolades too: we invented Cluedo, the classic mousetrap, had columns in its local paper penned by Karl Max and gave the world Marks and Spencers from its launch in Leeds market in 1884. Neither London nor Birmingham have such [...]
by on 1st June 2017
Let's start off with some statistics. Out of the choice of seven days in a week, 41% of house sellers and buyers pick Fridays. Fridays remain the most popular day to move, nationally, followed by Mondays, and at Hogan's we can understand why as there’s many Pros, but also those inevitable Cons. Read on … The advantages of Friday moves? Buyers want to exchange contracts [...]
by on 18th May 2017
There's no silver bullet in selling property people say, but there are certain factors that matter: Asking price Location Time on the market Estate agent Marketing At Hogan's we've looked at just the Leeds property market and there's over 3200 for sale in Leeds alone, with some properties being first listed 4 years ago! Quite in a few in 2014 right up to 3 months [...]
by on 12th April 2017
As Leeds estate and letting agents, we posed a question status on our Facebook page asking this: Out of four northern cities: Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle Upon Tyne, which city centre has the highest average property price? Everybody, practically, went all Manc and opted for our drizzly Pennine neighbour. But you know what? They were wrong. Wrong of course if you [...]
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