Articles

Welcome to our Articles section. Here are various articles about the market, house prices and other processes within the Jersey Property industry and about home moving in general.

Jersey House Prices - Q2 Release 2023

Brief commentary on the 2023 Q2 House Prices Release which do not make great reading for Jersey Homeowners

ND Estates & Property Technology

We have been using technology to improve our services since 2009. From marketing to photography, and from 360 tours to drone technology, ND Estates has been utilizing various forms of technology to stand out in the competitive real estate industry.

Jersey's Property Market Provides Some Opportunities for Motivated Vendors and Buyers Despite Slowdown

The Jersey property market has seen a decline in sales since the Autumn due to the economic and inflationary crisis and has accelerated since December 2022, due to the sudden increase in stamp duty to 3% on buy-to-let and second homes, and a rise in interest rates to 4%. This change has made it more challenging for buyers to afford these types of properties, leading to a decrease in demand.

Social Media and Estate Agency

Social media can be a useful tool for Jersey estate agents to advertise their services and reach potential clients. There are several ways that estate agents can use social media to advertise their services,

The Top 5 Things You Must Do When Buying Property In Jersey

ND Estates has been helping people buy and sell homes since 2009. I have been in the conveyancing world since 1981 when I started at a local law firm as a very young junior conveyancer. So we have the experience you need in buying and selling property.

Are You a First Time Buyer?

There are frequent comments on Social Media about the price of Properties in Jersey, and elsewhere for that matter, but no more so than on properties that are stipulated as first-time buyer properties. With property price inflation, inflation generally and the cost of property in Jersey because of the limited space and perhaps the lack of foresight from previous Governments to address the situation of the new home building in Jersey.

Shortage of Homes ... and vacant properties

There is a genuine shortage of homes for both buyers and renters in Jersey. In this article we look a little more into this and the situation with vacant properties in Jersey and how it always seems to have been the case..

Letting your property. What is required?

When you decide to let a property as a new landlord, what is involved? We take a look at some of the issues arising out of letting a property in Jersey.

On the market .. or not?

One of the questions we frequently encounter is whether it is better for an applicant to already have their home on the market. Here we take a look at this scenario

A new website ....

We have a new website for ND Estates, Jersey Estate Agents. A year in the making, we created the database and backend with System Labs designing the front end for us and plugging it all in.

Qualifications for Estate Agents?

We believe agents should be qualified in their jobs. Here is a brief article I wrote about this subject.

House Prices

Where are House Prices Heading? Here are some of my thoughts