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The first in our series of magazines for 2019 has just been published.

Tickets have been selling fast for this amazing Freddie Mercury tribute concert in aid of Dreams Come True. Homes Estate Agents is the lead supporter of this event and we are working with the organisers – Hopes & Dreams Charity Events – to make sure this is a sell-out!

The Homes Estate Agents’ Lettings & Property Management team is currently conducting a series of 121 briefings with its Landlord clients about the implications of impending changes to lettings legislation.

The pressure on sale values continues to be a major talking point, as two of the latest leading market reports confirm.

Moving to a new home? Whilst it all sounds exciting, there are few things in life which are as stress-inducing as packing up, moving out, moving in and unpacking again – all in a few days!

For the 3rd year running, Homes Estate Agents has been voted ‘Best Agent’ in the extended Thames Valley region by RAN.
The award for 2018 was announced at the formal dinner following the RAN Conference in London on Friday 23rd November.
RAN (Relocation Agent Network) is the UK arm of Cartus the world’s largest relocation organisation. The ‘Best Agent’ award is judged on a number of strict criteria including customer satisfaction and business innovation.

In the latest Budget on 29th October 2018, the Chancellor revealed a number of key measures designed to support the property market.

Homes Estate Agents has just won The British Property Lettings Gold Winner Award for outstanding customer service levels delivered by their Regional Lettings Team. The team performed outstandingly throughout the extensive judging period and they have now been shortlisted for a number of additional national awards which will be announced early next year.

Feedback we’ve been receiving from some customers is that they thought that Homes Estate Agents was part of a much larger, national chain – which we guess could be viewed as both good and bad news! So we’ve recently been asking a number of customers, who thought this was the case, why it was? It’s been quite interesting for us to understand their reasons, but it has also served to remind us that we constantly need to underline the fact that we are local specialists, with all the benefits this brings. We firmly believe that as a smaller independent agent we’re able to offer a much better value service – tailored to individual requirements and with that personal level of attention and commitment which is so important to sellers, buyers, landlords and tenants. To read more about why our Homes brand seemingly suggests that we’re bigger than we are and also meet the faces behind the local teams.

One of the many advantages of using Homes’ Full Management Service is we can take responsibility for the annual Gas Safety Certificate, if applicable, which is very topical as this week is Gas Safety Week.