Why wouldn’t you buy now?
The fact that more people aren’t testing the market with offers at the moment is astounding, says Ed Mead...
Ed Mead is the former Executive Director of Douglas & Gordon, and now an independent property advisor who sits on the board of Viewber. An agent for over 35 years, he has gained a reputation for saying things as they are and is a regular pundit for the likes of the BBC and Sky News.
Hands Off Buy-to-Let: Has the BoE been reading too many Daily Mail headlines?
The vast majority of buy-to-let investors are in for the long term, are big net contributors to both the national and local economies, and are right to feel a somewhat opportunist target, says Ed Mead...
By Ed Mead
Mead: In defence of traditional full service estate agency
After that Daily Mail article on estate agents' "eight sneaky secrets" (penned by an online agent), Ed Mead answers back, with interest...
Only c.
By Ed Mead
Hate Figures: The real cost of sensationalist statistics
Rightmove needs to understand the trouble its stats are causing, says an incandescent Ed Mead...
Anyone reading Twitter will have gathered I’m angry.
By Ed Mead
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