Events 06 Jul 2022 Duncan Macmillan of Martyn Cox & Company takes a look at what’s important in a confusing property market. Asked what he thought would define his premiership, Prime Minister Harold McMillan famously replied, “Events, dear boy, events”. It...
Build Back Better 01 Jun 2022 Duncan Macmillan of Martyn Cox & Company gets ready for the Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations and considers what we have and have not learnt over seventy years of the property market. This June, we celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee. There will be...
Swings and Roundabouts 02 Mar 2022 Who remembers the boom-and-bust property markets of the early 1970s or the late 1980s? More people will remember recent mini booms and busts, general elections, the banking crisis, Brexit and, of course, the global pandemic. Over the years all these events, large and small, have...
September Market Review 16 Sep 2021 The UK property market continues to enjoy a boom as we transition into Autumn and the temporary stamp duty break approaches an end. As we have seen in recent months, demand continues to outstrip supply, and there is no sign of the scales tilting. With the...
Market Review 17 Jul 2021 Market conditions have remained vibrant over the last month, heightened further by the impending phasing out of the stamp duty holiday. New records continue to be reported including a third of properties being sold above their initial asking price. New search...
May Market Review - What A Whirlwind! 03 Jun 2021 Although there was a chill in the air throughout the month, there has been plenty of heat in the local property market. The surge in activity that we reported in last month’s review continues to grow and there is every indication that the...
Situation Vacant 18 May 2021 Senior Partner You Agency may not have been your No. 1 career choice at school, but now you’re in the business, you never want to leave. It’s more than a job to you, it’s in your blood and on your mind all of the time. You drift off to sleep with a...
Two New Partners at Martyn R Cox & Co 17 May 2021 As Mr Martyn Cox takes one gracious step towards retirement, Martyn R Cox & Co take two steps forward with the appointment of two new partners, Simon Daughton & Duncan Macmillan. Simon joined the company 30 years ago this month whilst Duncan Macmillan is the most capped...
April Market Review 06 May 2021 Has the world gone completely mad? Indeed just lately the world of property seems as though it might have done. If the press isn’t yelling about renovations at No 10, it’s screaming about panic buying and soaring prices. How much should we believe? With No 10, one&...
