Hope you had a great Christmas & a splendid New Year.

In March 2010 it will be ten years since we started Isle of Wight Homes!

Its amazing how technology has changed in such a short time, the first computer we bought had a smaller hard drive than is in my mobile phone.

When uploading to our website I had to phone up via a noisy modem using “Freeserve” & upload really small pictures (about the current size of Rightmove pictures), now I can upload huge full screen pictures with ease & most of the UK population are now on broadband.

More & more Estate Agencies are no longer seeing the need for High Street Offices, & following our lead. I am just relieved we didn’t double in size 3 years ago when we were hoping to buy huge commercial premises on the outskirts of Newport & then rent out the additional space.

There currently seems to be a rash of Newspaper reports about the prices of houses shooting up in price, its certainly is not the case on the Isle of Wight, call me cynical, but these articles seem to occur when there isn’t much other news about!

Enough of my ramblings, this blog section will continue to be upgraded all year with relevant information re the Property world relating to domestic houses only. You can follow any updates by subscribing to the RSS feed at the bottom of the page.

In 2010 you can expect to see (if the Conservatives get in) the death of the Home Information Pack (HIP) which will be a good thing for all those buying & selling properties. I then anticipate more houses being put on the market as sellers “try the market” as there will not be any cost involved & then of course this will result in more houses being on the market & more choice for all buyers.

Regards
Simon Broadhead
Isle of Wight Homes Ltd