"Brexit blues or Brexit bloom?"

I LAST wrote the Market Comment section in Spring 2016 which was pre-Budget and pre-Brexit.

What a lot of changes we have had now we have come out of the other side of both!

The Budget has seen the introduction of the then Chancellor's Stamp Duty surcharge reform for Buy-To-Let properties and, as I predicted in the spring, pre-Brexit nerves may have caused a slight hiccup.

Add to them the new "Right to Rent" legislation and strictly speaking we should have had a downturn in activity but now it is all over we seem set for a period of calm.

The regional Lettings market seems - so far - to have been unaffected either way by the Brexit vote.

Generally there have been little changes so far to rent prices, supply of properties and demand from Tenants.

If there is any uncertainty post-Brexit, it comes from Landlords considering whether or not to continue to invest in rental property.

Looking forward however, we are moving towards the autumn and winter months where - historically - the lettings market quietens down particularly if the sales market quickens it's pace before the hibernation.

As always, trying to second guess what the future holds in lettings is next to impossible but there is one sure thing: everyone needs a roof over their heads!