Blog Landlords News Selling & BuyingYour Fixed Rate Mortgage is Ending: A Simple Guide to Your Next Smart MoveOctober 17, 2025Remember that great fixed-rate mortgage you secured a few years ago? That period of financial certainty is likely coming to an end for many of you in 2025. You're not alone – another 1.5 million...
Blog Local Area Mackenzie Smith Selling & BuyingThe Power of Local: How Our Network of Offices Benefits YouOctober 13, 2025Across Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire, Mackenzie Smith isn’t just one high-street agent — we have eight offices, in places like Fleet, Farnborough, Yateley, Camberley and Hartley Wintney....
Blog Local Area News Selling & BuyingHouse Prices Rise while Council Tax is StabilisedOctober 02, 2025The recent data from Nationwide House Price Index indicates that the market is holding strong. After a period of adjustment, the latest figures from Nationwide show a modest uplift in house...
Blog Local Area News Selling & BuyingThe November Budget: Effects on the Property MarketSeptember 29, 2025With the UK Government’s November budget on the horizon, there’s plenty of speculation around how potential changes could affect the housing market. But is it having an impact already?...
Blog Local Area Mackenzie Smith News Selling & BuyingWhy Moving is Becoming More Attractive than ExtendingSeptember 24, 2025Ash Vale Branch Manager, Nick Kirby shares his insights into why it is that after some years, many homeowners are choosing to move rather than extend....
Blog Local Area News Selling & BuyingCould Staggered Stamp Duty Payments Unlock the Market?September 24, 2025The latest reports suggest Rachel Reeves is considering a plan to allow house buyers to pay Stamp Duty in instalments, rather than in one upfront lump sum....
Local Area Mackenzie Smith Selling & BuyingMarket Insights on Hartley WintneySeptember 15, 2025Our Branch Manager, Ben Dickinson, shares his insights about the current property market in Hartley Wintney....
Lettings News Selling & BuyingLeasehold Reform: Extending Your Lease and Why Timing MattersSeptember 15, 2025If you’re a leaseholder, you’ve probably heard about the forthcoming reforms to leasehold law. The promise of easier, cheaper lease extensions, lower ground rents, and better rights—and they are...
Lettings Local Area Selling & BuyingBuy-to-Let Borrowing Costs at Three-Year LowSeptember 12, 2025Recent data indicates that buy-to-let mortgage borrowing costs in the UK have dropped to their lowest point in three years, which could bring welcome relief for landlords and investors around...
Blog Mackenzie Smith Selling & BuyingNew Industry Charter Aims For 28 Day Property Sale ProcessSeptember 12, 2025Selling a home can be exciting— yet the process from sale agreed to exchange can experience delays. Today, the property sector has launched a new charter with the aim of making that period much...