It has been just a week since our return to work and I am very encouraged by the activity levels so far.
We have valued and taken instructions to sell and let property, as well as agreeing sales and lets on several properties. Understandably, there is some concern over social distancing and we are working very hard with everyone to ensure all the guidelines are met.

I firmly believe that as more people return to work activity levels will increase and help drive the market forward. I have been asked many times what I think will happen to values, my personal opinion is that I think values will remain steady and are unlikely to fall. Although there are concerns about the economy, interest rates remain low and the supply of property is unlikely to increase. This is not 2008, but I do see similar conditions to that of 2009, the forecasted slump did not materialise, instead the market recovered quickly, driven by supply and demand, underpinned by low interest rates and further government support to the general economy.