We've all been there. You apply for a credit card or a loan, and they start to process the application. Your heart rate rises just a touch. And then, after what feels like an age, the application passes. Or it doesn't.

Summer is a wonderful time to sell your home. A peak of activity in every estate agent's calendar. Whatever the reasons, the summer property market always heats up (sorry, terrible pun!) and the number of sales increases. So, what should you do if you plan a big summer getaway and also want to sell your home?

We spend lots of our time outdoors during Summer, so when staging a home for sale during the warmer months, it's time to let your outside space sing.

If you've been searching for property recently, you may have noticed the property listings now have to note the tenure. Here we will explain the different tenures and what they mean to a buyer and property owner.

• 37 of the 113 properties on the market in the Shepperton area have had a price reduction in the last 3 months. • The average reduction has been 6.1% of the original asking price. • This is great news for Shepperton home buyers and Shepperton buy-to-let landlords, strangely Shepperton house sellers as well.

· The Shepperton property market is on the verge of a ‘tipping point’. · The rate of house price growth has started to ease with a reduction in the number of properties that will sell in Shepperton in the coming 12 to 18 months.

What does this have to do with me buying a home you may ask? Well, the home you are looking for may be available to buy but not on the open market.

Well, what a weekend that was. Street parties, gatherings in the park, the purple bunting, egg and cress sandwiches, union jack flags, cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks, and let's not forget the trifle – the Platinum Jubilee Party. And no decent party is worth its salt without a game or a quiz.

Our latest 5 star Google review from a client that recently moved home

• Inflation (and recessions) can be nerve racking for people and their hard-earned savings and wealth. • Yet there are six reasons which make investing in private rental properties a potentially wise investment in these changeable times.

With uncertainty in the property market and, quite frankly, the world, you, like many people, may have decided that you'll not move house just now. But you must've had reasons for thinking about moving in the first place, right? What if you need more space? what is involved in extending your home? Where do you even start?

You may have heard of the minimalism movement. You might have even watched the Netflix documentary. But for those of you that have no idea what it's about, read on for a general explanation.