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We will start with an apology – if you happen to live on the coast and love the town, village and beaches, and we don’t mention you, it’s not intentional. Norfolk and Suffolk have a vast coastline that stretches from Hunstanton to Felixstowe and it would need an encyclopaediac blog post to cover each and every beach. But we will do our best, heading north to south.

There’s been seismic news in politics over the last few months with no less than three Prime Ministers in 2022 alone and a “mini-budget” that saw the market panic, inflation rise and mortgage interest rates soar. News has also filtered through that many Buy to Let owners are selling up, with an estimate of 25% being touted on Property Industry Eye.

Those days of people walking into a town or city centre and visiting 5 estate agents to peer in windows are over. The regional quirks of waiting for the thud of the property supplement on Thursday or Friday in the local paper are over. There’s still a place for both of course – we have a new base on Plumstead Road, and in any town or city, you’ll see estate agency offices.

If you were to travel from Cambridge to Norwich with the intention of moving here, you’d be pleasantly surprised at how affordable it is. Same if you hopped on a train at London Liverpool Street – you’d be amazed at Norwich prices.

In our latest post, we look at Norwich city centre and the three central postcodes of NR1, NR2, NR3.

Why does social media matter when selling or letting your home?

Did you know that statistically only 43% of properties sell through the portals, Rightmove and Zoopla, leaving 57% selling by other means.

When Sefftons are called out on valuations of property for sale or to let in Norfolk and Suffolk, a question often posed to us is about adding value to property.

Here, Conrad gives his views:

In our latest blog post, we look at the thorny issue of whether to buy or rent a property. Now, we’re not pushing one form of living over another as we realise circumstances differ and mortgage eligibility can be a challenge to overcome.

At Sefftons, Norwich, we let and sell properties across Norfolk and Suffolk and sometimes further afield. There’s certain factors that make a property sell quickly as you and we know

There was much media fanfare, nationally and locally, about record monthly property price increases in January 2022. The figure varied from area to area, but across the UK, it was heralded as a 0.8% increase in January alone. This may not sound like a huge increase but if you were buying a property for £1 million in North Norfolk, for example, that increase in one month alone could equate to £8,000.