We've launched our brand new website!

We have now launched our brand new website! The website; www.jowett-huddersfield.co.uk is a major improvement from our old website, and will provide our clients with whole new range of features to assist them looking for properties or keeping an eye out on the properties they are selling or renting out. 

Our landlords and vendors will get access to "My area" where they can see an overview of all their properties, access tenancy documents and see all viewing feedback. Landlords can as well report a problem or send us a "work order" for any work that needs to be done at the property and view their invoices and statements, all in one place. 

Our website's property search function is much more detailed, and any updates or amendments to the property marketing will be instant. 

The new website is not only good for our vendors and landlords, but property applicants as well!

All applicants can register on our website and get access to "my area" where they can set their search criteria, manage their contact preference and of course keep track of booked viewings. 

If you are a tenant you will as well get access to "my area" where you can access all the relevant tenancy documents and report any problems to us.

Anyone who visits our old website will be redirected to our new website in the coming days. 

All our email addresses will be changing as well but our old emails will still work!

There are a lot of new things happening here at Jowett's and we have as well opened up a new facebook page! Take a look at that HERE.

For more advise on all property matters, call Jowett Chartered Surveyors & Estate Agents on 01484 536799. Or arrange for a free valuation to find out how much your Huddersfield home is worth.

Meet Chris Jowett - Our Managing Director

Chris Jowett BSc MRICS

Chris Jowett, a Chartered Valuation Surveyor, established the business in 2009. Chris has over 35 years experience in the Kirklees and Calderdale property markets and is a familiar and highly regarded figure in the Yorkshire property field.

After qualifying as a Chartered Surveyor in 1981, Chris joined the Halifax branch of Eddisons as an Assistant Valuer before being promoted in 1984 to run Eddisons’ Brighouse office.

Following Eddisons’ acquisition by the Leeds Permanent Building Society in the late 1980s, Chris was offered the chance to set up and manage the Huddersfield branch of estate agency Brearley-Greens. After almost 20 years in the post Chris started his own company, Jowett Chartered Surveyors & Estate Agents, based in the same Market Street premises.

As a member of RICS, Chris dedicates a number of hours monthly to Continue Professional Development, ensuring he can always offer the optimum knowledge and consumer advice in residential home sales and lettings.

Today Chris and his team manage residential sales, building society and bank valuations, as well land for developers. Proud to be an independent estate agent and a dedicated family man, Chris has never swayed from his true belief of delivering honest, professional advice in a courteous manner.

For more advise on all property matters, call Jowett Chartered Surveyors & Estate Agents on 01484 536799. Or arrange for a free valuation to find out how much your Huddersfield home is worth.

Latest RICS Residential Market Survey Results

Jowett Chartered Surveyors & Estate Agents brings you the results from the August 2014 housing market survey undertaken by Chartered Surveyors across the country.

"Price momentum firm but demand moderates further"

Key Finds

• Price momentum remains strong at the headline level

• Buyer enquiries edge down for the second consecutive month

• Mixed sales picture emerging across the UK

The Message

The RICS Residential Market Survey for August 2014 shows that price momentum remains strong in the main. This is despite agreed sales of properties falling for the first time since September 2012 and the second consecutive decline in new buyer enquiries. The slightly softer demand picture is noticeable across the majority of England.
Consumer nervousness may be coming from speculation over a Bank of England interest rate rise and when that might occur. It is also felt that the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) recommendations introduced in April have resulted in  a restriction in finance to certain potential buyers and leading to a lengthening in transaction completion times for others. While lender caution is reported to be the primary cause of these delays, shortages of conveyancers and other skilled staff are also cited as issues.
While buyer enquiries have dipped slightly in recent months, price momentum still remains strong at the national level, significantly this is not been buoyed up by London prices but instead elsewhere across the UK. 

Looking Ahead

While confidence in continued price growth over the next twelve months is good, forecasters have nonetheless decreased their expectations for growth to 2.3% from 2.5% previously.
While expectations for sales growth have calmed a little since the introduction of the MMR, both remain firmly positive. Indeed, it might be that the softening in activity is temporary and could be resolved as everyone adapts to the new lending rules.
In the rental market, tenant demand continued to grow steadily across most areas while new properties available to let decreased very slightly again. Rents are expected to continue edging upwards in the near term and to grow by an average of 2.3% over the coming 12 months.

For more expert advise call Jowett Chartered Surveyors & Estate Agents on 01484 536799. Or arrange for a free valuation to find out how much your Huddersfield home is worth.