Brown is in town! Mocha Mousse is the Pantone Colour of the Year 2025 and as the name suggests, it’s a warm and velvety shade akin to a mug of hot chocolate. In fact, many of the Mocha Mousse-inspired items we have found have a gourmet name – praline, toffee, cocoa, truffle and caramel included.

We wish you a Merry Christmas….and a happy New Home. The 2024 festive season presents us with a unique set of circumstances that potential home movers simply can’t ignore.

November kicked off with a reduction to the Bank of England base rate from 5% to 4.75% but did it settle post-Budget nerves? The data is in and here are 11 things we learnt about the property market in November.

Could you spot energy theft at your property? Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action estimates up to 250,000 cases of energy theft go unreported every year. On top of this, there has been a startling rise in the number of energy thefts reported to Crimestoppers – an increase of almost 50% over a 10 month period.

Despite successive Governments promising to reform the leasehold system in England and Wales (more on that later) – and the abolition of leasehold property status in Scotland – millions of homeowners only own bricks and mortar and not the land on which the property sits.

If you have rented a property in the last year or so, you may be among the 1 in 5 tenants who was asked to provide a rental guarantor in order to secure the property. If you are new renting, you may well be asked to supply a guarantor in the near future.

October went out with a bang, thanks to the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivering the Autumn Budget. While the announcement may have hogged the headlines, there were some encouraging property stories you may have missed. Here are 11 things we learnt about the property market in October.

There’s something about shuffling out of bed and straight to the shower – with zero fear of seeing anyone enroute – that is utterly sensible and hotel-style swanky in equal measure.

Garden rooms are a property asset that gained popularity during the pandemic but recent analysis of Google data by Legal & General revealed that searches for outbuildings are still incredibly high.

Sunny, bright, rich and energetic: the Dulux Colour of the Year 2025 is True Joy. The shade, reminiscent of the most golden egg yolk or the classic pot of Coleman’s English mustard, is not for the faint hearted but it has been chosen for its ability to add joy to the smallest of spaces.