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We are really pleased to inform you that 3 advisers from Firstxtra have qualified to attend our networks Recognising Excellence awards which this year are being held in Krakow. Congratulations to Ben Whitehead, Natalie Wilcox and John Murray who have qualified in the...

Annual house price growth slowed in September, annual growth is still positive and is now at 1.3%. The average house price in England and Wales was £297,287 which is up £3890 on the same month last year. The South East of England has remained slightly above these...

The team here at Firstxtra have been extra busy over the last few months helping more and more people get in to their new homes and have had a record number of transactions this quarter! We have had one new adviser join us this since my last newsletter, Charlotte...

As we are now heading into the last quarter of the year it has always a popular time for people to review their finances. There has been a lot of noise in the media recently around interest rates and the potential of the Bank of England raising the base rate....

A very warm welcome to our Autumn newsletter. It's that time of year when the clocks go back, 8 weeks until Christmas, the leaves are falling and temperature settings on your central heating rise a few more degrees. Pretty depressing really! Thanks again to all our...

Hi all, I trust you are all having a good start to the summer and that like me, you are looking forward to a little bit of time off over the summer break.  There have been a few developments in the protection market over the last few months.  Here are some of the...

The New Build market is continuing to grow and the demand is still high due to both the ease of purchasing a New Build home due to the part-exchange option that developers offer & the continued support of the Government with the Help to buy equity scheme, offering...

Firstxtra as a business along with individual performances from Ben Whitehead and Natalie Wilcox were invited to their prestigious Network awards conference and dinner in May which was held in Palma. Congratulations to both Ben and Natalie for the fantastic...

Despite the Brexit referendum, there has been a gentle increase in house prices since May 2016. Albeit a gentle rise, this is still a very positive sign. In Berkshire over the last year, the overall average house price has risen to £408,770, this was closely followed...

What a Fantastic team we have here at Firstxtra, we continue to go from strength to strength and this is only achievable when you have great people! In the last few months we had made some internal promotions with Natalie Wilcox become our New Build Manager, Nat...

Good news on the mortgage front. We have had some new lenders joining our comprehensive panel since we last spoke, these are Digital Mortgages by Atom Bank, Tesco Bank and HSBC. This is great news for the industry and the consumer as it creates greater competition for...

A very warm welcome to our Summer newsletter. It's been a busy few months in the News with the terrible scenes in Manchester and London followed by the Election and in the last few weeks the horrendous tower block fire in London. It does really make you put things...

We continue to grow and develop our fantastic team of staff at Firstxtra and in the last six months have taken on Kate Selby who is PA to our MD Chris Hall, Mared Jones who is PA for John Murray, Charlotte Hill who is PA to Natalie Wilcox and Lexi Thornton who is PA...

At the end of a year of upheaval and uncertainty, the market proved its resolution in December. Growth of 0.4% pushed the average price of a house in England and Wales up £1,139 to finish the year at £297,678. Prices have now almost fully recovered from the peak they...

Some big changes have occurred in the mortgage market since we last spoke, some good and some slightly more challenging! The BTL market has had a big shake up with the introduction of stricter lending criteria, there is greater competition in the market for First time...

We continue to support the Thames Valley Air Ambulance as our chosen charity this is very important and valuable service that saves lives in the area we work and live. Chris Hall our MD has just presented them with this year's donation for a massive £3765. We provide...

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the annual prize draw this year was Peter Dixon. He was the proud recipient of an Apple I-watch after being randomly chosen from over 150 clients who had referred friends or family to us. For every client recommendation...

I trust you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s celebrations….albeit it feels like a distant memory now!  For my wife Louisa and I, it was lovely to enjoy time with family, relax and eat a little too much turkey!  It’s easy to believe that this is a...

Firstxtra are committed to providing market information to clients about the range of mortgage service available. Although Firstxtra are not authorised themselves to advice on equity release mortgages, the service can be provided through us to one of the leading...