Ode to Joy
Nick Churton of RPL’s London office considers changes
in the real estate market as 2021 draws to a close.
It was as recently as 1925 that only half of all homes in the US had electric power. Now, just under one hundred years later, our fridge-freezers can tell us when we are out of fish sticks. The march of change in materials, technology and taste is as relentless as life itself.
As we look forward to the New Year we all share in the sorrow that Covid has brought to so many across the globe. We also face significant social and economic challenges following the pandemic, and a future without fossil fuels when gas-fired heating will go the same way as gas-fired lighting.
The real estate market has also seen enormous changes in the past few years, and it will continue to do so as it steadily moves from white hot, Covid-affected manic buying to a more considered mood in the New Year.
The real estate market is in constant flux, just as individuals’ personal circumstances are. Buying a home at any stage of life is usually a thrilling event – if somewhat nerve-racking at times. Moving is often borne of new independence or marriage, cohabitation, birth, career success, fulfilled ambition, or even a fresh and exciting chapter brought on by empty nest relocation.
Whatever changes happen in 2022 we hope they will be good for you, and we stand ready to spread the joy in helping people into a new home and a joyous new chapter of their lives.
From the heart of London, I wish you a happy New Year!
