Steps Estate Agents

18/09/2026

18/09/2026

18/09/2026

ALIBON ROAD, DAGENHAM - VACANT
Guide price £350,000

Guide Price of £350,000 - £375,000Steps are delighted to offer for sale this CHAIN FREE two bedroom house ideally suited for a first time purchase. Being conveniently located for local schools, shopping and transport facilities with Dagenham Heathway District Line Tube Station only 0.6 miles away....

18/09/2026

18/09/2026

One process now governs every rent increase. Find out!

Raising the rent? There's only one valid way now.
Four months into the Renters' Rights Act, the rules on rent increases have settled into a single process. A Section 13 notice on Form 4A is now the only valid route, rent review clauses and informal agreements no longer count, even if they're still in the tenancy agreement. An increase can happen just once a year, with two months' notice rather than one. And if a tenant refers it to the tribunal, the tribunal won't set the rent higher than you proposed. In practice, a review grounded in genuine local comparables is the clearest and fairest way forward. Unsure how the process applies to your tenancies? Our lettings team can talk it through.
https://www.stepsestateagents.co.uk/contact-us

16/09/2026

What makes completion day go smoothly? Here's what helps 🔑

Everything in a sale builds to this one single day 🔑
Surveys, searches, mortgage offers, exchanging contracts: it all builds toward completion day, when funds move and keys get handed over. What genuinely helps? Fewer links in the chain, clear solicitor communication, and paperwork ready early. Staying closely in touch with your solicitor throughout consistently makes for a smoother final stretch.
Get guidance for your own sale, talk to Steps Estate Agents. https://www.stepsestateagents.co.uk/contact-us

15/09/2026

14/09/2026

Sellers and landlords: one habit beats the market 🏡

Here's what the fastest sales and lets have in common 🏡. Pricing accurately from day one is consistently linked to better outcomes, whatever the wider market's doing. According to a Zoopla report, sellers who get this right tend to avoid the later markdown many others end up making, around 3.5% below asking price on average. The rental market shows a similar pattern, with correctly priced properties tending to let faster. Selling or letting, an accurate price from the start is one of the clearest things within your control.
Get an accurate valuation with Steps Estate Agents. https://www.stepsestateagents.co.uk/valuation

11/09/2026

Same house, two very different numbers 🔑

Sale value and rental value aren't the same calculation 🔑
Here's something Zoopla's data makes clear: London has the lowest rental yields in the UK at 5.1% in prime central areas, as low as 2.4 - 2.5%, because high sale prices don't scale with rents in the same way. Meanwhile, areas like the North East see yields of 7.9%, where lower purchase prices generate stronger income. Same asset class, genuinely different numbers depending on what you're asking. Curious what both figures look like for your property?
Get both valuations or simply get the guidance you need. https://www.stepsestateagents.co.uk/contact-us