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We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone here at Gateway.

A seasonal note

Rather than post out traditional Christmas cards, we’re able to save paper and do our bit for the environment with a seasonal message in ‘Gateway Today’. The financial savings are put to good use too, making up part of Gateway’s annual donation to local homeless charity, HARP. HARP supports adults without a permanent home or who are at risk of losing their home through a wide range of services and partnerships.

2017 has been a busy year for Gateway and the property industry. We look back at some key events.

Property and politics came together throughout 2017, with stamp duty changes (yes, again) being a key feature of the Autumn Budget. Earlier, in June, the tragic events at Grenfell Tower, West London, brought fire safety in flats to the government and nation’s attention. The year also saw the Build to Rent sector emerge in the UK, with the first tenants moving into the East Village development in Stratford (formerly London 2012’s Athletes Village).

As we approach the end of an eventful 2017, we look ahead at the UK property market. What do leading experts think the New Year, and the short to mid-term future, will bring?

As expected, the landscape post-Brexit features strongly. There is general agreement that growth in central London real estate prices will slow, with the outer boroughs and several regions faring better. Rises in mortgage interest rates, however gradual, will also be an important factor looking a little further into the future.

Joanne Cox joined Gateway Property Management at the end of September and is already making her mark. The former Managing Director brings over two decades of broad property expertise to the business, encompassing everything from credit control to build-to-rent projects and managing large portfolios for the likes of major banks and supermarkets, as well as a government body and local authority. At Gateway Property Management, Joanne’s role is to further enhance the company’s processes, enabling even greater growth as the portfolio expands.

The apartments at Merton Abbey Mills are located at one of London’s oldest heritage sites, and include a Grade II Listed medieval building and Victorian waterwheel. The flats are of an extremely high standard, but one issue was bothering both ourselves, as property managers, and the apartment owners: the outdated communal lighting. The innovative solution with specialists Future Lighting will save residents thousands of pounds.