Wimborne Folk Festival June 12th,13th and 14th

Wimborne is gearing up for this weekends action for family fun and folk music as it holds its annual festival. Everything from street arts to top folk bands and there is even camping nearby!
There are workshops going on daily for all to try and cost absolutely nothing! We recommend popping down over the weekend and giving it all a go as we will be!

Three new outdoor stages have been added this year. The main Stage in the Square will host live music and dance in the towns newly refurbished square. The Garden Stage at the Olive Branch offers laidback selections of acoustic artists, perfect for sitting in the sun with that Pimms or Cider. The Willow Walk Youth Music stage sponsored by Morgan Hampton will showcase young local talent in a relaxed family environment. There are Weekend Tickets still available and concert tickets still available to get your hands on! Be quick before they go! Link to their website will give you travel infomation. Visit http://www.wimbornefolk.co.uk/

Twenty Words

Arlington & Hall consider the property market in the aftermath of the 2015 general election and the new government's approach to housing - or not!

The Queen has never had to be too concerned about her own housing. Of course, Buckingham Palace was bombed during the War, and there was that dreadful fire at Windsor Castle in 1992 - her annus horribilis. But with Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Holyrood House, Sandringham House, Balmoral Castle and Craigowan Lodge to choose from, there is no shortage of Royal accommodation. So housing concerns must be left to the Queen's subjects.

Royal or not, having a roof over one's head is a big matter - one of the most fundamental of human requirements, along with food and water, and desires, whoever you are.
So, when the Queen read out her speech at the opening of parliament, she may have been intrigued as to what her government was going to do about housing. After all, a lot was said about it in the run-up to the Election.

We had had plenty of Mansion Tax talk and debate concerning non-dom status and stamp duty rises, not to mention rent caps, three-year tenancies and restricted landlord tax relief. All this, without a doubt, helped cool the housing market across the UK, and may even have played a small part in Labour's downfall at the ballot boxes.

But in the event the Queen didn't say very much about housing at all. In fact all she said from a 1007 word speech were twenty words; "Legislation will be introduced to support home ownership and give housing association tenants the chance to own their own home". Apart from extending the right-to-buy housing association tenants, housing it seems has once again been kicked into the parliamentary long grass while matters like Scotland, Europe and the Middle East sit in the much shorter grass.

Never mind. Without all the fears of what another government might do and now knowing what this government won't do means that it is once again business as usual in the housing world. Already there are clear signs that the market is recovering quickly from its pre-election jitters. This will, we hope, please the Queen. It will certainly please most of her subjects.

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SAFE AS HOUSES

A comment from Arlington & Hall gauging the effect that the election result will have on the market.

For a number of weeks leading up to the 2015 General election, houses didn't seem as secure as they might be. Across the country, house buying and selling activity slowed down as people awaited the outcome. So the announcement that there would be a winner with a clear if perhaps slender majority was met by those in the housing industry with a collective sigh of relief.

It wasn't necessarily the political stripe of the party that won but the fact there was at least a clear result and the property market would not be left in a an indeterminate state during weeks and possibly months of political horse trading and in- fighting.

Also, there will be a acknowledgment that the threat of mansion tax has gone. This was a significant dear towards the upper end of the market. Another worry was the threat of rent control. This would potentially have affected the but to let market noticeably.

So there is a mandate from the electorate. The capital has responded positively. The pound is up; shares in major house building firms are up and at least 37% of the population feel a little more confident about the immediate future - buoyed by a trend of improving trade, employment and cost of living figures. But let us all hope - no matter which party we supported - that the next government, besides dealing with a small majority, a large deficit, Europe, devolution, world hot spots and many other incredibly important issues, will at least get to grips with an efficient and sustainable housing policy in the UK.

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