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Own up. Do you regret it
Is there anybody here who wishes they had not bought last year in the peak or now thinks they are in negative equity. Or have you got an IO mortgage and wish you hadn't. Or have you bought last year and now look at your repayments at the cost of holidays and a life and wish you hadn't. Truthful answers only please
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Should I Stay Or Should I Go??
My fiancee,5 year old son and myself currently live in a 1980's end terraced house with 2 bedrooms and 1 reception.We have an outstanding mortgage of £51000(approx) with 18 years left.Our current house is worth in the region of £125000.However with a growing child(toys,computer games,etc) we realise we could do with a…
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Leasehold - how much?
The block of flats where I am looking to buy is leasehold. Is there a website which would tell me how much the leasehold payments are? Or can someone give me an idea of what they pay? Thanks S_C
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How do you make an offer?
Hi, We're viewing a property for the second time over the weekend and provided we don't find anything terribly wrong with it we will hopefully be putting in an offer. My question is how do you do this? Do you just call the estate agent or should we go in to see the estate agent in person? Should we make the offer verbally…
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September MPC minutes - unanimous decision on rates
a 9-0 walkover http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/minutes/mpc/pdf/2005/mpc0509.pdf
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Off Plan property for sale in Liverpool, England
**** message from board guide***** sorry no private sales allowed on the forum as per site rules details removed thanks
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Bad Homebuyers Report - Help!!!
Hiya, Can anyone help me please? My husband and I have offered on a 1950's 3 bed semi which was on the market at £188500, they have accepted £185000. The internal decor is fab and the garden is big but we have just had our homebuyers report come in the post and it has highlighted concerns for me. There is evidence of wood…
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Offer Prices
I know the average house sells for 94% of its original asking price. But what would you guys and girls offer for houses priced at: £120K £125K £130K Thanks. PS: I am a first time buyer if that makes any difference!
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buying a house
I am interested in purchasing a property but am concerned that a underground tube is running close to the property. Would it be possible to find out if a underground tube is runing underneath the porperty, since I donot want to spend money on a full survey if it is possible to find this information. Any help would be much…
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house to sell in Ireland
I need to sell a house in Ireland. Should I ask for the price in sterling as I expect it will cost to get it changed from €'s
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key home buyer exhibition?
Hi all I was was reading somewhere that there is an up and coming key home buyer exhibition in London but don't have the foggist where it is. I have scowered the internet with no joy, could anyone help me with the date please?, Thanks G.
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House purchase fees
Hi there We are looking to buy our first house in the next few months, and have a few questions regarding what costs we are likely to incur aside from our deposit. - Our house will cost approx £100,000. So, are we now completely free from stamp duty? - Conveyancing. I hear this can be done online cheaply? Does this imply a…
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Disputes with neighbours query
We are very speculatively considering a house move at the moment. We have some fairly new neighbours who have a dog that barks at the slightest sound. They leave him alone all day every day, so that doesn't help. Anyway, we'd been considering having a quiet word with them about it but I had a thought that there is…
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Paying buyer's deposit??
Our 3 bed terrace has been on the market since June 28th this year and in July we were really keen on a bungalow for sale with the same EA as ours (which had just been reduced) and asked our EA what we could do to sell ours quicker. Our EA suggested we reduced our price from £74,950 to £72,500 which we did and the owners…
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House not selling!
Hi, I am not sure there is a lot anyone can really say that I haven't thought about, but our house isn't selling and I am getting a bit worried now! We have a 2 bed starter home in a very good location for the city. It is (in my opinion) OK decoratively - we repainted in neutral creams, made garden nice, cleared spare room…
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Estate Agent Threatening Us
5 weeks ago we finally sold our house after 9 months of sheer hell. The solicitor paid the estate agents' fees and we received the remainder of the money owed to us via cheque. All was well until Friday.... We received a letter from the head office of the estate agent stating we owed them around £75.00 in outstanding fees.…
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Renting - End of Lease...
I was hoping someone in here could offer me some good advice... On Sept 8th we put in our month's notice for termination of our lease. As our lease officially started on the 4th of October, we have been told that if we had wanted our lease to end in October we would have needed to have said something on the 4thof September…
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Problem Neighbours (Merged)
Can anyone please tell me where I stand legally in respect of a problem neighbour. I want to sell my property so do I need to declare to prospective buyers about the problem neighbour and what are the legal implications if I don't declare it. The problem neighbour doesn't live eiher side of me but lives adjacent to my…
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Property in North Devon
Hello, we have seen a property in North Devon that we have fallen in love with and would like to purchase. We have just put our house on the market with a local agent at 1% but have not yet made an offer. Does anyone know what the property prices are doing in that area? We have looked at a lot of similar properties but…
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Proerty Hotspots
I found this site http://www.propertyhotspots.net/index.php
