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EA dirty trick?
I'm not looking to buy now, or in the next few years now, but I do keep an eye on my local market. This is N Essex, and it does seem very slow. But that could be a local anomaly, seeing as how Rightmove says property is "flying off the shelves" *ahem*. Anyway, a live on a long road. Two very desirable properties have been…
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Can I lose my house
Years ago my father sold his house due to ill health and paid my brothers mortgage off and went to live with him. I had recently left my violent husband and was living in apauling conditions with my disabled daughter.So my father bought me a house , well gave me 2 3rds of the cost of it I had sold my previous house and…
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Alarm Dilemma
Hi all One of my friends is due to exchange soon on their house. She's usually a very honest person so I suppose hence her dilemma. About a year ago, the house alarm kept going off BF pulled the wire out of the Alarm box and basically she's never gotten round to repairing it. Its a safe area and the house is pretty secure…
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Booksender - Feedback?
I stumbled across this site this morning which looks to have a lot of useful information on property investing (for a price of course). Anyone ever used them before? Thx G.
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Does anybody live around Harrow & Wealdstone
Am not sure where to post this thread! I am wondering if any of you lives in Harrow & Wealdstone and could tell me the areas to avoid when looking for property there? Thanks
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do i change services name
we just completed on a flat we have bought to let out we are hoping to have a tenant in there in the next week or 2 do i change the services, council tax, rates etc into my name only for them to be changed again in a week?? many thanks in advance
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Finally exchanged!!
Hi guys! After months of house hunting, viewings, stresses and tears I finally exchanged today!!! Completing next Friday and there seems to be so much to do. It is so weird because I have such mixed feelings. Part of me is excited and the other part is feeling scared and aprehensive, like 'what the hell have you done,…
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What will I do????
I seperated from my husband 5 years ago after 25 years of marraige. He now wants to sell the house. I have no idea what I am going to do. Our house is worth around £120k. So Im guessing after everything has been paid I will be left with around £50k. At the tender age of 50 and unemployed due to ill health Im pretty sure I…
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At last!!!!!!
We have exchanged! 11th nov we found a buyer... So a long one for us! We should be moving on 24th March, just over 4 weeks b4 the baby is due.
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Full survey required?
About to buy a new build house, but do i need a building report or will a homebuyers survey be ok? :beer: monster
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decent solicitor
Does anyone know any decent solicitors in the peterborough/stamford region. Need a decent solicitor for a ftb preferably one whose dealt with hm forces regulary. cheers :beer: monster
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Valuations of Houses
Reading a few posts here and also using my own personal experience I can not help think how many of the concepts in house buying are really absurd and flawed for example valuations. Lets think about it. When we ask an EA to value our house exactly how qualified are these folks. Do they not simply send someone who works in…
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Solicitors still not registered sale with land registry
A friend of mine has just discovered that 6 months after she bought her new house the solicitors that were acting for her have still not registered her as the owner of it with the land registery. They say that they have not done it because she has not paid them for an indemnity insurance that they took out ( that she did…
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Tax Advice
Thinking about selling a flat which I've been renting out but have been told there might be significant tax implications. Can anyone provide any more information?
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Is It Me?
Call me cynical...but We went to visit a local estate agent's financial adviser because we were enquiring about remortgaging. We said that we were going to go on the market with them later on this year. They rang a week or so later saying that things were getting busy and did we want to go on now. We thought, no time like…
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rent or sell flat in Cardiff?? where to get good advice???
Hi, Im hoping i might be able to get some good advice from this forum re whether me and my other half should rent or sell his flat. OK this is the situation - he owns a nice flat in Cardiff Bay - its a 2 bed flat, all neutral, well decorated and in very good condition. I own a 2 bed house in Cardiff too (vgc), and we are…
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Asking vendor to pay stamp duty
Bit of a dilemna, we're off to see a place that we really fancy tomorrow. # I have it on pretty good authority that the vendor has dropped the price a couple of times so hope he/she is keen to move ASAP. We currently have no chain behind us and the deposit at the ready and mortgage agreed in principle. But stamp duty will…
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Selling an ex-council house
We have seen the house we want to move to, but, can't sell our until November cos of the 3year clause about paying some of the discount back. Is there any way around it? If our takes months to sell and the solicitors drag their heels it could be the end of the year before we are ready to move or will the council want some…
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Deeds storage
I was lucky enough to have enough equity from selling my house last year in the London area, to be able to afford to buy a small flat in Devon without needing a mortage. However, what do I do with the deeds once I receive them? I know that if you have a mortgage and pay it off in full, you can leave them with the mortgage…
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General Query
Ok, We're in a position where we have sold subject to contract - the buyers have had the survey done, and have had their searches completed and are now pushing for exchange and completion. At the moment, we have had an offer accepted on the property we want, have just had the survey completed and are now awaiting (fingers…
