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Flat for sale with tenant
My friend has recently been to view a flat that's up for sale. The person who answered the door turned out to be the tenant, the fact that there was a tenant wasn't mentioned in the For Sale advert. There was no estate agent in sight, they obviously expected the tenant to show buyers around. The tenant was asking if my…
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"Expectations are too high", "It's always been hard"
So let's see how today compares then... Inflation adjusted prices laboriously gathered from Nationwide; 1975 Q1 69.6K *1 1976 Q1 62.9K 1977 Q1 58.1K 1978 Q1 59.3k 1979 Q1 69.7K 1980 Q1 74.4K 1981 Q1 69.1K 1982 Q1 63.4k 1983 Q1 65.7K 1984 Q1 70.5K 1985 Q1 74.8K 1986 Q1 76.5K 1987 Q1 84.4K 1988 Q1 90.1K 1989 Q1 110.4K *2…
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offer accepted-should house still be open to sale
if a house price has been accepted by the seller is the house effectively still on the market? My friend put an offer in for a house 2k under the asking price. It was accepted and 2 weeks down the line it is still being advertsied. Is this correct. She is due to have a surveyor in this week but now doesnt know what to do.…
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Buyer survey report received...urgent actions, can I bargain down price
I received my survey report, and lots urgent actions are required. what I should do next... can I use it to bargain down price again ?:rolleyes: advise please. the property is a repossessed, around 10K lower than the similar property in the market, I thought the difference can be used for internal decoration, not for…
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House left to children, dad in care
Hi Not sure that this is the right place for this but for some reason I cannnot post in the benefits board and some of the others - don't know why. Maybe a guide will move this to somewhere better. Anyway, a friend's mum recently died and in the will left the house to him and his sister. Their dad is ill and has been in…
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Renting Property - Just got water bill
Hello there, I am renting a property, and just received my first water bill. I was shocked to see that the balance was over £100. I only moved in at the very end of August... The reason the sum was so large is because the bill hasn't been paid for so long. A balance of £55 was carried over from 2006, and a further £45 on…
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is this house over priced?
Hi All Just after a bit of advice. I posted on here ages ago. Me and OH finally decided to move in together, making one big (happy?) family. I took the advice from this site to sell one house first. OH house has offer from ftb, mortgage in place with good deposit. Mine is being valued this week, we have done all the bits…
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Have inherited land. Someone else already has Possessory Title .. what do we do?
My father in law was gifted a piece of land from some-ones garden back in 1970. He was going to build on it, but never got planning permission so never did anything with it. When he died a couple of years ago, my wife and I became executors of his will, with my wife being sole beneficiary. We vaguely knew about this piece…
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DSS Properties-Help Needed Please
please can anyone reccomend any estate agents or online sites that advertise dss properies for rent as me and my 5year old son are in need urgently of a home.
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No heating!
I'd really appreciate some advice on my new rented accomadation. Myself and my partner moved in a few weeks ago only to find the radiators didn't work. After a few visits from the maintenence man with no change, they sent a different guy round. I spoke to him yesterday and he says the landlord knows about the problem and…
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was your money well spent on estate agents fees ?
yes or no....... had a bad experience,then tell us all about it !
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Can only afford to rent
I have been reading the threads on paying off your morgage early to make life easier in retirement. Which made me wonder what people who find their self in my position would do to cover their retirement. My marriage is over (no children to worry about) I am now in my late forties and renting a flat with a friend (too keep…
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Changing Estate Agents.
Hi I have a question. Our house has been up for sale for 6 months now and so far no offers. I know the market is slow at the moment but I really don't think the agent is doing everything he can for us. When we first put the house on the market we did so before the HIP's came into force. If we were to change agents now…
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owner of proprety
i want to find out who owns a property not for sale. it is derelict run-down and no-one lives there. is land registry the only way. will they give the owners phone number?
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advice needed on maybe buying a buy 2 let
my brother emigrated to canada a few years back and now wants to buy a property out there..to do this he has to sell his quite nice 2 bed house that already has a tenant in it (who has lived there years) to free up his money. i already own a house that we live in and are lucky enough to only have 28k outstanding on it and…
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What would you offer?
Just started looking around houses (FTB) and seen one we like - not sure where you would come in with an opening offer though. We still have other places to view yet so might see somewhere better. This particular place is owned by a retired woman who doesnt live in the place. Its up for about 150k - given the market and…
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Dilema sale house or not? Partner split
I am splitting with my partner and I am really worried that the housing market will now drop. We both want to keep the house as it's in a nice area of Surrey. Do you suggest I take the payout and wait for 6-12months to buy something else as I'm not sure I can keep the house on my own I just don't want to get off the…
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Estate Agents fees v Solicitors fees
Why are people happy to pay an agents fee of at least 1.25% + VAT but argue the fact of the solicitors costs which is nowhere near the fee of the agent!! Especially when the solicitor does the most intensive work !! This is an area which infuriates me and your responses will interest me indepth! eg. £200k property estate…
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? Estate Agents price cut ....
In my opinion if one main agent was to cut house prices by a fraction then all other agents would follow and a healthier market would be achieved. What do you think?
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Shared Ownership
I will be 24 this December, and am still living at home, but the time must surely come soon when I can go 'independent'! Several houses have come up round here recently on a Shared Ownership basis, meaning I would have to find between £70,000 and £90,000 for 'my' share. They are decent properties, brand new, and in good…
