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Would you give this timewaster another chance?
Would just like your opinion Had someone booked to view our house last weekend, didnt show up :mad: didnt call EA or let us know Now, when the EA called them for feedback he said "oh i didnt go had to work late, i'll book again for this weekend" My question is - Would you let them view after letting you down, afterall do…
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property sellers will still need to drop prices despite rate cut - Rightmove
K property sellers will still need to drop prices despite rate cut - Rightmove LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Those who are planning to sell property in the UK will still need to drop their asking prices in order to tempt buyers, despite the Bank of England's decision to cut interest rates by a quarter point to 5.50 pct,…
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Help needed finding a good planning solicitor/lawyer
Hello everyone! I have no idea where to start and wondering if anyone here would know where to look and how to find a good one? Any advice would be appreciated. :) Hopefully this is in the right forum, if not can one of the mods move it into the right one? Thanks.
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moving back into rented property
Could you help my friend next door he as a second property that is son as been living in he is paying no rent and moving out my friend next door thinking of selling his home and moving in second property that he owns as his son is moving out to is new home with girlfriend could he do this is there any cgt to pay
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rate cut and the housing market ...
so the spineless bafoons in the BOE have played their cards and gambled. What affect do you think this will have onthe housing market? My view is that, as in the US where they have cut by more that 0.25% it will not make a difference to the credit crunch and therefore will not mean increasing prices. Also most of the…
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Delay in exchange/completion
We are at the bottom of a chain - not sure exactly how long the chain is though. We are FTB and are ready to go, we've signed all of the contracts and are just waiting to exchange. We were hoping to complete tomorrow, this was then put back to 14th Dec and we have now been told we are unlikely to complete before Christmas.…
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TITLE: "When It Comes To Wealth and Commercial/Investment Real Estate...You Know What
TITLE: "When It Comes To Wealth and Commercial/Investment Real Estate...You Know What To Do..." Hi Everyone - I just ran across this article by Darin Garman and thought you'd be interested...especially considering what's happening with today's real estate market! Enjoy! "When It Comes To Wealth and Commercial/Investment…
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Bad experience with Flat maintenance agent(Peverel OM Ltd)!
I own a flat which is managed by Peverel OM ltd. They made a contract with builders Barratt and now in charge of the all the flats for the leasehold period of 999 years. From the start any problem was fobbed of as builder's fault including a faulty lift. It breaks down atleast 10 times/year and the repair cost is borne by…
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estate agent fees
Hello all, I need a bit of advice on house selling. I hAD MY HOME FOR SALe WITH TWO ESTATE AGENTS, the sale is nearing completion. One of the agents has said that the person buying my home was introduced by themselves in April,. She viewed and bought the property in September through the other agents. NOW THE ESTATE AGENT…
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Do landlords have any rights?
For 2 years a married couple rented a house from us. The gentleman left and the woman wanted to stay on. We explained Housing benefit wouldn't cover all rent but she insisted her mum would make up the difference so subsequently gave her a 6 month Short Assured Tenancy lease. Three months later, she still hasn't paid any…
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Rates.... wil they wont they?
Everybody knows a rate cut today would be a monumental disaster of epic proportions for the economy. But... they are under pressure from our incompetent government do do just that. A cut could possibly cause a post Christmas rise in house prices again and the 'must get on the ladder at any cost' brigade will do just that.…
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Making an offer on a house
Hi, I wondered if anyone knew the best way to start making an offer on a new house. We're on the search for a new flat (not the best time to move but we've no choice!), when we've found a place we like and acan afford, what the best way to make an offer? Go £5000 under? £10,000? any ideas? thanks.
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Housing Regulator
Hi All... Does anyone know if there is a housing equivalent of OFCOM, someone you can go and complain to when there is a problem with a building? Ste.:mad:
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Can you help my friends write a letter?
Is there anyone out there who is good at letter writing? Can you help my friend write a letter to her lodger who she needs moving on? Her and her husband own a house, they have a tiny guest house at the side, which actually belongs to the house. They can get into it via inside their house if you know what I mean. What I…
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Last minute glitch
I am in a chain of 4. The house I am buying is empty and the people that are buying my property are selling their flat to a first time buyer. The first time buyer has queried the survey on the flat that they are buying and have requested a reduction on the price of the flat due to roof repairs. My buyers who are selling to…
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Sale of second house
:eek: Hi We are considering selling our second house which we have owned for the last 5 years. On a profit if approximately £60000 does anyone know how much capital gains tax this will work out to be or is there anyway of mitigating this tax all together? Thanks
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joint tenancy
is it possible to own a property on a tenants in common basis on a 100% and 0% basis for the 2 parties
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advice needed,offers rejected, are we expecting too much?
we are first time buyers looking to buy a property around the 200k mark. net house price site says our area has an average drop in terms of asking price to sale price of 10percent. we have now put offers into 3 houses and all have been rejected and all the estate agents have come back and said really that our offers are…
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Recovering Legal costs after court action
This is a complicated one so I wil give just the basic details. Martin's recent poll regarding squatters caused me to think again after five years about the incident where a "squatter" took me and my partner to court, and lost. This was a bad time for us and cost us around three thousand pounds to defend ourselves. At the…
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Advice required: Deposit not returned to me (tennant)
Hi all, I need some advice as to what happens next. I'll set out the information, and then the situation. It's a little long but please bare with this. I moved into a property last September, with another guy who was living there before. I gave him a £300 deposit and paid him the remaining rent of the month until the day…
