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Interesting Mortgage question - buying from parents.
Hi My partner and I have the chance to buy her parents house. We have been living in it for a while and paying rent to them, but now they want to sell and have asked us if we want to buy it. It was valued 2 years ago at about £225,000 - we're getting it revalued. Currently our financial situation is fairly stable, although…
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Deloitte expect house prices to drop 8% in 2008
Report here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7212545.stm
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Is buy to let an option?
Posted in error. Now realise was clutching at straws to make something out of doomed relationship.
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friend looking to finance a property at auction...
what is the way to get a mortgage . she is self employed.thanks
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Renting - Going thro an agent or going to the owner direct?
When renting a property, do you get more protection going thro' an agent or is it OK to go to the owner direct when taking on a rental. We have only ever gone thro' agents and had a contract. If I do go direct to the owner, is there anything I have to be aware of so I don't get ripped off or chucked out on a whim?
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Hometrack: UK house prices up 2.3% yr/yr in Jan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7260604
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can you make an offer if your own house isn't up for sale yet?
I'd be grateful for any advice please. Last week a house nearby came up for sale. My OH works abroad and saw it online, and told me to book a viewing, which I did. I saw it on Friday and took my sister with me. It's ideal for us. My OH really wants to put in an offer even though he hasn't seen it! He says he trusts me. He…
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NHBC Guarantee
My home is due to have a major repair done by the nhbc and i will be out of my house for 3 months or so..has anybody else had any serious work done by the nhbc and what are your experiences..thanks in advance
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Selling a house after July floods?
Hi everyone, not sure this is on the right part of the forum but here goes.....we moved into our house in December 2006. It was our first house (renting before), long story but it took a several months between exchange and completion which initially worked well for us. However towards the end of those months hubby and I…
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Selling to property company and renting house back
Hi, Does anyone know if there are any pitfalls to be aware of when you sell your house to a property company and they then rent it back to you? My partner and I are looking into this and would be grateful for any handy tips, warnings or feed back from anyone who has tried this!! :confused: Frankly we're desperate to have a…
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Capital gains tax HELP needed
Hi all, sale just going through on our property which we let out for just over 1yr, Would we have to pay any CGT on it? Just tried reading up about it but am a bit miffed. Any help much appriciated. Thanks xx
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Downstairs flat removed supporting wall
Hi, I live in a first floor studio apartment rented from a private landlord, the Landlord who owns the flat below has knocked a supporting wall down in his own property and it has affected my property, ie my floor has dropped and I have a large crack between my wall and the ceiling,my landlord came around with his own…
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Is this possible??
Hi just wondered if anyone could help me with advice? Basically I live in a council flat that i was offered after on the verge of me and my 12 year old daughter being put in B&B I was and still am very gratefull, BUT this flat is in the next town (15 miles) where my family live, friends, where i work and most importantly…
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Need some help: Selling a house
Here's my story. Me and my boyf bought a house together 6 months ago, about 3 months down the line, he tells me he's leaving me and walks out. About a month later we get back together but he is living back and home with his parents now while I live in our house on my own. Im not happy with the situation, because we bought…
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is he entitled to anything??
Just wonderd if anybody would be able to advise on a situation that my b/f is currently in. To cut a long story short he bought a house with his ex g/f in 2000 and after a couple of years they split up and she moved on and had a son with her new partner. My b/f is still on the mortgage and is now wanting to come off it.…
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Putting a dishwasher in a rented flat.
Hi, sorry if this is in the wrong place! I figured with all the landlords here, someone must be able to answer my question. I rent my flat and have recently asked the lanlord about installing a dishwasher. He has agreed to me doing this, even if it involves removing a cupboard. Being useless, I have no idea how to do this.…
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Gas and Electricity in new home...
Hello, any help thankfully appreciated...:confused: I am moving at the end of the week to a new house. We are having to estimate our new bills (obviously!) but I dont really know how to go about changing our suppliers! Do we contact our new suppliers in advance? I want to go through switching or cashback sites - is it best…
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repossessed houses
As anyone bought a previously repossessed house? Is there anything that I should look out for?
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Advice needed re shorthold tenancy agreement
Hello I wonder if anybody can help. I signed a 6 month shorthold tenancy agreement last year which has now expired. I was told that once this ended it would be monthly rolling but another 6 month contract would need to be issued. When this ended, I emailed and rang the agency asking for another contract but this was not…
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Habitus and V12
Back in October I took out finance though habitus with v12 to purchase a house. House sale fell through and I asked Habitus for a settlement figure this should have beena round £400 for work doen up to that point. However I checked my credit report and obviosuly V12 have set up the account with them for the full amount…
