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Would you buy a property without HIPS ?
Hi I am thinking of placing 2 properties with an EA. I have had the properties advertised, since early 2007, in the background pages of a website of mine (not property related). Am I not correct in believing that as the properties have been advertised pre-HIPS date that I do NOT require a HIPS for them ? If that is…
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cHALLENOR FREE PROPERTY SEMINARS ARE RIP OFF
i attended afree property seminar in birmighan in July 2007 by challener property. we were only four people after 30 minutes talk. we were told that they had discounted apartments in York. the discount was 15% and to secure one, one had to pay £1200. the other three guys paid . the spokes man encouraged me to pay sayieng…
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Help for someone buying a house foolishly - UPDATE
My sister is desperate to buy her own house. She has just qualified as a nurse and has been promising herself for the last 4 years that as soon as she qualifies her and her boyfriend would buy a house and start a family. Well that time has now come and I'm seriously worried about her. A distant relative of her boyfriend…
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2 Council tax problems - help please:(
I don't know if this is in the right place, :confused: but couldn't see a "council tax" thread so feel free to move if necessary;) I contacted my old council as they didn't have where we had moved to and we have an outstanding amount to pay off, (£398):rolleyes: they sent a means form which i filled out and sent back, only…
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Advice regarding a 2 year rental agreement
We rent at a cost of £1100 per month - deposit 1300. agreement signed 30th march 2007. Origionaly contract was agreed through a rental agency- as virgin renters we asked for a 2 yr contract as we were worried about having to find something after a year- first mistake - agency bit our hand off . the day the contract was…
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i was almost temped by a newbulid
saw this place on rightmove a month or so back and it popped up again. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-20235467.rsp?pa_n=2&tr_t=buy i was almost tmpted to go have a look a city penthouse with a 24foot by 28 foot living room for 100k till i read this lol, i think i will stick to houses…
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unfinished HIP
The house we are going on a second veiwing of has a HIP, but when I rang EA to look at it, they said it wasn't finished and so I couldn't see it. If I put in an offer on it, do they still have to get the HIP finished, and is there any benefit of waiting for it to be finished? If houses can be marketed and offered on…
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How much have you lost on your property ?
After years of of hearing people gloat in the pub about how many thousands their property has gone up in the last month/quarter/year I would like to hear of some nice heart warming falls. So how much have you lost in the past month/quarter/year :beer:
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Does anyone know the Docklands area in London well?
Hi My husband and I are thinking of buying a 1 bedroom flat, possibly in the Docklands area to rent out. We are not looking to make a huge profit but are in this for the long term. I know it's a good place rent and you can get very good rental prices there. We were looking to rent something out locally (St albans - very…
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A question about retaining money for unpaid service charges
Hello i have had word that everyone else in the chain will be signing contracts next week. We offered a small lump sum to be given back to our buyer to contribute towards a large maintenance charge which will land on the mat next year. however when we signed the sale contract no mention was made of them expecting the…
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New build flats
Just had a thought.You don`t need to be a property expert to hear a lot of news that new build flats are tanking in price.Where I live wages are pretty poor yet there are tons of new build flat developments in progress,some of which are not in the safest of areas. The building seems to be taking forever.I saw one…
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Are any areas "crash proof"
Basically, I am in the process of trying to buy a house, but people on here and in the papers are absolutely terrifying me about the house price crash. To cut a long story short, we are in our early twenties, and hope to stay round here long term. We are buying a 2/3 bed semi, so it is "baby proof". However there is a…
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Using same Estate Agent
to sell my house and to buy, is this ok to do? The Estate Agent that I think would be the best at selling my house also has the most houses on their books to sell. They seem to be the most popular around here even though their fee's are no where near the cheapest. many thanks
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If You Lied About Your Income On Your Mortgage..beware
With people now resetting every couple of years and banks not now lending to anyone who can breath, it has come about that maybe a hell of a lot of people who are due to reset and change providers will not be able to do so as they lied about how much they earned and now the banks will be asking for for proof of your wages…
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Renting....."Inspection" questions....
Hi there all, We've been in our rented property since 9th Jan and the LA called today to arrange an appointment for an "inspection" visit, which we have arranged for Monday 31st March. Is this normal, seeing that we've only been here not quite 3 months yet? I asked my friend who lets out a flat and she said it was unusual…
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Landlord did not inform us of tv reception problems before we rented. What can we do?
hope you may be able to help resolve an issue with our Landlord/agency regarding the fact that they failed to inform us of problems with TV reception before moving into the property. They neglected to tell us that we would have to subscribe to a satellite or cable service to recieve TV in the property, and it only came to…
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Not wishing to be a panic-monger or anything, but....
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=au8vtZvFEH6w&refer=home :eek:
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New choice home buy
Just been reading on our local shared ownership website that from 1st April a "new choice home buy" is coming avaliable. You choice a property on the open market, you purchase 50%( or more if you can afford), the other % you pay an interest fee of 1.5%. This amount is to be repaid on the sale of the property. It says that…
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Fed Chief in Negative Equity?
According to Bloomberg, (the Federal Reserve's boss) Ben Bernanke's house is now probably worth less than he paid for it.
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Selling my flat privately/online
I am looking to sell my flat & buy a house with my girlfriend. I've been looking/getting quotes from estate agents (bad idea) & so far I've been astonished at how much they are asking for, just for advertising:mad: So, I decided to take my search online & look at selling it privately. I came across a website called…
