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Estate Agents - does it matter which one i go with
i am selling my house and want it on the market in the next 7 days after some work is done, i have had 4 estate agents round, the order is in biggest for this area slater hogg goodfellow countrywide allen and harris now they each have varying marketing fees and 3 of them are 1% of sale price, unsure if that includes vat.…
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Rat problem in rented accommodation - who is responsible?
Hi all Just wondering, who is responsible for the removal of rats from a privately rented house - the tenant or landlord? The house is not through an estate agent Thank you
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A call from EA about the survey
found damp and roof needs attention. amount 4k. should i ask for 4 k off the price as I am sure Abbey will downvalue the property by 4k and lend me less
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Buying in London
I'm sure this has been asked before but it would be nice to get some fresh opinions on this! My boyfriend and I are moving to London but are pretty clueless about the best areas so we're after some recommendations! We're looking for somewhere safe, with a bit of green, some decent shops / bars / restaurants (up and coming,…
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can i haggle rent on a property
hi i am due to view some properties that are available to rent in my local area of liverpool. my favoured property has been on the market for a while but is a lttle over my budget. is it possible to haggle over the price and if so by what percentage. please help thanks Lolly
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How to pay mortgage?
Hi, I don't want to go into detail here but if someone lost their job, what would happen to their mortgage if they didn't have mortgage repayment insurance?
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Landlord Crisis - HELP!!
Having successfully rented my previous property last year I bought a new home and took out a second mortgage then tragedy struck - my income dropped by a 1/3 due to job changes, the tenants did not renew their 6 month lease on property 1 and despite having used two highly reputatable leasing companies (Scottish law..) the…
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Buying a new house - what certificates should I recieve?
Hi There, I am due to complete on a new house in a few weeks, and I know these days everything has to be signed off. What certificates should i recieve from the house builder does anyone know? I am thinking along the lines of; 1. Corgi certficate to say the boiler and gas works are ok 2. Electrical certficate to say the…
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Online Conveyancing Recommendations?
Can anyone please recommend an online conveyancer? I used one here in Scotland recently and it went ok but need an England & Wales one now. Also, some of them quote for the sale of the property (which is what i require) but mention nothing about HIPs. Where do you go for these then? One conveyancer - Abode - is offering…
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Tax on letting out our house?
Hi Would one of you shrewd characters advise on our situation please? Last year I was working abroad for 6 months and let our house out. We made around £6300 for the 6 months. However, the mortgage is £1277 per month which is more than what we received each month. Basically what I need to know is: a) Do we need to enter…
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Swapping Houses!!!
Hi Was wondering if anyone could help. My Mum and I are planning to swap houses in the next few months and I just have a few quick questions and was hoping that someone could help me out. 1) What is the best way of getting the two houses Valued? 2) The cheapest possible way of swapping Deeds and Sorting Mortages out Many…
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Sell your house fast....
Hi there, My partner has a buy to let investment that has gone awry. She wants to get rid of the house but it needs to be un-occupied to do so, which means mortgage payments without a tennancy income that she cant afford and I cant either. She needs £125k to break even, the house is worth £130k. What sort of percentage of…
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First Time Buyers, looking to start family soon.Advice needed please
Hello Board! Ive been lurking on these forums for a while now, and have got to say you all seem a great and knowledgable bunch... but despite searching and reading so many posts im a little stuck on how my fiancee and I are to make our step on the housing market. My Situation... I am 30 and my fiancee is 33 and have been…
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Renting the house we are buying while waiting to complete?
Dear all, Just thinking of some options for the moment, as the LL in our current rented property is putting pressure on for us to move out as he is selling. We have found a house, made an offer, been accepted, and had the full mortgage offer through. We are now in the hands of the solicitors for exchange/completion. I know…
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What happened to rental rates last HPC ?
Cant find any graphs showing historic rent levels by year like for house prices on housepricecrash.co.uk ... I assume they simply do not exist, any personal experiences ?
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Becoming a landlord and a tenant?
How feasible is it to let our your own home and live in another rented property in another town? A friend of mine is looking into doing this. She only wants to do it for around 6 months before deciding whether or not to buy in the new area. How feasible is it to get a tenant in for 6 months to tie in with renting a…
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Selling/Buying Conundrum?
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Should we stay or go?
We offered on a house recently and lost out to a guy in rented. We weren't intending to move but in our location it was a one-off opportunity to buy our final-rung-up-on-the-ladder so we put ours up for sale. We have an offer on our house (pretty fair, c.5% below ask). Should we go into rented, sell what's a fine family…
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Where to buy near/around catford area
H has been offered a very good job in catford, can't refuse it so(very good wage, what he wants to do) we have to move to buy (always rented before,def first time buyers) catford itself we have been outpriced so can't live there (have £180 to £190,000 tops to spend) so where can we move to area wise that we can afford, the…
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Positivity about the Housing Market at Last!!!
:j It's nice to begin the week with something positive about the housing market for a change. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2008/03/16/pspring116.xml&page=1
