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Property Snake Addresses - Royal Life/Sequence estate agents addresses listed!
I have only just looked at Property Snake for the first time and am fascinated by the way they put the addresses in their listings. I have looked some post codes in the Southampton area that I know and I find two interesting points: 1. The same address is repeated a number of times - at first you think the same property is…
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Job lost during mortgage application, HELP!
Hello guys, Sorry to disturb you once again! If you have seen any of my other threads you will know how much I want to move! Firslty my DH and I bought a new build flat that we later found did not compy with planning permission or building regulations. After a long hard slogg we have finally found out that we can sell and…
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possible reloction to Newark,Notts. Whats it like?!
The OH may have to relocate and we were thinking of Newark, Notts as a potential place to buy. I haven't been following prices there at all and wondered if anyone knows the current situation with regard to this. Also how is the area? What is there to do in town for 30 somethings? Are there nice bars and restaurants? Saying…
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Potential FTB needs advice please...
Im looking at a house priced at £130k, realistically how much would it cost to buy? I don't know ANYTHING about solicitors fees, agents fees and i've heard there's something called stamp duty! Also, on the mortgage estimator i used it gives interest at 5.5%, is this a standard rate or does it differ? Can someone please…
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is it worth renovating
My friend has a lovely house in a nice area in the outskirts of Paris which is partly renovated. The renovation was stopped due to family commitments and a change of circumstances. The ultimate plan is to sell it for as much as possible. The question is do we finish the work? Would he make more money if it is finished? it…
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arggghhhh barratt
we put an offer in on a barratt house with our home in part exchange, this all started 6 weeks ago and we were told we had to exchange by 29th feb, which we did. we were sent a letter saying we had to complete no later than march 2008. then today we went to site to find a proper date to move to be told it will be more like…
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Capital Gains Changes
Hi all, wondering if anyone has any information which may help... In 2005 I bought a flat. I lived in it for 1 year. I moved to a house and rented the flat out. I was planning to rent it for three years and then sell it before having to pay capital gains tax on it. I've heard that there are some changes to capital gains,…
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Buyer can't meet offer / My Rights? Scotland
Looking for some advice here I had accepted a written offer on my house from a first time buying couple through their solicitor exchanging in 6 weeks, last week got a phone call from buyer saying they could not get all the money that their mortgage had not agreed before they put in the offer, decided to accept less which…
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Advice for first time renter please
Just about to instruct e/agents to market our property that we have lived in for 13 years, we are looking to sell and rent for a year to see what happens to the market. Question is we havent rented before and wondered how we would fair with references as we have no land lord. Also how difficult is it to pass all the checks…
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Is it the job of the Estate Agent to track progress of the chain
this may or may not seem a silly question, but should my estate agent be keeping me regularly informed with updates on hos each person in the chain is doing and how far they have got?
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No Interest Rate Cuts until 2009 @ the Earliest
How does everyone think the announcement by Labour that there probably won't be any more interest rate cuts until 2009 at the earliest affect the housing market? I'm referring to Darlings following quote To provide certainty, and to build on this foundation of stability, I am today writing to the Governor of the Bank of…
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Advice on estate agency fees
Have just had the estate agents round and the cost will be 1.75% and they would be sole agents for 12 weeks. Does this sound resonable?
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Gas & Electric Certificate
Hi, I am considering letting out my apartment and the letting agent has told me to arrange for a gas & electric certificate. Who should I approach to do this for me at a reasonable cost (no idea how much I should pay)? Many thanks
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indemnity policies!!!! i am mad!
Hi we should be exchanging on a house purchase today but have been waiting for the vendor to get an indemnity policy to cover the fact that an extention doesn't have any proof of having had planning permission. It was built before he bought the house and says it wasn't an issue for him so he won't pay. It looks like we…
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Made an offer, been accepted - am I stuck with it?
Ok, basically, I'm a first time buyer and I've been eying up 2 places in particular. I put an offer in yesterday for one at 10k less than asking price and, to my astonishment, got a phone call today saying I was accepted. The thing is I am still going for a viewing on the second place today, which I do prefer, and would…
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Renters, talk me down please!
OK, I'm having a panic about our decision to rent not first time buy. If we rent for two years (current plan) we'll be in our 30s when buying....not exactly drawing our pension, but still.... Surely by when what we'll want/need will be a bigger property still? I'm beginning to really sweat about this and I can see why…
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First time rental
Hello this is my first thread in this board, was just wondering if anyone would be able to help me? My boyfriend and I really want to rent our own flat/house, but are really stuck as to what benefits we would get if any and how much things like rates and bills would cost us? We are 21 and 23, and feel that we would like…
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What shall i do?
Hi. I have been reading lots of great advice on this website. Now this is my first post so i hope i have done it right. After splitting with my partner in January, I went to the CAB about my debts and advice on the property i am currently living in. I live in a 3 bedroom rented property through a private landlord,…
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Selling with 2 agents
My husband and I are first time buyers. We have our MIP, deposit and we cant wait to move. We have viewed lots of houses as we want to look at all our options. We have started to notice that more and more houses are up with 2 agents. I just had a phone call today from an agent saying that they had a new house on the market…
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Estate Agent fees
had 3 valuations and each estate agent quoted at 1.25% commission plus 16 week tie in. Having read on here you could get 1% and 1 week tie I went and tried negotiating with each one. The best they will do is 1.1% and 12 week tie in. Am i going wrong ? or is this reasonable ? thanks in advance ?
