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House prices in Leeds
Just wanted to check the local market. Has anyone in Leeds or thereabouts sold their house for anywhere close to the asking price recently? Ours has been on for 3 months and only had one viewing which suggests it's too expensive, but I'm not that impressed with the EAs either (long story, different thread).
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Stamp duty land tax
just really want to confirm how to account for this, if I purchase a property to let out once the SDLT is paid via a solicitor/conveyancer it can not be off set against any recieved income from the property as a deductable expense it is carried forward to be taken against a later sale as a reduction in capital gains? is…
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Bad credit. Need to rent REALLY BADLY. What can i do?!!
Me and my partner both have bad credit. We desperately need to rent a place. Really urgently. Is there ANYTHING at all we can do to improve our credit WHILST paying off the debts. Our debts don't amount to too much, around 3k together. But we need to move away asap and can only clear the 3k in around 4-5 months. Do many…
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Buying - Valuation estimate online?
Hello! FTB and FTPoster too! Done quite a bit of reading here though, so be gentle with me ;) As FTBs with a reasonable deposit and mortage agreed in principle, we're in a good spot to buy. Obviously we're cautious of potenial market changes (I'm not going to go on about the correction/crash because that's a whoooole…
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Is it a good time to rent your house out?
going to put my house up for sale soon but dont think its guna shift, is it a good idea to just put it up for rent instead? cheers
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New here. Please help!!!!! Two questions.... About selling and renting....
Hi everyone I checked out this site as my partner is currently in the process of reclaiming bank charges and thought i might try for some advice here on our problems. Any advice would be so so so so appreciated and thank you so much if you decide to take the time to read our dilema. Its a bit of a waffle but we desperately…
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Buying land from council
Hi I own an ex council house its the end house and beside me is ground which leads round to a few garages all the garages are on council land. The garage right next to our house we own the garage but the land the garage is on is council land. We pay rent each year for the land. I have rang the council about buying the land…
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Nearly Complete
My daughter is buy a house, they are very near to completion but have just been told that the house has been repossessed. They only found this out because the bank that have repossessed it have gone into the same estate agents and the estate agent phone to see if they had pulled out. what happens now we would welcome any…
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New build houses as long term investments?
There are many attractions to buying a new build house but how do they compare in investment terms with older houses? I realise that buyers usually pay a premium for being the first occupants, but is there any evidence that the houses are harder to sell once they are a few years old?
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Private Estate- mangement probs
I we live on a private estate (not for much longer!). When we moved on here we were told we'd have to pay a service charge, as yet nothing has happened. The problem is some homeowners on the estate have paid some charges to a 'management company' which was run by the same guy who built the houses and went bankrupted. On…
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tenant refusing to pay council tax
i have 4 tenants on separate ASTs. one tenant spoke to the council and they said that as each tenant was on separate ASTs, then the landlord should be registered on the council tax. she is now refusing to pay her portion of CT saying she's not on the CT bill, despite a verbal and written agreement (in her AST) that she…
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Valuation Same Price As Offer Accepted
HI, I have just recieved a suryers report , the house is valued at 129000 in the current climate, Know this is the same price that was excpeted. do the survyors know how much you have offered for the property, or was this just a coinicidence that it is valued at the same price bieng offred. I thoght i was getting a good…
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Making an offer
Interested in a 3 bed terraced house in liverpool (refurbished). Asking price £85,000 vendors bought it for £83,000 in June 2006! Any suggestions on opening offers?
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Flat/Garage Lease Q - Garage Need New Roof
Hi, Just a quick question about my lease for my garage. I own a flat and also have a seperate lease for my garage. Now the flat has a management company, which are supposed to look after the block of flats (tho they dont - if you have read my other post!!) but was wondering does that extend to garages....or any problems…
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Flat Management Company Problems
Hello, I wonder if anyone may be in a simliar situation or can throw some advice my way. I live in a block of flats (9 in total) and for the past 6 years we have had several different management companies. Not one has done anything that is really worth mentioning - we have a clean come round once every two/three months to…
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council homes
how comes when applying for a council home they need to know how much you have in savings and how much is in each of your bank accounts? also why do they ask if you have £6000 or above in savings? is this because if you have over 6k they wont give you one as you have enough for a rented property not on the council?
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list of offers - quick question
Hello, pals. I have a quick question. I have heard that estate agents have a list of offers on properties that they are obliged to show anyone interested. I am currently the highest person to offer on a property. However, I'm a little concerned that the so-called "other customers" may not exist, and I'd hate to think that…
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Part rent, part buy, first time buyers
The Government have just stated that first time buyers buying part buy part rent property can claim a grant of £1500 to help with fees etc. Can anyone tell me how and whom you have to apply to for this grant, thank you for your help :j
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Money still being owed.What to do next?!
Hello! Will go straight to the point. As sometimes happens LL did not paid deposit back. I took him to court, which he ignored and obtained CCJ by default. He ignored that as well. I decided to persue further and obtained a warrant. It was in mid February 2008. Since that time i have heard from bailiffs just once-they were…
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Asking landlord to refurbish.
Hi. I am new here and have spent a good while looking around but do not seem to be able to find an answer to my question. I am currently in rented accom, i have lived here for nearly 14 years , never missed rent and always kept the place in good condition. I have a 10 year unfurnished tenancy agreement. My question....When…
