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Do you want to buy Brookside?
No really. Brookside Close is up for sale. All of it. Some cosmetic refurbishment is required, though. http://www.shm-group.com/uploads/docs/SHM0828_1_catalogue.pdf
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Is there a way to get out of a house lease
My daughter moved into a new house 6 weeks ago. She really does not like it. She knew there was a pub nearby but did not realise how noisy it would be. She works shifts for the ambulance service so really needs her sleep. Also the house has some very narrow stairs that she has fallen down twice as there is no handrail to…
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Which Mortgage? HELP!
I'm looking to borrow £55,000 over 5 years. Which mortgage type should I go for, and does anybody know of good deals that I can get out there in the market? The lowest monthly repayments ive found is £903 a month. Thank you!
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Week in, week out. (Welsh housing market)
Week In, Week Out Examining the effects of the credit crunch on the Welsh housing market, investigating which areas of the country are going to be hardest hit by the expected problem of negative equity with most people over-borrowed and prices set to fall Category Documentary Director Gareth Jones Editor Tony O'Shaughnessy…
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http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/agent-fees/
Hi All, This is my 1st post so be gentle with me! I am fed up with Estate Agents ripping me off everytime I move house, I dont want to move every couple of years but in this climate I have no choice, (would also help if the neighbours were nicer too!!) So I have set up a petition on the downing street website to petition…
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Making an offer for a repossessed house?
Hi, I am currently considering putting in an offer for a house that was repossessed around 3 months ago... The estate agent who did the viewing gave some 'advice' as to what he feels would be a good offer..I thought i'd ask here to see if this 'advice' seems ok... The property is a 4 bed detached house on a housing…
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National Homebuyers
We have decided to sell our house through National Homebuyers (the ones of the TV). We are happy with the price they have given 21% below market value and are about to accept there offer. Have any of you delt with them? We are buying a fairly expensive house and are starting to write cheques out. What i am worried about is…
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'First-Day Marketing' HIP exemption extended to end of year
The Government has now given in to demands and extended the 'first day' marketing exemption to the end of the year. This is the exemption that allows properties to be marketed as soon as there is proof a HIP has been ordered and has been long-lobbied for by Estate Agents and the NAEA.
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Why Are The Goverment Telling People To Buy When They Know1
well the leak is out and the goverment has admitted that house prices are going to fall AT THE BEST 5 to 10%. If this is the case why are they not telling people as some people will be losing tens of thousands of pounds and they know it. so they are prepared for people to go into negative equity straight away. I find that…
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Applying to rent a house whilst in temporary work
Hi all, I've had to leave my previous accommodation due to seperation with my partner so I need to fastly hunt down some new accommodation. Problem is that my current job is on a temporary contract that ends in July and started in October but I am currently seeking other employment, would I be denied because of this? I've…
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about to exchange - electrical report problems
Hi Hope someone can give me some advice. I have had an offer accepted on a 3 bed terrace for 87500 (originally on at 91000) and we are close to exchange. however yesterday i finally had the electrical report that the sellers had paid for faxed through from my solicitors and it described the property as having poor and…
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Sold house but what now
Afternoon all, We have sold our house STC and are looking for something bigger. The main problem is everything else is still priced at last years prices eventhough nothing is selling. We sold ours the 1st day it went up for sale as we priced it to sell in a falling market. I am affraid that if we cant find somewhere soon…
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HIP pack not available
I am a first time buyer (who is fed up with snotty estate agents already :mad: ) I thought that HIP packs were compulsory now, except for properties that were marketed before they were introduced. I went to view a property but there is no HIP. I was told it was because there was a tenant living there when it was put on the…
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Nationwide cuts mortgage rates
Looks like we are nearing the end of the credit crunch folks. :beer: http://uk.reuters.com/article/personalFinanceNews/idUKNOA33878320080513?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=personalFinanceNews&rpc=401
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House Buying / Searches - SEPA problem....
Hi, I'm in the process of buying a house, but my solicitor has just uncovered a problem resulting from the Property Enquiry Certificate - the house is (apparently) not connected to a mains sewer. The vendor has lived in the property for 50 years and had no awareness of this. She obviously doesn't have a septic tank, or any…
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repossesion imminent?
hi can anybody give me some advice regarding my father in laws property. it has been remortaged to it full capacity (235,000) he has lived there over 30 years and has kept borrowing on the house for business purposes. it is worth 250,000 he has until june 5th to repay the outstanding mortages arrears 3 months by a court…
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Where else can you sell property?
Our house is on with an agent but not selling. We are thinking of dropping the price to near enough what we bought it for to get it shifted. though we are dubious this will even work in this market. there is nothing wrong with the house check out http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-18176747.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy just my…
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What does "transfer executed" mean?
Our solicitors have an online service where we can track the stage our house purchase and sale is at. On our sale it says that transfer executed today, what does it mean? Also they have sent our contracts to sellers sols today. We are hoping to complete 23rd May so hoping to exchange soon.
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Landlord Responsibilities - Central Heating?
Hi guys, my first post, so go easy. Im soon to become a new landlord, and want to go about things in the right way. The property i will be renting does not currently have a combi boiler or gas central heating etc. I will be having a new boiler installed, as well as the central heating system. I have had a look on a few…
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Estate Agents selling my house dont seem that great :(
Hi guys, First time ive posted here, ive been reading these forums for ages and I thought I should ask for advice from here. We put our property on the market two weeks ago and since then weve literally had 3 people to view the place and thats it, the estate agent never calls me to give me any sort of updates and I find I…
