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How to find the prices
of similar houses that I'm looking that has been sold recently in my area? https://www.houseprices.co.uk tell me the price and the type of house (but only up till march). I was wondering if it's possible to cross check with rightmove? Want to put in an offer that is approx 15% lower than asking price but want to check that…
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Companies who offer to but homes quickly - any experiences of using them?
We are currently looking to move abroad for work reasons. We currently have a flat in a part of the UK where the market is particularly depressed and have been advised by agents not to sell as there is next to no interest in the market currently. I was wondering about companies who offer to buy property quickly? I would…
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Shared Ownership vs. Renting vs. Moving back with Mum!
My wife and I are facing something of a crossroads, and I'd appreciate some advice, specifically on shared ownership schemes but also on our wider situation. Background: my wife is a primary school teacher on £28k, I am a student on £0k until at least Oct 2009 when I might be on around £30-35k. We have around £10k in…
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Can someone help me understand this report
I am reading an argument on another thread about price figures. someone provided a link to this site http://www.nationwide.co.uk/hpi/historical/q1_2008.pdf I dont really know how to read financial data but it seems to show yearly increases in house prices. How can this be when people are putting their prices down?? Im…
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Council Tax Banding
I wouldnt have known about questioning the council about Council Tax Banding except for reading something on here but i have just got my amount in that i have to pay and i am gob smacked to say the least for my 2 bed flat/appartment whatever you want to call it along with my single persons discount comes in at 115.00 per…
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Postive thread about buying now!
Why I am buying now and why I am NOT negotiating hard/ letting my dream house go when they dont' reduce it by 20%/ waiting for a year to see if prices drop even further. because if prices drop for buying they will drop for selling as well because I haven't a crystal ball and therefore have no guarentee of being able to…
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Council tax on vacant flat
Hi, Me and my boyfriend will be completing on our flat on Friday. We currently are and will continue to be living at my parents house. We will be doing a small amount of redecoration, the renting the flat out for 1 year. Hopefull we'll have it rented out within a couple of months. The flat has a couple of beds and a sofa…
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advice on finding buyers
How do you go about finding buyers interested in your properties? I currently have some properties located on Long Island and Queens and am trying to find people who are interested in purchasing them.
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What's the sale process? Offer -> Accept -> Exchange>
Can anybody help me with the sale and move house process. How long between accepting an offer and exchanging? Is it legally binding when you have exchanged? How long between exchange and completion? Thanks
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tenancy advice please
my neice recently signed a one year tenancy on a flat as joint tenant with her boyfriend,sad to say although he has already moved in they have now split up before she moved in with him The question is can she easily get her name taken off the tenancy?,thus avoiding any problems if he defaults on the rent or anything like…
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buying freehold
hiya can anyone help me reduce the cost of buying the freehold on my new house..? i have requested the cost from the freeholders and they say they will be prepared to sell it to me for £4500 plus £650 costs, the house is in coleshill birmingham, a 3 bed semi with 69 years left to run on the lease. IS THIS A GOOD DEAL? I…
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Council Tenancy
Evening all My daughter had to move from her last home because the landlord was selling up. Because she was married and had a young child she was given a council house but it was on a temporary tenancy agreement. She has been there for 4 years now and has had another child. She would like to buy the house but has been told…
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tenant compensation
Hi all. My landlord is planning to put in an entire new bathroom. Am I entitled to compensation during this process which will take a few days meaning I can not shower etcetera? Many thanks, G.
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Home Information Pack - Help
Hi Can anyone offer advice on compiling my own HIP ie. what documents are required, where to obtain them and so on. In laymans terms if possible!! Thanks in advance.
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Renting: Deposit paid, now the flat is not available!
Hi all. Can I ask your advice? I am moving to Belfast in July. In order to find a place to stay, I went there in mid-April flat hunting. To make a long story short, I found a place through a letting agent, and I paid them a deposit (one month's rent) and a £30 reference fee. They told me that they'll take it off the…
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No enquiries - are other sellers in the same position?
I have had my house on the market now about a month and we have had only one enquiry. In fact, she was supposed to come for a viewing at 5.00 this evening and hasn't bothered to turn up :mad: . Apart from giving your house away, which seems to be about the only way things are moving, is there any way to make a house more…
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What shar of a house
Not sure if this is the right place but..... My mum died last October and just found out that the house she left to my sister and myself has her former partner (who she clearly did not want to in-herrit) as co owner (IE the register has both their names on it ) so does anyone know how much of the property is he entitled to…
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Help - revise offer?
Hi, We have found a house we would like to purchase. Initial asking, £225, dropped to £220. We offered £215,500 but now can't seem to sell ours. We have dropped £6K on the asking price of ours. Can I put a new reduced offer in, if we manage to sell our? I need some help - are there anymore options out there?
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Statutory Declaration
Does anyone know how I can word a stat dec in regards to a secured loan on our property as the loan company is requesting it. We have a small mortgage and wish to release the capital and i just need to know how to word it to say that i consent to this.
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Argument about Lodgers and Tax!
Can you guys help me settle an argument? My mother and I were discussing tax earlier today (we're not always boring, honest :o ), and trying to predict how much (if any) I would need to pay next April 2009 on income from my two lodgers. The main argument was over what could be off-set, and in what proportions. We hunted…
