Property

The Conveyancing Process – and the Fees You Need to Pay

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by Paul Forrest on 6 Mar, 2012

What is Conveyancing? Conveyancing is the term used to describe the legal work that must be carried out when buying or selling a property. Buyers and sellers usually hire the services of a solicitor or a licensed conveyancer to act on their behalf. There are a number of essential tasks that the respective solicitors will [...]

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Landlords must have Specific Landlord Insurance

Landlords Must Have Specific Landlord Insurance

by Caleb James on 13 Apr, 2012

Since 2005, owning your own home has become a pipe dream for more and more first time buyers. Unfortunately, with the recession and subsequent property slump of the last few years, buying a property has hit the ‘would be’ homebuyer hard. Banks have tightened their lending criteria and ask for as much as a fifth [...]

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Scottish Property Bucks The Trend For Homes in Glasgow and Edinbugh

Scottish Property Bucks The Trend

As Britain enters a double dip depression for the first time since the 1970s, Scottish property prices are reported to be rising amid increased home sales, particularly at the high end of the market. According to the latest figures released by Registers of Scotland (RoS), Glasgow City recorded the highest quarterly sales volume with 1,570 [...]

Stamp Duty Holiday Ends March 2012

Stamp Duty Holiday Ends March 2012

Time is of the essence if you’re currently considering selling your home, as revealed by September 2011 figures released by Rightmove, the UK’s largest online property portal. The survey is produced from real data representing about 90 per cent of the market in the UK. The average asking price of a property is up just [...]

Realising The Potential Value Of Your Home As A Holiday Home

Realising The Potential Value Of Your Home As A Holiday Home

Many of us would imagine a seaside apartment, a cliff top characterful timber framed house or a ski slope side chalet when we are asked to describe a typical holiday home. Perhaps this is because we have in our minds the type of places we personally would like to escape to from our own day [...]

Buying A Second Home

Buying a Second Home

Buying a second home in England or Wales is becoming an increasingly popular choice for many people. Your additional property can serve a variety of purposes, such as a holiday home, a renovation opportunity, a ‘buy to let’, or a home for your children to live in whilst at university. Whether you are buying a [...]

Cautious Optimism On House Sales

Cautious Optimism On House Sales

The December 2011 Housing Market Survey, conducted by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and released on 9th January 2012, gives a slightly brighter outlook than in recent times

House Prices Up By Just 1% In 2011

House Prices Up By Just 1% In 2011

According to the Nationwide Building Society, house prices rose 1% throughout 2011. Although prices actually dropped 0.2% for December, the year as a whole saw the average house price increase marginally to £165,798. Nationwide’s chief economist Robert Gardner remarked “The 1% rise in house prices recorded over the past 12 months could hardly be described [...]

An Overview of Business Communication Systems

An Overview of Business Communication Systems

Communication systems for businesses are available in a number of different formats. All of these systems offer different services and benefits to businesses, allowing them to have the best possible systems of communication at affordable prices. Here is an overview of some of the main systems used for business communications and the benefits which they [...]

The Rise of the Master Bedroom Suite

The Rise of the Master Bedroom Suite

The master bedroom suite is a relatively new concept but is gaining popularity. In short, this is about changing your main bedroom and ensuite bathroom into a mini suite or flat if you like. It’s a small home within a home; somewhere to relax, a get-away from the hustle of the main house and of [...]

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