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Surveyors ‘downvaluing’ properties for mortgage lenders causing sales to fall through
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series What happens when the property you're buying is down-valued? Mortgage brokers are worried that surveyors acting for banks and building societies are generally taking a more...
Making Money From Property – Top 10 Tips
Making Money From Property by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS Earning mountains of cash from trading or renovating property can appear deceptively easy on primetime TV shows. But ‘property soaps’ have a tendency to distort the truth. Condensing a major...
BBC reveals that 30,000 homes have been fitted with botched insulation under Government schemes
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series Newsflash: 30,000 homes fitted with botched insulation under Government schemes Next month the long awaited new edition of the highly acclaimed Home Insulation Manual will...
Appointing an estate agent to sell your property
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series Thinking of Instructing An Estate Agent ? The time-honoured way for selling houses and flats is to instruct a local estate agent. Because fees are charged in the form of...
Estate Agents’ Underhand Sales Tactics Exposed by BBC
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series Major Estate Agencies' Sales Tactics Exposed by BBC Two major estate agencies have been found to be using deceitful sales tactics and breaking industry codes of conduct by BBC...
Will house prices continue falling in 2025?
House prices in 2025 - which areas are predicted to fall or rise the most? Nationwide Building Society's monthly report on house prices recorded their biggest monthly fall in June 2025 since January 2023. For July Rightmove announced: " House prices see...
Why is it so important to get an RICS Home Survey before you buy?
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series Legally, you have more consumer rights buying a Mars Bar than a house You may find this hard to believe, but when you buy a home you’re pretty much on your own, legally...
What’s the right type of survey for a property in need of renovation?
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series Thinking of taking on a renovation project? Finding the right property to buy for a successful renovation project can be a risky business. There’s plenty of advice from TV...
What’s the right survey for buyers of poor quality newbuild homes?
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series Should buyers of new homes get a survey? If you buy a new car and problems arise you're covered by the manufacturer's warranty for at least the first 3 years. But there...
Why A ‘Frenzy’ of Overvaluing Is Blighting the UK Property Market
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series Overvaluing residential property is now rife - and is causing major problems The Financial Times recently published an eye-opening article by David Johnson about the...