Crunch Time – Pitching your offer & buying a property
Offers are normally made by phoning the estate agent, unless the property’s being sold privately. If there’s stiff competition to buy, you may decide not to beat about the bush and to offer the full asking price. But bear in mind it will be impossible to later reduce...
When To Consider Paying A Higher Price For A Property
When can you justify paying a higher price for a property? A higher sale price is sometimes justified by sellers who make a point of telling you how much they’ve spent on various improvements. But as we saw in previous posts, what’s been spent doesn’t necessarily...
Shared equity schemes – What are they and what is available to you?
Shared equity schemes – What are they and what is available to you? Help To Buy This is an ’equity loan scheme’ where the Government stumps up interest-free loans of up to 20% of the property’s value, allowing you to buy with a deposit of only 5%. The scheme...
Location, location, location – The 3 L’s of buying a house
Thanks to TV property gurus Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsop there can hardly be a living man, woman or child in the entire country who is unaware of the fact that location is the single most important factor when buying property. In fact deciding where you want to...
Buying A House – The Psychology of getting your perfect home
As buyers, we go through a number of distinct stages when making a major purchase decision: Problem recognition This is where you – or your partner – recognise a need. For example getting married may trigger the need for larger accommodation than your existing...Save money by cutting out the banks
By arranging your home survey directly online - rather than via a mortgage lender - you can save the large chunk of the survey fee that the banks normally keep. They may still want to instruct a valuer to carry out their mortgage valuation, but don’t let them try to sell you an expensive Homebuyer or Building Survey from one of the large, target-driven, corporate firms on their 'panel'.
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