Completion Day – Arriving At Your New Home – Things To Check
Completion Day – Arriving At Your New Home Assuming the completion money has been successfully transferred, upon arrival you should now be proudly grasping the keys to your new home. With a bit of luck the removal van’s satnav will have directed them to...
New Planning Rules: Adding Extra Floors To Your House
New Planning Rules – Is The Freedom to Add 2 Extra Floors To Your House A Good Idea? The BBC have announced that the government are intending to relax ‘Permitted Development’ planning rules so that homeowners in England will be...
What Does The Stamp Duty Holiday Mean For House Prices?
How Will The Stamp Duty Cut Affect House Prices? The big question is whether cutting stamp duty (aka ‘Stamp Duty Land Tax’ or SDLT) for people buying homes will get the UK economy moving, as the government desperately hopes. Either way, there are...
Moving Home On Completion Day – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Completion Day – The Potential Perils of Moving Home The day you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. To get things moving be sure to get up early so you can spring into action before the pressure really starts to build. Moving home can be a...
Why are houses prices so high compared to incomes?
Why Are House Prices So High? As of March 2020 the average house price in the UK was £231,855 according to the Land Registry. Figures for average UK individual earnings (salaries / wages) are harder to pin down. Much depends on things like the geographical area...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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