Post-Exchange: Move It Yourself – DIY Removals
Saving Money with DIY Moving By now your bank account may be looking rather anaemic from lack of funds. As a buyer you will already have had to set money aside to pay for things like stamp duty ‘land tax’, mortgage arrangement fees, valuation fees, ...
Are we heading for a property crash?
Only one key ingredient isn’t in place for a property crash Larry Elliot is the Economics Editor of The Guardian and his assessment of the likelihood of a property crash doesn’t make happy reading for anyone who’s already on the...
Post-Exchange: Getting Ready For The Big Move
Getting Ready to Move What a relief! Finally you’ve exchanged contracts and your house/flat purchase is in the bag. There will now be a short interlude between Exchange and Completion, typically lasting a couple of weeks (this will have been agreed in...
What If There’s A Right Of Way Over Your Property?
Ramblers Welcome? It’s Day One in your new home. Suddenly you spy a party of ramblers hiking across your garden. Turns out they have a perfect legal right to cross your land (land is legally referred to as ‘property’). So how can you tell if there’s a hidden right...
Covid-19 and House Prices – How Is CoronaVirus Affecting The Property Market?
Covid-19 and House Prices What determines house prices? The media routinely blame estate agents for inflating the property market. But dogmatic vendors often have over-optimistic ideas about what their home is worth. And woe betide any estate agent who dares...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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