by Zen | Jul 13, 2020 | Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, House Prices, Legal work, Mortgages, Selling your home, Valuations
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...
by Zen | Jul 7, 2020 | Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, House Prices, Legal work, Mortgages, Selling your home, Valuations
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...
by Zen | Jun 17, 2020 | Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, House Prices, Legal work, Mortgages, Selling your home, Valuations
Conveyancing – the Final Stages In the short period of time between Exchange and Completion (typically 2 weeks) your legal people doing the conveyancing still have a number of key tasks to carry out. The remaining legal stages up to completion are as...
by Ian | Jun 4, 2020 | Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, House Prices, Legal work, Mortgages, Selling your home, Valuations
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, ...
by Ian | May 26, 2020 | Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, House Prices, Legal work, Mortgages, Selling your home, Valuations
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...
by Ian | May 15, 2020 | Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, House Prices, Legal work, Mortgages, Selling your home, Valuations
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...