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Why You Should Seriously Consider Building Your Dream Home – A Guide to Self-Building and Self Build Mortgages
Why Build It Yourself? Building your own home is becoming an increasingly popular and viable option for people as the housing market remains saturated and house prices continue to soar. TV shows like Grand Designs and The Restoration Man are proving that ordinary people are able to create their own dream home, and that ideas…
Read MoreOneDome Launches New Online Products to Provide Agents ‘Hybrid’ Offering
OneDome, the technology company behind discovery tool, Locality Reality, launches a suite of products that enable high street estate agents to compete with disrupters. The product toolkit, consisting of a series of web apps, empowers any agency to both enjoy digital capabilities superior to that of hybrid or pure online estate agents and to offer…
Read MoreRevealed: How property price affects friendliness in London
⦁ Higher property prices tend to mean less arguments, analysis shows ⦁ £532,486 is the ideal property value for living the peaceful life in the capital ⦁ Research reveals the city’s main causes of arguments between neighbours ⦁ Noise and parking the biggest cause of disputes among London’s residents ⦁ Full findings can be found…
Read MoreRISE IN SINGLE PROPERTY LANDLORDS HIT BY BUY-TO-LET TAX CHANGES
Single property landlords are finally waking up to the fact they could be pushed in to a higher tax bracket following the introduction of new taxation rules for buy to let, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). The statement comes as recent research from the NLA shows the proportion of single property landlords who…
Read MoreHome buyers down 12% on last year:
Home buyers up 27% in March compared to February but down 12% on last year… We’ve had a busy year in all what with Trump and Brexit! On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, lending in March: Home buyers borrowed £11.2bn First-time buyers borrowed £4.9bn for home-owner house purchase Home movers borrowed £6.2bn Home-owner remortgage activity was up…
Read MoreThe Property Ombudsman expels London Corporate Apartments:
Landlords and tenants are being warned that London Corporate Apartments Ltd (LCA) has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme for failing to pay an award following a rental deposit dispute. The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme helps more than 16,000 consumers with their property disputes every year and the scheme’s free, fair and impartial…
Read MoreTPO expels Essex lettings agent following complex landlord dispute
Ombudsman considers an extraordinary case concerning three properties and issues including tenant referencing, outstanding rent and repair bills and a tenancy renewal agreed without the landlord’s consent The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has expelled Lettings Solutions Ltd for two years after Lettings Solutions Ltd failed to pay an award following a review of a highly…
Read MoreNightmare agent with no Client Money Protection causes double-trouble for landlord
This week (Thursday 18th May, 9pm) Channel Five’s “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords” will highlight why Client Money Protection is of paramount importance to all landlords and tenants, as a rogue agent in Ilford fails to pass on rent or carry out sufficient referencing, leading to a sub-letting scam via a Romanian property website. When IT…
Read MoreTo hybrid or not to hybrid?
That is the question many estate agents are facing a market place where purple… and the like are changing the landscape and the traditional agent is left with a declining market share and decreasing fees. Do we stick or spin? I made the decision to spin some time ago and whilst I believe it will…
Read MoreLess than 2% of new house purchase loans are now taken out on an interest-only basis
News from the CML, Council of Mortgage Lenders, showcase the decline of interest-only mortgages in the UK with now only 2% being them in 2017 which is a fair drop from what was approximately 40% in 2017. “When we first started to collect this data in 2012, the regulatory concern was that interest-only loans…
Read MoreAre you ready for Generation Z?
When I say, I been working within estate agency since the last century, it makes me feel old but it does help me make my point. Having had a successful career to date, I have prided myself on understanding the customer. I understand segmentation and pride myself on making decisions based on the fact that…
Read MoreHouse Price Index: affordability struggles continue as election looms
The latest England & Wales House Price Index from Your Move has shown that affordability struggles continue as election looms. Top line stats: Average house price at £301,606 in April Up just 0.1% in the month and 3.5% annually West Midlands powers on as fastest growing region, topping growth table with Shropshire up 10% London…
Read More5 Tips for Moving House in London
Life can change on a dime. And when it does, it can be difficult to adjust. One of the biggest life changes is when you move house. Choosing the right London house removal company may be the most important decision to make for your move. But here are 5 things that you need to do…
Read MoreTotal Facilities Management is an Effective Outsourcing Solution
One of the most significant changes to businesses in the 21st century is the increased tendency to outsource those functions that are seen as non-core to the business itself. We are all familiar with areas such as payroll and catering being outsourced, but today, a growing number of companies are deriving both financial savings and…
Read MoreNow Hybrid is available on the High street ….. Hystreet
London, UK (2nd May 2017) – The way people move home is changing, with sellers increasingly turning to online estate agents like Purplebricks and YOPA because of the 24/7 convenience and flexibility they offer. This evolution of the marketplace has led to big high street agents like Countrywide and Connells investing in their own online…
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