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UK Property Repossessions Set to Rise

Posted by on 04/02/2011 at 10:38 am

Published by Hub Pages on Sunday, 30 January 2011 by Susana S   Double Dip Recession on the Way? During the first weeks of 2011 reports about the UK economy have been nothing but negative and with the current governments refusal to see sense, it’s highly likely that we’ll see a lot more property repossessions […]

Who would live in a place like that?

Posted by on 03/02/2011 at 11:35 am

Published by Telegraph on Friday, 28 January 2011 by Christopher Middleton   Inconsiderate ghosts, swaying suspension bridges and glass walls that wobble in a storm – living in Britain’s most interesting houses may have its drawbacks, but, as a new book demonstrates, it’s never dull. Over the past three years the author, Robin Whitcomb, has […]

Low cost property auctions

Posted by on 01/02/2011 at 11:41 am

Published by Property Wire on Thursday, 27 January 2011   Property auctions could be set to become more popular in the UK with more estate agents likely to take up the model as a low cost and efficient selling method, it is claimed. According to Network Auctions, the national auctioneering firm partnering with estate agencies, […]

Property Clinic: Finding a bargain

Posted by on 31/01/2011 at 11:41 pm

Published by Telegraph on Thursday, 27 January 2011   Ask the expert about your poperty questions. This week: how do track down a bargain?   Points of law We live on a main road a few doors away from a private road, where we’ve parked for the past 10 years. Recently a woman in one […]

Green and sustainable building ‘will boost UK housing supply’

Posted by on 28/01/2011 at 1:00 pm

Published by SpeciFinder on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 by Ashley Brunskill   The housing crisis in the UK could be alleviated if green and sustainable building methods replaced traditional construction procedures, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has claimed. Research commissioned by the organisation found that there are currently 80,000 fewer new homes being […]

Housing Giant Helps First Time Buyers

Posted by on 18/01/2011 at 8:43 pm

Is Barratt REALLY helping? Just for 5% down payment and first-time buyers can have their own dreamed property. 80% mortgage from high street lender, a second 15% loan (this your parents will take), more like bridging, from Barratt with own contribution of only(?) 5% will make you a homeowner. This is 95% loan! I’m curious […]

UK Property – The Year Ahead

Posted by on 15/12/2010 at 3:36 pm

Published by Market Press Release on Sunday 12 December 2010   TheAdvisory stares into the crystal ball (or maybe the crystal whiskey glass) to forecast what will transpire in the property world in 2011. The trend towards tightening mortgage conditions will continue for the first half of the year, with lenders remaining reluctant to extend […]

UK Releases October 2010 House Price Index

Posted by on 28/11/2010 at 12:11 am

Published by GovMonitor on Friday, 26th November 2010   The October data from Land Registry’s flagship House Price Index shows an annual price increase of 3.4 per cent which takes the average property value in England and Wales to £165,505. The monthly change from September to October is a decrease of 0.8 per cent. Eight […]

Alternatives to double glazing

Posted by on 04/11/2010 at 9:04 am

Nice solution if properly fitted. However, … there is one small flow; no day light if you want to keep warmth inside. Published by Telegraph Sarah Lonsdale on Tuesday, 02 Nov 2010   Katy Duke and her husband Richard Swann live in a converted Victorian school house in Frome, Somerset. A beautiful historic building made […]

Construction gives UK economic recovery an unstable foundation

Posted by on 02/11/2010 at 11:48 pm

An interesting insight into the construction sector Published by Guardian Phillip Inman and Alex Hawkes, Sunday 31 October 2010   George Osborne says the economy is growing strongly, but how much of that is down to a construction rally that is already petering out? The Shard of Glass is just the kind of totemic confidence […]