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Where Will The UK House Prices Go Next?

   Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Are you planning to buy a new house in the UK? If your answer is a resounding yes then you should perhaps wait for a few more days or even months. As we have seen in the last year, the house prices in the UK rose dramatically. The huge price rise puts the UK among [...]

Homeowners in Arrears Get Help From the FSA

   Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Homeowners with arrears could soon get a better deal if the proposal by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) goes ahead. The proposed changes aims at cracking down on the fees that lenders charge if a customer is in arrears. They also stress that repossession of homes should be used as a final option in extreme [...]

Housing Market Enjoys Buoyant Start!

   Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

The Christmas and New Year period can often bring vital momentum to the housing market as people choose the start of January to finally make the move that they have been mulling over throughout the previous months. A brighter than expected January 2010 has exceeded expectations however and the buoyant start to the year has [...]

Property Market in the UK

   Friday, November 13th, 2009

Its funny how Sunday will often bring the most telling news stories to bear when sitting at the dinner table on what is usually an otherwise uneventful day.
Yesterday was just one such Sunday for, when flicking through yesterday’s Observer, I came upon an article by one Lisa Bachelor entitled ‘Nationwide woos first-time buyers with 90% [...]

Robbie Has To Sell His Mansion.

   Friday, November 13th, 2009

Wow. Robbie Williams is so desperate to get back to Los Angeles for Christmas that he is willing to lose a million pounds on his Wiltshire home. When he bought it in February, he paid almost eight and a half million.
The seven bedroom house near Calne is so big that it requires its [...]

Protection For Your Home.

   Friday, October 23rd, 2009

If you are after a good deal on house insurance then this blog has got some really good links on it.
We all have a concern that our home could get broken into. Taking out house insurance does not make you ‘burglar-proof’ and, if you are robbed, it will not make the experience any [...]

Under The Hammer: Purchase Below Market Value

   Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Property auctions in the UK are held in a number of towns and city locations, each auction company holding two or three auctions per month and advertising them extensively beforehand in the local press and on the many property auction websites now available. The advantage of purchasing a property by auction is that the property [...]

House Swapping In The UK Rental Market

   Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

House swapping in the UK covers more than one eventuality. In the UK, house swapping generally refers to people in rental properties applying to exchange a home of similar quality and type in a different location; permanently. In other words, a family of four might live in Scotland in a socially rented property such as [...]

Different Properties In The UK

   Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

If you are looking around for property in the UK, you will be able to find homes that are the single family type and also those with multiple rooms for students. For students, these homes can generally house 7 students or more so they can live near or on campus. For families or couples, you [...]

Luxurious And Tranquil UK Homes

   Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

A cozy comfortable home is a necessity for the middle income group, but a luxurious home is a must for the upper class, business class and bureaucrats. The latter more than the former sometimes have to live up to a stressful sometimes unpredictable business or official life and an over dose of anxiety driven problems [...]