With the UK’s property market still looking a little gloomy, it seems there may be a glimmer of hope peeking through in the For Sale By Owner (FSBO) property market. NetMovers, the UK’s leading commission free property portal who let people sell property online, have announced a larger growth this year than in any of their eight years of trading, in the ‘for sale by owner’ market. Continue reading ‘Housing Market Boom In For Sale By Owner Property’

In a bid to further assist first time buyers to get their foot onto that first all important rung of the property ladder, the Scottish Government has expanded a scheme which means that buyers will pay from 60 per cent to 80 per cent of the value of the property which will be subsidised by an interest free equity stake…
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Affording a holiday during the credit crunch takes some creative thinking – thus a new trend of house swapping has sprung up, started by hard-up homeowners who are shunning pricey resorts and swapping their homes with strangers for that bargain break instead…
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If your elderly parent has just died and you are dithering about what to do with their house, or you have moved out of your home and are trying to sell it during the current recession – don’t delay too long. New legislation from the UK Government has announced that anyone who leaves their house empty for six months or more could have it removed by the state and rented to tenants…
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Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) are most associated with teenage hoodies making a menace of themselves on our streets. But now, they have been extended to estate agents in the form of ‘retail ASBOs,’ to try and curtail those who plaster areas with for sale signs on UK properties.
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From the Hollywood Hills to Notting Hill – one landlord knew his luck was in when A-listers Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal turned up to rent his Victorian terraced home for a whopping £4,000 a week – but don’t let this sky high price fool you, as new research has found that renting is still cheaper than buying for many of us…
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Beautiful Devon in the West Country has been voted England’s best county, scoring the highest marks in Country Life Magazine’s survey for green policy, landscape, wildlife, heritage, local food and pubs…
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What is it that makes these luxury homes some of the most desirable properties on the UK market?
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