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A portal says many buyers feel disappointed when viewing a property because it is typically smaller than agents’ photographs suggest. MoveStreets claims 33 per cent of buyers in a survey said the property they viewed didn’t live up to expectations, with size - or lack...

Be sure of the reasons you want to sell. Do you really need to? such as for a job move, upsizing or downsizing, or divorce? Or do you just fancy a change? Bear in mind that it is a long and tortuous process,...

Most of us don’t and yet there is £50,000,000 worth lying around in UK households. Whether it is in the bottom of a drawer, collecting in jars, or down the back of the sofa, why not make good use of it by adding it to...

A gradual change is being noticed in the residential property market, slight but indicative of future developments. Interest in the more attractive properties has not waned, but the panic to secure them has reduced somewhat. Offers of the full price are still being received and agreed, but...

A LITTLE CHARITY COULD ADD UP TO A LOT In the news today, it was announced that £50 million pounds in loose change, mainly copper and small silver, is being kept in private homes. A recommendation was made that it be given to small local...

The residential market is still very busy, with demand for good quality...

Not many could afford to buy one, but if you were to be offered one on lease, for just a little more than another perhaps more mundane car, what would you do? When you are looking at the basic fees you are signing up for, when...

Whilst most would agree that the ultimate goal of many people, single or in a stable relationship, would be to own their own home, there is an active and growing market of those who choose to rent. This can be because of its flexibility,...

Almost certainly not, you are only at the first stage of a long and bumpy journey. Firstly, having someone who wants to buy your property is an essential factor, but what do you know about their position and means? You can’t know about any change...

Until recently, optimism in the recovery of the residential property market has prevailed and has been driven by a shortage of attractive properties, but can this be sustained? Already the supply of such properties coming onto the market is reducing, which in the short term is...