At the moment there are a few things getting in the way of happy streamlined house exchanges. Until about five years ago, there was hardly any house buying. Full stop. There had been the dreadful recession, double dip then treble dip – whatever these phrases mean in reality. In the leanest times it was easy for families to skip a […]
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There are many new building developments cropping up around here. I am absolutely astounded just how many, and where they all are. Down the side of every by pass, along each dual carriageway. Where there were fresh fields, we have crops of family housing. Apparently the country needs them. I can’t get my head around who are all these people […]
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Things have certainly started to take off as far as property building and renovations are concerned if the immediate area near me is anything to go by. There is one major trunk road very close by – for years, once you get past the town area itself, this has led to fields either side. The houses that are popping up […]
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Home sales are definitely on the increase around this area. The number of houses available is huge as there are brand new developments coming on stream all the time. This doesn’t seem to affect the existing stock. In fact I believe there is stilll a shortage of houses for sale at every level. I fnd this amazing and wonder where […]
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Keeping an eye on the property market has always been an interest for a nosy person like me. It’s always a draw when you see a for sale sign erected outside a nearby house, even more interesting if there ar hoards of families trouping round to view. In fact, with houses in this area only just starting to come on […]
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This family has recently been involved in clearing and preparing an Aunt’s bungalow for rental, following her entry into a residential home. After the initial anxiety, Aunty obviously felt suspicious of the collective family motives in removing her to this luxurious place of safety, things settled down and once the logic of the situation began to filter in to the […]
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Houses are moving on the sales and letting markets like the proverbial hot cakes. In stark contrast to the downturn in fortunes of the late 1990s, people are now beginning to show great confidence in their ability to get deposits and mortgages sorted for their ideal purchase. Houses are showing sold signs but there never seems to be the time […]
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There is certainly movement in the housing market these days. Gone is the uncertainty over who is going to be buying the hundreds of new homes that seem to be springing up all over the place. Every bypass and major road scheme seems to have a new ribbon of housing devleopment along the section abutting the town. Gone are the […]
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Currently there are several houses in my immediate vicinity that are proudly exhibiting a newly installed Sold sign. What is all the more remarkable is that these have not thus far shown any of the original for sale signs – assuming the agents don’t actually hold a long register of ready cash buyers for every house here that goes on […]
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One of the most exciting things in a young couple’s life must surely be the collection of the keys to their very first house purchase. All those weeks of nail biting anxiety, have we got enough for the deposit, will we be granted that mortgage, how are we going to furnish it . . . . So many challenges that […]
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