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Are Estate Agents needed

Are Estate Agents needed?

I've been weighing up over the last year as to whether estate agents really are needed. With Tepilo providing an estate agent free way of selling along with zero costs it has to be a consideration. So i decided to invite some estate agents round to value my property at the weekend. One estate agent from a national ...

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Buying

buying your house online

The Buying Process: A Step-by-Step Guide Now i'm about to reveal my normal process for buying a property. Years ago a walk along the local high street and a visit to each estate agent was my only option while taking a day off work. Today its all changed. Far from my priority to visit shops and ...

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Would you buy a house without a bath

Would you buy a house without a bath

Q. Would you buy a house without a bath? A. No I always wash before viewing houses with an estate agent! Well that's not quite what the question means....Have you noticed how more properties are moving for showers and en-suites in favor of a bath. Is this really a move in the right direction. Even recently a ...

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How long to choose a house in UK?

Choosing your house

This was the question raised this week and suprisingly the online survey from mortgage provider ING Direct claimed it takes just 21 minutes to choose a new home! The reason? Well it may be due to the low supply of good properties means that buyers feel driven to make a quick decision. Understandably if you've been ...

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Tepilo goes awesome with Google

Tepilo joins Google

Sarah Beeny’s great website Tepilo now lists its properties on Google’s new service. This looks a brilliant way forward for what is in my mind a mini revolution from Channel 4's Sarah Beeny We've already taken a look at Tepilo.com Reviewed and the Tepilo Temptation, but today we decided to take a look at how the Google service is integrated, ...

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Rightmove expect UK House Prices to drop

Rightmove - house prices will fall

According to a survey by property website Rightmove, house prices though they have risen for the first 6 months of 2010 are expected to fall back in the second half of the year. Why this glum conclusion? With several factors effecting the UK house market in the last few months including HIPS being abolished and an ...

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How to increase home equity

Ways to increase home equity

Today we discover the easiest ways to increase home equity. Learn how to take some simple steps for any homeowner and increase the equity in there home. Just to define equity from the outset, it is the difference between the value of the home and the amount of debt. Most property owners long for the moment when ...

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Virgin Media Help House Movers

Virgin Media Help House Movers

Fibre optic cable broadband provider Virgin Media has recently spoken of a new scheme it wants to involve itself in designed to take the hassle out of moving house. They intend to sponsor a new initiative designed to help people who are moving house. In effect new movers are supplied with a box. The Home ...

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Home Insurance Hotspots

home insurance hotspot

Are you moving into a home insurance hotspot? When it comes to moving house, location can be a key factor in determining the cost of your home insurance premiums. Areas that have a high crime rate will usually have a higher insurance rate, so it could be worth doing a little bit of research into where ...

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Rightmove : Broken housing market

Rightmove reports the property market is in a mess

Rightmove reports the housing market is broken as it reveals the market has a mountain of unsold stock. The reason Rightmove provide is due to a growth in new sellers coming to the market and a strong demand due to the mortgage drought. This has led agents being stuck with a stock pile of unsold properties. It ...

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