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5 Simple Ways to Add Value To Your Property

increasing property value

Sometimes its easy to think that adding the most beautiful home improvement that you've always dreamed of will be valued by every buyer walking through your property and therefore clinch the deal. How wrong that thinking would be! So what genuine suggestions would add value to your property and by how much? You can ask local estate ...

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IKEA house

Ikea house - Aktiv

So you love allen keys and meatballs and don't mind the Swedish look with your Billy bookcases. Well if that all sounds familiar to you, you have probably been in an IKEA store on more than one occassion. But how about living in the Swedish showroom, literally!  The IKEA house is now released on the ...

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How to fight housing and homelessness

How to fight housing and homelessness

Zoopla decides to show how to fight housing and homelessness. Teaming up with Shelter, Zoopla commits £25,000. The economic situation over the past few years in the UK means many families are struggling to keep a roof over their heads. As a result, property website Zoopla.co.uk has today announced a fundraising partnership with national housing and ...

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Property price gap grows

How do you search for property on Rightmove

According to the Rightmove House Price Index this month, it found that UK average asking prices increased by 2.8% over the past month driven by strong price growth in the South. lf you are looking to move to the north of the country from the South, the growing price gap will let you buy a lot ...

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Barratt Housebuilder go Gold

Barratt Housebuilder

Barratt are set to return to profit this year after a poor few years. Barratt Developments, Britain's biggest housebuilder, expects to increase profit after announcing thay have began work on more than 1,000 homes near the Olympic site in East London before the games begin in 2012. Barratt Developments have a total of eight major phases ...

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House prices set to Rocket or Plummet

Rocket or Plummet

A very interesting report in the Times looked at how things may turn out in the coming months for UK property with the latest political changes. The articles expressed that one of the greatest challenges the new coalition Government faces is to make sure that pessimistic predictions about the housing market do not come true. Allowing ...

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Village of Tescos

Tescos Mini Village Sign

Tescos announced plans to build four reported villages based around there own store. Its been echoed around for some time that the massive supermarket would move into the housing market. This has now raised concerns of the retailer abusing it's power and knowing too much about it's customers. Their is no doubt though that there is ...

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Property Price Extremes

Property Price Extremes

Last  week we revealed the most expensive street in Britain as being Chester Square in London, where the average property is worth £6,596,000. It is the second consecutive year that Chester Square has been in the number one spot and the most recently sold property in the area went for £7 million. So what is the ...

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Pre-election house prices up – Rightmove

right move report

Rightmove the largest UK property web site reports that house prices continue to rise. With the election approaching this has not dappened the market in any way. Asking prices in April increased by 2.6 per cent on the average property, thats almost £6000 compared with March. Prices are running 6 per cent higher than in ...

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Can Tepilo remain free?

Tepilo remain free

How can Tepilo remain free? Why can a web site like Tepilo, operate as an on-line estate agent for the grand cost of zero? Normally you would expect to see some small print or a catch in such an arrangement. we looked into it in greater detail and were suprised to find that there really are ...

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