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UK House Prices Continue to Fall (02/10/08)

UK house prices have fallen for an 11th month in a row, falling by 1.7% in September (info provided by Nationwide). Nationwide have reported a 12.4% annual drop in prices, which means the cost of the average UK home is valued at £161,797, which is more than £20,000 less than a year ago.
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Homeowners Struggling to Meet Maintenance Costs

Many Britons are forced to rely on credit and loans to meet the costs of basic areas of household maintenance, a new study from Alliance & Leicester has found. According to statistics released by the group, around one in six people (16 per cent) of people have to rely on credit cards or other types of borrowing in order to pay for household emergencies such as replacing a broken washing machine or boiler. Furthermore, nearly half (45 per cent) of all respondents said they would not be able to spend more than 500 pounds from their own ...
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How Long Should You Be Paying For Your House?

Most of us opt for the standard mortgage term of twenty five years, but should we be looking at other options as well?
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Overseas ‘Buy-to-let’ Acquisitions on the Rise

As the steam finally seems to run out of the UK residential property market, more ‘buy-to-let’ investors are looking abroad for opportunities to make speculative investments.
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UK Home Information Packs - What You Need To Know

Home Information Packs will be introduced in the UK from 1 June 2007. You may have read about them, but what exactly will they mean for property purchasers and sellers? Let's take a look at the implications...
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House Flipping on UK Television - Is it Real?

Are house flipping (to find, fix and sell houses for profit) TV shows how it is in real life to buy and sell homes for profit?
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UK Consumers Look To Home Improvement Projects

UK Homeowners are increasingly looking to renovate their property, a new study indicates. In figures released by Saga Home Insurance, a third of Britons enhancing their homes, such as by extending a kitchen or adding a conservatory, believe that this work will last less than five years, with a home improvement loan one way of meeting such costs. Findings from the insurance company also indicated that some 31 per cent of those who have had their houses refurbished in recent years have done so solely for cosmetic purposes.
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Houseladder is Replacing The Need For Estate Agents by Reaching Millions Of Buyers And Tenants Online

Houseladder is showing UK consumers the way with their efficient and effective solution to selling your home by advertising your property on 100s of websites. They have spent the last 4 years developing and improving the service to help sellers and landlords throughout the UK, find buyers and tenants without the need for an Estate Agent.
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Garden Improvements ‘Add Privacy And Value’

Taking out a cheap UK loan to pay for some improvements to a garden could enable potential house sellers to raise the value of their home, with the aesthetic pleasure, privacy and protection offered by a well-developed garden often an enticing proposition for those looking to buy a property.
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Improve Your UK Home to Increase Its Value

UK home owners spend millions on improving their property to increase its value.
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