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    First-time buyers stretch repayment terms for forever homes

    First-time buyers stretch repayment terms for forever homes

    Published 14 days ago

    New analysis has revealed an interesting shift in the purchasing habits of first-time buyers. Instead of buying a traditional starter home – a studio, a one-bedroom flat or a small terraced house – Barclays found a third of first-timer purchases are semi-detached homes.

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    Converting a garage: 8 key considerations

    Converting a garage: 8 key considerations

    Published 21 days ago

    Earlier this year, Aviva published the results of its survey on how we use our garages. Of those UK garage owners questioned, 28% said they hardly ever used their garage to park their car. 

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    Selling? It’s all about the autumn shift

    Selling? It’s all about the autumn shift

    Published 28 days ago

    And just like that, the seasons have changed. Meteorological summer officially ended on 31st August and wet, windy weather moved in without hesitation. While we’re keeping everything crossed for a return to calmer, drier conditions, there’s no escaping that autumn is here.

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    Mortgage market receives a summer boost

    Mortgage market receives a summer boost

    Published about 2 months ago

    Although Labour has long been associated with better rights for renters, it recently showed that it is equally as committed to promoting homeownership. A raft of financial reforms designed to help mortgage borrowers, which will apply across the UK, were announced in July.

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    Adding value: the small improvements that make a big difference

    Adding value: the small improvements that make a big difference

    Published 3 months ago

    The unassailable attractiveness of property as a money-making asset persists. While passive appreciation still exists – that’s when homes gradually increase in value with nothing more than time – homeowners are looking at adding values in other ways.

     

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    Deeds or a Will: which matters most when owning a property?

    Deeds or a Will: which matters most when owning a property?

    Published 4 months ago

    Despite how morbid it feels, deciding what happens to a property you own when you die is something you need to decide early in the buying process. In fact, you’ll need to tell your solicitor your preferred course of action before you finalise a purchase.

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    Commonhold Q&A: everything a flat buyer should know

    Commonhold Q&A: everything a flat buyer should know

    Published 4 months ago

    Commonhold is a property term that’s been in the press recently. If the current Government gets its way, this method of owning a flat or apartment is something we could see a lot more off. Ahead of a more widespread adoption, we have answered the most popular commonhold questions. 

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    The spring cleaning jobs that will boost your home’s value

    The spring cleaning jobs that will boost your home’s value

    Published 5 months ago

    We may sound like a broken record but property presentation really does matter when you’re trying to attract buyers and achieve the best price for your home.

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    Is it more affordable to buy than rent?

    Is it more affordable to buy than rent?

    Published 6 months ago

    Try as we might to adopt a more European attitude and feel totally comfortable with renting our entire lives, many of us aspire to homeownership. It’s an aim that stems back to the 1980s when the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, set out to create a ‘property-owning democracy’.

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    Are you following the fixer upper fashion?

    Are you following the fixer upper fashion?

    Published 7 months ago

    Skips. Cement mixers. Brick dust. People with hard hats and high-viz jackets milling about. How do these make you feel? Just like Marmite, homeowners have a love/hate relationship with renovations. What camp do you fall in?

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    ‘Lessting’: the trend sellers should embrace

    ‘Lessting’: the trend sellers should embrace

    Published 7 months ago

    When you sell your home, you’ll want as many people to be impressed as possible. Buyers will make an assumption about your property within seconds, whether that’s when browsing photos online or looking at your property during a viewing.

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    Don’t make these 5 mistakes when giving a gifted deposit

    Don’t make these 5 mistakes when giving a gifted deposit

    Published 8 months ago

    In 2023, the Bank of Mum & Dad gifted or loaned an estimated £9.4 billion to adult children buying a property. It’s a sum that has almost doubled since 2019, with generous parents and even grandparents keen to help loved ones get a foot on the property ladder.

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