With your heart set on moving up the property ladder, it’s now time to find a real estate agent who’ll get you a great price for your current home. You should already be feeling armed and dangerous with a pre-approved loan that sets out your budget for turning your dream home into a reality. Now…
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Gazing into a crystal ball is a fraught exercise at the best of times, but many buyers and sellers are anxious to know how the property market might behave once we’re through the worst of the coronavirus crisis. To find that answer, you need to look at the price levels immediately before and during this…
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Climbing the property ladder is an ambition that you usually harbour during the good times when property prices are buoyant, your income is safe and everyone seems to be an eternal optimist. That’s not necessarily the best time to strike out and buy. Real property gains are made in the hard times when the economy…
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The laundry is no longer the little room at the back of the house that you try to hide away. It has become a focal point for modern buyers who want an organised workspace rather than an indoor junkyard of everyday junk that doesn’t have a home elsewhere. An average of six hours each week…
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Who hasn’t been on holiday and stopped at the window of the local real estate agent to dream about buying a holiday home to escape the rate race? Whether it’s a ski chalet, lakeside cabin or an apartment overlooking the beach, the idea of having your own bolthole in a beautiful part of the world…
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Renovation rather than taking the next step on the property ladder can be tempting strategy as it avoids taxes such as stamp duty that can add significantly to the costs of upgrading. Yet, there’s a tax to renovation – the taxing of your stress levels. Many home owners come away from a renovation scarred and…
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