If you’re fortunate enough to be able to move house in this challenging climate, you only have to look at the difficult market that many house owners have endured recently to know that you need to select your new home for its re-sale potential as much as for the fact that it ticks your own personal boxes …
Property
House or home?
Registered Social Landlords (formerly known as Housing Associations) are at the centre of the Government’s recovery programme for house building. This is recognised as an important sector for addressing our declining economy. So it comes as a bit of a surprise that they are unlikely to be able to deliver …
What do tenants want?
A contented tenant is likely to pay their rent on time, take good care of their property and co-operate with their landlord when needed. The first survey conducted by the Tenants’ Services Authority indicated that 40pc of tenants most want their landlord to get repairs on their homes right …
Buy a home at auction
Although the average house price in the South West fell by 5.4% in the first quarter of 2009, the average cost of a home in the region is still just over £200,000, continuing to make home ownership a distant dream for many first time buyers and local people …