Our introduction to online conveyancing It’s not hard to see why some people might be put off by online conveyancing. There is a distance to people you deal with by email that means it’s easy to foresee a depersonalised, laborious process. But the truth is that there are some great online options out there and [...]
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Our guide to your conveyancing quote. Part Four: Cheeky extras
Welcome to part four of our guide to conveyancing quotes. We have already covered general rules, conveyancing quotes for sellers and conveyancing quotes for buyers. Now we are taking a look at some items a conveyance might add to their quote that you should reject immediately. Cheeky Extras Keep an eye out for the items [...]
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Our guide to your conveyancing quote. Part Three: Conveyancing quotes for Buyers
Welcome to the third part of our guide to conveyancing quotes. Give the first section a read for some useful general rules. The second section was about conveyancing quotes for sellers. In this section we cover what you should expect to find in a conveyancing quote for buyers. Conveyancing Fees for Buyers The Basic Fee [...]
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Our guide to your conveyancing quote. Part Two: Conveyancing quotes for Sellers
Welcome to the second part of our guide to conveyancing quotes. In our first part, which you can see here, we looked at some general rules. Below you will find a guide to what you can expect to find in a conveyancing quote of you are a seller. Conveyancing Fees for Sellers Basic Fee – [...]
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Our guide to your conveyancing quote. Part One: General Rules
So you’ve been prudent and got at least three conveyancing quotes but now the conveyancers have got back to you, you want to know if you can trust what they are telling you. Conveyancing quotes are not always the simplest things to understand and the doubt that you are having the wool pulled over your [...]
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Government Council Tax proposals set to buoy homeowners and househunters alike
The government’s proposed reforms of Council Tax should be welcomed by the majority of home owners as well as those hoping to get on the property ladder. The headlines may be generated by a clamp down on second-home ownership through the abolition of a rebate that can be as high as 50%, but the good [...]
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Squeeze on second homes will be good news for the rest of us
The government’s plan to target some of the countries’ best-off homeowners could be good news for middle incomers and first-time buyers. Local authorities will be able to levy council tax on properties held as second homes at the full rate rather than the discounted rate, which reduced revenue on the properties by up to 50%. [...]
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