Monthly Archives: April 2012

Can I Avoid Paying Stamp Duty on My New House?

Buying a house is expensive, but the costs don’t end with the sale price. They represent the vast portion of your outgoings, certainly, but there are many extra fees that your conveyancer or conveyancing solicitor should have made you aware of in your conveyancing quote. It is likely that the biggest of these extras will [...]

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Conveyancing Tips for Remortgaging Your Home

Remortgaging can be a great idea if you are looking to free up capital or take advantage of a better rate. But the process can be time consuming and complex and it is advisable to get a conveyancer involved in the process. The remortgaging process is quite similar to the standard conveyancing process, meaning good [...]

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Selling a House? Ten Steps to Help Do It Faster

With the housing market in the doldrums at the moment, buyers unquestionably have the upper hand. But while conditions outside sellers’ control might prevent them from getting the price they could have done a few years ago, they can still take active steps to making sure the sale at least goes through quickly. A transaction [...]

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Conveyancing fees – where does the money go?

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When scraping together to buy a home, it is all-too common to focus solely on the price of the flat or house you want. Unfortunately the extra costs do mount up, leaving many exasperated new owners wondering just where all the money goes. When evaluating the affordability of a property, always make allowances for improvements [...]

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NewBuy – could it finally lend help to would-be buyers?

Last month, Barclays, Nationwide and NatWest signed up to the government’s NewBuy scheme, potentially bringing good news to frustrated buyers who have struggled to raise sufficient deposits. NewBuy was launched back in early 2011 and has been given a largely warm reception. But it seems that, while many stand to benefit, it will not assist [...]

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House prices in Stratford – the Olympic boom that wasn’t

The absence of a widely-predicted surge in house prices in Stratford highlight the fact that, while something like the Olympics has the ability to rise property value, supply and demand is still the most important consideration if buying a home with an eye on investment. No sooner had London won its bid to host the [...]

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Conveyancing Panels – HSBC’s decision could spell problems for buyers

HSBC’s announcement in January that it would get a panel of 43 conveyancing firms to convey properties being bought by its borrowers may be causing problems in the housing market, and shines a light in the virtues of mortgage lenders’ conveyancing panels in general. There are widespread reports of increased delays in conveyancing for HSBC-backed [...]

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