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UK House Price Record Reaches £250m

HIP-Consultant.co.uk — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:08:43 +0000

Located next to the Queen, a London home has gone on sale for £250 million, looking set to smash the price record for Britain. With the average London property costing approximately £370,000, this home is worth a whopping 700 times more but boasts views of St James’s park and the biggest living space in all [...]

Thinking of Downsizing? Things to Consider.

HIP-Consultant.co.uk — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:01:15 +0000

The thought of downsizing your home may be something you’d thought about for years down the line when the kids have moved out and you’re getting older; but more people are considering downsizing their property to make all-important savings. For example, choosing a smaller property could help to increase cash flow with reduced mortgage repayments [...]

Sticking to a Budget When Selling Your Home

HIP-Consultant.co.uk — Mon, 06 May 2013 07:55:33 +0000

It’s a well-known fact that selling your home is one of the most stressful things you can do in your lifetime; add in the current economy and your stress levels may be going through the roof before you’ve even started to do anything about selling your home. Equally, when it comes to selling your home [...]

Failure to Complete Following Exchange of Contracts

HIP-Consultant.co.uk — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:59:33 +0000

At any time during Conveyancing transaction up to the point that contracts are exchanged both the buyer and the seller are free to withdraw from the transaction. They can do so without incurring any penalty and they do not need to give any reason. The fact of the buyer verbally agreeing to buy or the [...]

Extending Your Home? What You Can & Can’t Do

HIP-Consultant.co.uk — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:10:13 +0000

In the majority of cases when it comes to extending your home or converting your loft, you will find you don’t need planning permission due to your development rights. However, when planning an extension you will always need to check because it will depend on the size of your new plans. In order to give [...]

Getting an Accurate Property Valuation

HIP-Consultant.co.uk — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:54:08 +0000

To determine the potential sale price of your property in the current marketplace, you will need to get an accurate valuation. Property valuations can be complex and difficult as there are various elements that have to be taken into account to be able to set an accurate value. It is important that if selling your [...]

Is a rent to buy property the correct route for you?

HIP-Consultant.co.uk — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:30:51 +0000

As the economy continues to stagnate, the government is keen to get the housing market moving as much as it can. To this end, there are now numerous schemes that are aiming to help first-time buyers in particular get on the property ladder. The thinking behind this is that first-time buyers are the fuel for [...]

Selling Your Home Using Images

HIP-Consultant.co.uk — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:30:18 +0000

The decision as to whether or not a potential buyer views your home could be resting on the images that have been used to advertise your property online. Increasingly, property buyers are scouring the internet for their dream home; entering their criteria and choosing the ones they want to view at the click of a [...]

Top buy-to-let hotspots

HIP-Consultant.co.uk — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:18:29 +0000

The buy-to-let market could be a shining light when it comes to property investment. In fact, according to research, average UK rents have increased by 13.6% since 2009; and in addition to this, the latest Census figures show that the proportion of UK households renting is now at 36% compared to 31% ten years ago [...]

Is London Property the Best Investment?

HIP-Consultant.co.uk — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:16:43 +0000

If you’re thinking about investing in property, is London the place to do it? With widespread issues in the property market, any investment in property is a risky business, but new figures have revealed that London property prices have continued to rise, with the gap between these properties and the rest of England being larger [...]