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  Prepare Your House for a Sale
Apr 22, 2011
It really doesn’t take long to clean up your home when you’ve got an end goal in mind. If you are about to put your home on the market, then you should know that it becomes all the more important for you to make the space inviting. It’s a lot like presenting a blank canvas to a new family. Letting them see the potential for how they can make it their own – instead of getting distracted by what’s already there.
  Solicitors for Conveyancing
Apr 20, 2011
Whilst we help our clients organise the physical aspects of their house move, there’s lots of essential legal stuff going on in the background. Conveyancing is the term used to describe this legal work, and it concerns the transfer of legal title of a property from one person to another. It must be done with great care and attention to ensure both selling and buying are done properly.
  Homebuyer Centres make Gazumping and Gazundering a thing of the past
Apr 18, 2011
There is currently a division in the property market whereby there is a scarcity of certain desirable homes available for sale, yet an oversupply of others. So gazumping and gazundering are rife, both of which cause a degree of heartache for someone, and are often the cause of a sale falling through altogether with everyone losing out.
  Phil Spencer really is a genuinely nice chap!
Apr 15, 2011
Here at Designs on Property, we admit in the past we haven't been overly polite about Location, Location, Location. However, having just attended the prestigious First Time Buyer Reader Awards at The Landmark Hotel in London, Phil Spencer the awards host was none other than a genuinely nice chap. After 10 years on our television screens, Phil has quite a following and having met this 'TV icon' - we're having to eat our words!
  What should Stamp Duty amounts be if they were linked to house prices?
Apr 14, 2011
The Halifax has released some fascinating data on stamp duty thresholds. The Halifax states that “Higher stamp duty thresholds - £250,000 and £500,000 – have been unchanged since their introduction in July 1997 despite a 140% increase in house prices over the period to January 2011”.
 
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