OntheMarket.com poll finds Britons will pay up to £50,000 extra for homes in streets with regal or titled prefixes. Streets with regal or titled names such as Royal, Palace, Lord and Bishop can boost the value of homes lining their pavements, OnTheMarket.com has found. According to new research by OnTheMarket.com, nearly one in 10 house-hunters […]
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I am strongly miffed that the Guardian should publish a letter (5 August) from Dr Neil J Young defending UK landlords from an address in Pennsylvania, USA. He chose the wrong target. I pay rent, income and council tax. I own no second home. He ties me into the Church of England’s management of its property when it is totally outside my control. I have frequently protested that the church’s exploitation of the land it owns equals that of the most ardent secular landlord putting profit before concern for the poorest citizens, most recently in our submission to the archbishop of Canterbury’s commission on housing, church and community.
Rev Paul Nicolson
Taxpayers Against Poverty
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Continue reading...Upmarket property firm blames Brexit uncertainty for putting off prospective buyers
The UK housing market is at the weakest point since the global financial crisis a decade ago as Brexit uncertainty puts off buyers, according to a property company.
Savills, which sells and manages commercial and upmarket residential property around the world, said it had sold fewer houses in the UK in the first half of 2019 than at any point since the first half of 2009.
Continue reading...The process of buying your first home can be daunting at times, especially when there are several legal terms to understand before signing on the dotted line. This guide should help to ease the process. To ensure important information is understood, it is really important that as a first-time buyer, you are familiar with some […]
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Brilliant Sonos sound paired with attractive Ikea lamp makes for a surprisingly great wifi speaker
What if your simple Ikea lamp was actually a Sonos wifi speaker that could play music from any number of music sources and link up with others around your house? That’s exactly what the Ikea Symfonisk table lamp is.
The new musical lamp, priced at £150, is one of a pair of new products in an interesting partnership between the Swedish furniture manufacturer Ikea and multi-room audio specialists Sonos.
Continue reading...OnTheMarket.com looks at a few key facts for students to consider when renting their first property. Students renting self-contained accommodation from a private landlord will most likely have what is called an ‘Assured shorthold tenancy’ (AST), making the student an ‘Assured shorthold tenant’. This means the tenancy will usually last for six or 12 months […]
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Hennings Moir Estate Agents reveal how best to prepare a property to guarantee the all-important photographs Whether you are taking photographs of your home for a property website or a property brochure, it’s important to remember that these images could mean the difference between a potential buyer or tenant booking a viewing, or deciding against […]
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