This red sandstone former schoolhouse certainly needs a lot of work but the rewards could be sensational. Honiball occupies an elevated location in the centre of the popular village of Combe Florey near Taunton in Somerset. It is for sale with a guide price of £200,000 and is marketed by Stags, Taunton at OnTheMarket. The […]
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City watchdog rules bank mishandled cases of 526,000 customers who fell into difficulties
Lloyds Banking Group has been fined £64m by the City watchdog for failing to treat mortgage customers fairly after they fell into financial difficulty.
The fine is linked to Lloyds’ mishandling between 2011 and 2015 of more than 526,000 mortgage customers, who have since been reimbursed a total of £300m. The Financial Conduct Authority said that while the bank identified the problem as early as 2011, it “failed to fully rectify the issues”.
Continue reading...This country house is not one you will forget in a hurry, with glorious design and 32 acres of grounds to enjoy. Eastwood Farm began life as a late Victorian farmhouse but has since been transformed into an Anglo-Baroque neoclassical home by renowned architect Robert Adam of Adam Architecture. The property is for sale with […]
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You cannot get much more blissful than the rural setting of this adorable cottage amid a tiny hamlet. Garden Cottage is part of what was once known as Tullicro, a ‘fermtoun’ in Scottish English, meaning a collection of cottages for workers on a farm. And you don’t just get one cottage for your money – […]
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Are you looking to buy your first home? Nick Manson, Director of Mansons, in Jesmond, Newcastle, talks us through how best to prepare before making an offer Being a first time buyer can be hard work, stressful and nerve-racking. Chances are that you won’t necessarily know the market and it’s easy to be blind-sided by […]
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Survey shows housing market remains depressed with sales and prices falling in May
Britain’s housing market remains depressed despite a pick-up in enquiries from people looking to buy, but estate agents are expecting a sharp increase in demand for homes with gardens over the next two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite estate agents being allowed to reopen in England on 13 May following an eight-week shutdown, sales and house prices continued to fall across the UK in May, according to a monthly survey of surveyors and estate agents from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).
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