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Base rate cut from 5.5% to 5.25%
2008-02-10 00:00:00 The Bank’s nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to cut rates by a quarter-point to 5.25% amid growing signs of a slowdown in the economy and a cooling housing market.But hopes of a more dramatic cut were dashed, despite calls from retailers for a reduction to 5%.Within hours of the Bank's announcement at noon, nine of the top ten lenders said they would pass the full quarter-point cut to their borrowers.Only the stricken Northern Rock did not move its rates fo ... More About: Rate , Base
Energy Performance Certificates will be compulsory for Landlords
2008-02-10 00:00:00 What are Energy Performance Cert ificates ?These certificates are for all buildings and will be required whenever a building is constructed, rented or sold.The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is broadly similar to the labels now provided with domestic appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines.Its’ purpose is to record how energy efficient a property is as a building. The certificate will provide a rating of the energy efficiency and carbon emissions of a building from A t ... More About: Landlords
2007 Movers and Shakers
2008-02-10 00:00:00 During 2007, a total of five towns and cities broke through the £300,000 barrier. Belfast, Oxford, London, Brighton and Cambridge joined St Albans as towns and cities in the UK where the average house price exceeds £300,000.Belfast saw the fastest rate of house price growth in 2007. Prices increased by 32% to take the average house price to £306,698. This is equivalent to an increase of £201 per day and brings Belfast up to fifth place in the ranking of most expensive towns and citie ... More About: Movers
Properazzi.com finds House Finder
2008-02-10 00:00:00 We received great news this week, that the worlds largest property search engine, properazzi.com has now indexed all of House Finder s property listings.This has now substantially grown our property partnerships, and ensures even greater exposure for all our property listings.We would like to take this opportunity to say a big thankyou to our property friends at properazzi.com and wish you all the best with the great work ...
HIPs are required for all properties from today
2008-02-10 00:00:00 Housing Minister Yvette Cooper said:"HIPs and EPCs are already helping consumers to save hundreds of pounds off their fuel bills and are cutting search costs too. All home buyers will be able to benefit from energy efficiency advice, with those receiving low green ratings of 'F' and 'G' especially targeted for support and grants to make improvements to cut their costs and carbon emissions."Early monitoring of the scheme shows the roll out has gone smoothly.HIPs are t ... More About: Today , Properties
Interest Rates cut to 5.5%
2008-02-10 00:00:00 Hopefully with this interest rate cut, borrowers will be able to use this period to re-adjust their finances ready for the new year.Have your say on this interest rate cut. Do you think its enough? Will it have much of an effect? Post your comments here. More About: Interest Rates , Interest , Rates
HIPs to cover 1 & 2 bed properties from the 14 December
2008-02-10 00:00:00 First time buyers will now get important information about their new home for free. Information such as searches for which they would previously have had to pay will now be included in the HIP paid for by the seller, reducing the costs of the first step onto the property ladder. If you are thinking of selling a property with 1 or 2 bedrooms then you need to act fast. To avoid paying for an initial HIPs pack your property must be marketed by the 14 Decemeber. So list your property tod ... More About: Cover , December , Properties
Video Brochure/Podcasts launched for only £100
2008-02-10 00:00:00 The Podcasts are created using your uploaded photographs and description. Your photographs are professionally edited into a video showing all the key areas of your property. At the same time a professional voice over will describe your property in detail to the viewer.Once your podcast is complete you will then receive a copy of your video file via email, which you can use to email to any interested parties, or post on your own website.Your podcast is then automatically uploaded to ... More About: Video , Brochure , Launched
New Products added to the Property Shop!
2008-02-10 00:00:00 What's more, we are also able to offer some massive savings on our bundles of products. For example you can purchase our superb professional floor plan, virtual tour, and professional photography package for only £350 saving a whopping £400!! from buying the products individually.These services can all be carried out in one visit to your property, ensuring less hassle to you, and all the products will be live on your listing within 2-5 days.Video tours - The revolutionHous ... More About: Products , Property , Shop
A new look for House Finder!
2008-02-10 00:00:00 It took a bit longer than we expected, but our perfectionism got the better of us, and we just couldn't stop tweaking the site to offer the ultimate property marketing platform. Over the past year we have been researching the property market extensively and have listened to our customers, and what you see now is the result of all of this.We have packed our new web 2.0 website with the latest innovations in property marketing, and we can now offer some of the latest marketing services ... More About: House , Finder
Investment Focus: Egypt
2008-02-10 00:00:00 In terms of being an overseas property market, however, Egypt is still a fairly well-kept secret – approximately just 2,000 overseas buyers decided to invest in property in Egypt in 2006. How much longer this will remain the case, though, is open to question. It is predicted that the number of overseas buyers wanting to invest in property in Egypt will double in 2007 and reach 10,000 by 2010.It's not much of a surprise that property interest in Egypt is starting to pick up. Situated, ... More About: Investment , Focus
Edinburgh crowned best place to live 2007
2008-02-10 00:00:00 So how do they come up with this list, of where to move in, and where to move on?They gather the most up to date, and official data available across the UK, on the six key things that matter most to people when they are considering buying a home in an area. Crime, Lifestyle, Health, Employment, Environment, and Education.They then commission an independent survey that ranks these six things in order of importance to you. Nowhere is left out, they look at all 434 UK local authorities and e ... More About: Edinburgh , Live , Place , Crowned
House Finder reviewed as a killer startup!
2008-02-10 00:00:00 The site reviews the latest new websites and lets the public vote on what they think the future will hold for the website. I’m glad to say that so far the feedback has been great, so please help support us and have your vote by following the link to the feature. Click on the killers box in the top left of the review page to show your support.click here to have your voteNot only that but we have also been published in the simplespark.com catalogue. Simple spark list the latest in cool ... More About: House , Killer , Finder , Startup
2007 Movers and Shakers
2008-01-01 00:00:00 During 2007, a total of five towns and cities broke through the £300,000 barrier. Belfast, Oxford, London, Brighton and Cambridge joined St Albans as towns and cities in the UK where the average house price exceeds £300,000.Belfast saw the fastest rate of house price growth in 2007. Prices increased by 32% to take the average house price to £306,698. This is equivalent to an increase of £201 per day and brings Belfast up to fifth place in the ranking of most expensive towns and citie ... More About: Movers
HIPs are required for all properties from today
2007-12-17 00:00:00 Housing Minister Yvette Cooper said:"HIPs and EPCs are already helping consumers to save hundreds of pounds off their fuel bills and are cutting search costs too. All home buyers will be able to benefit from energy efficiency advice, with those receiving low green ratings of 'F' and 'G' especially targeted for support and grants to make improvements to cut their costs and carbon emissions."Early monitoring of the scheme shows the roll out has gone smoothly.HIPs are t ... More About: Today , Properties , Prop , Pert , Rope
Properazzi.com finds House Finder
2007-12-17 00:00:00 We received great news this week, that the worlds largest property search engine, properazzi.com has now indexed all of House Finder s property listings.This has now substantially grown our property partnerships, and ensures even greater exposure for all our property listings.We would like to take this opportunity to say a big thankyou to our property friends at properazzi.com and wish you all the best with the great work ... More About: Prop , Rope
Interest Rates cut to 5.5%
2007-12-07 00:00:00 Hopefully with this interest rate cut, borrowers will be able to use this period to re-adjust their finances ready for the new year.Have your say on this interest rate cut. Do you think its enough? Will it have much of an effect? Post your comments here. More About: Interest Rates , Interest , Rates , Eres
HIPs to cover 1 & 2 bed properties from the 14 December
2007-11-23 00:00:00 First time buyers will now get important information about their new home for free. Information such as searches for which they would previously have had to pay will now be included in the HIP paid for by the seller, reducing the costs of the first step onto the property ladder. If you are thinking of selling a property with 1 or 2 bedrooms then you need to act fast. To avoid paying for an initial HIPs pack your property must be marketed by the 14 Decemeber. So list your property tod ... More About: Cover , December , Properties , Prop , Pert
Featured property listing now half price!!!
2007-11-21 00:00:00 You can now get your property listing shown on the highly trafficed home page of House Finder, for only £25. Your listing well also become highlighted in any property search results of your area, ensuring your property is seen first by any interested buyers or tenants.To read more about the benefits of getting your listing featured click here.This offer is only available till the 20th December, so act now and get the maximum benefit of all those viewings. More About: Property , Price , Listing , Featured , Half
House Finder reviewed as a killer startup!
2007-11-14 00:00:00 The site reviews the latest new websites and lets the public vote on what they think the future will hold for the website. I’m glad to say that so far the feedback has been great, so please help support us and have your vote by following the link to the feature. Click on the killers box in the top left of the review page to show your support.click here to have your voteNot only that but we have also been published in the simplespark.com catalogue. Simple spark list the latest in cool ... More About: House , Killer , Finder , Startup
Edinburgh crowned best place to live 2007
2007-10-28 01:00:00 So how do they come up with this list, of where to move in, and where to move on?They gather the most up to date, and official data available across the UK, on the six key things that matter most to people when they are considering buying a home in an area. Crime, Lifestyle, Health, Employment, Environment, and Education.They then commission an independent survey that ranks these six things in order of importance to you. Nowhere is left out, they look at all 434 UK local authorities and e ... More About: Edinburgh , Live , Place , Crowned
Investment Focus: Egypt
2007-10-21 00:00:00 In terms of being an overseas property market, however, Egypt is still a fairly well-kept secret – approximately just 2,000 overseas buyers decided to invest in property in Egypt in 2006. How much longer this will remain the case, though, is open to question. It is predicted that the number of overseas buyers wanting to invest in property in Egypt will double in 2007 and reach 10,000 by 2010.It's not much of a surprise that property interest in Egypt is starting to pick up. Situated, ... More About: Investment , Focus
A new look for House Finder!
2007-10-17 00:00:00 It took a bit longer than we expected, but our perfectionisim got the better of us, and we just couldn't stop tweaking the site to offer the ultimate property marketing platform. Over the past year we have been researching the property market extensively and have listened to our customers, and what you see now is the result of all of this.We have packed our new web 2.0 website with the latest innovations in property marketing, and we can now offer some of the latest marketing service ... More About: House , Finder , New Look
Home Information Packs and the Private Seller.
2007-10-17 00:00:00 It is now compulsory to have a (HIP) available prior to marketing, if you are selling a property of three bedrooms or more. This applies even if you are selling your property privately through House Finder. Before you can list your home on House Finder you must have a Home Information Pack in place to comply with the new government legislation. During the listing process we will now ask for the energy performance results from your energy performance certificate. From the results you give us ... More About: Seller , Private , Packs
UK Property Market rise or fall?
2007-10-17 00:00:00 Last month, three of the most-followed calculators of house prices - the Halifax, Nationwide and the Land Registry - all said there were signs that demand in the housing market had slowed.Many analysts believe the recent run of interest rate rises from the Bank of England has now finished, especially given the latest fall in UK inflation. The Consumer Prices Index fell to 1.8% in August, down from 1.9% in July.So are we in for a slowdown? there is certainly evidence to sug ... More About: Market , Property , Rise , Fall , Prop
New Products added to the Property Shop!
More articles from this author:2007-10-17 00:00:00 Whats more, we are also able to offer some massive savings on our bundles of products. For example you can purchase our superb professional floor plan, virtual tour, and professional photography package for only £350 saving a whopping £400!! from buying the products individually.These services can all be carried out in one visit to your property, ensuring less hassle to you, and all the products will be live on your listing within 2-5 days.Video tours - The revolutionHouse ... More About: Products , Property , Shop , Prop , Pert 1, 2 |
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