Archived entries for October 2009
Calling All Independent Estate Agents
11 October 2009
Dear Agent, With the property market in a state of flux, most homeowners remain undecided about either moving or improving their present home. In order to assist the homeowner, Orchard Planning Solutions is seeking to work collaboratively with independent estate agents across England and Wales. If you are interested in this exciting and unique opportunity to add to your income stream and raise your... Continue reading Calling All Independent Estate Agents
Good News for First Time Buyers?
11 October 2009
With low interest rates and the recent falls in property prices, most people would be better off buying than renting. For the estate agency profession, this news could not have come at a better time as the property market is traditionally entering a slow down period in the run up to Christmas. According to the high street bank Abbey, first time buyers in all areas of the country (outside London) could... Continue reading Good News for First Time Buyers?
Panel Radiators
10 October 2009
Are you looking for an effective way to keep your home warm? The answer could be right beneath you... Talk to any interior designer and it is without doubt that if they could have their own way, conventional radiators would be consigned to the science museum. Yes, they can be considered ugly given the blank panels hanging to walls but also the pipework that feeds them. When compared to underfloor... Continue reading Panel Radiators
How to Improve Your Home
6 October 2009
With Christmas looming larger than my next utility bill, focus is turning toward the festivities and the task of hosting relatives who descend like a plague of locusts. In the days spent with me, they eat and drink me out of house and home and make barbed comments that the improvements I have been promising to undertake remain as untouched as the Christmas Day washing up. Fear not, in this article... Continue reading How to Improve Your Home
Back To The Future As House Prices Return to the 2008 Level
3 October 2009
For many of us, we can breath more easily (at least for the time being) as house prices have recovered to the same level as a year ago. According to the latest statistics from the Nationwide, the average price of a house last month rose by 0.9% to £161,816 which is almost identical to the September 2008 figure. However, this is not all good news as the Nationwide continued by warning that the... Continue reading Back To The Future As House Prices Return to the 2008 Level