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House Buying Guide

 
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Welcome to House Buying Guide - your guide to buying the perfect house for you. Here you will find all the information you need to make the process of buying a house as easy and stress free as possible. Use our site as your quick and easy resource place, so you can concentrate on finding your perfect house.

Unless you are a first-time buyer, there is a good chance you will be selling a house at the same time as buying a new house, so we have included a sellers guide also. There also some helpful tips on the process of actually moving house.

 

Property News

 

Base rate drops to 5.25%

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

The Bank of England has today voted to reduce the base rate to 5.25%. The move has been made to help prevent recession gaining momentum in the British economy. Market commentators are generally predicting a continued slow fall in the base rate this year - gradually falling to around 4.5% by the end of 2008, or early 2009.

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Base rate drops to 5.5%

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

The Bank of England today voted to drop the base rate to 5.5% following indications that the economy is slowing.

The reduction is good news for mortgage holders with the two big lenders Halifax and Nationwide dropping their rates promptly following the cut.

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Base rate drops to 5.5%

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

The Bank of England today voted to drop the base rate to 5.5% following indications that the economy is slowing.

The reduction is good news for mortgage holders with the two big lenders Halifax and Nationwide dropping their rates promptly following the cut.

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Buying Guide

 

Find all the information you need to make buying a new house as pleasurable and stress free as possible. We will
put all the information you need right at your finger tips - so you can spend your time actually looking at houses,
not finding out what needs doing.

 

Selling Guide

 

Getting the best price possible for your current house, will give you more options when buying a new house. Check
this section for helpful guides on selling your house, getting the best price, and making sure it all goes smoothly.

 

Moving Guide

 

When it comes to the day of the move, you need to make sure you have as much preparation as possible. To make sure
you have everything ready, and the move goes as smoothly as possible, take a look at our guides to moving house.

 

Property Search

 

Property Search

Use the powerful property search engine of our sister site House-Shop. Search for properties on sale with all the major estate agents.

 

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Planning Permission

If you are thinking about buying a house and developing it, find out about planning permission here.

Mortgage Calculator

Use our quick and easy mortgage repayment caculator to find out how much your monthly repayments would be with a certain borrowed amount.

Gazumping

Find out what gazumping actually is, and ways of avoiding it. Gazumping can be costly and frustrating, but the chances of it
happening can be lessened with a few simple methods.

Conveyancing

When buying a house you will need have the conveyancing carried out for the property. A solicitor normally does this, or you can do it yourself.


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