Plumstead Homeownership Rockets by 773 Homes in the Last 5 Years
• 201 properties have sold in the Plumstead area in the last 12 months. • It only takes 72 days to sell a Plumstead home, so why does it take 113 days from the sold board going up to the buyer getting the keys? • With a shortage of solicitors and a sub-standard conveyancing system, this article discusses what Plumstead house sellers (and buyers)
You've done the viewing and fallen in love with the property. You've weighed up all of the pros and cons, and after sleeping on it, finally decided to put in an offer. So, you mentally run through the phone call to the agents and how you think it'll go. And then, nervously, you make the call. But, it doesn't go quite as you'd planned. So, how can you make the most of the offering experience to ensure that your offers are taken seriously and, more importantly, get accepted!
As a tenant, you're always acutely aware that the property you live in doesn't actually belong to you. You're told not to hang pictures. Not to redecorate. So, when there are problems with the property, you'll call the landlord and let them know. This is their responsibility to sort out, not yours, as it's their property, right? But what should you be doing yourself as the tenant?
When looking to buy a property, you'll notice that estate agents use various terminology and jargon when listing the marketing price. What do they even mean? And how do these different phrases affect you when you're making offers?
Dreamy summer afternoons spent meandering through fields. Picnics of sandwiches made from freshly baked bread and homemade lemonade, eaten leisurely beside a babbling brook.
• The average time to find a buyer for a Plumstead property increased from 63 days in 2020 to 73 days in 2021.
The Bank of England has hiked the interest rate by 0.25% to 0.75% as it battles surging inflation.
Guidance for landlords and tenants in the private and social rented sectors to explain the possession action process in the county courts in England and Wales has been updated.
Interest rates are expected to increase this week for the third time in three months as the Bank of England tries to curb a rapid rise in the cost of living.
• Why are those properties standing empty and deteriorating and why could that become an issue for the whole of Plumstead?
Beaumont Gibbs' customer service hits the spot for this First Time Buyer.