Bennett Residential

Summer selling tips to attract a buyer to your home

22 Jul 2010

Being at the height of summer, the warm weather and those balmy evenings create an all-round feelgood factor. But if you want to sell your home before the onset of autumn, Bennett Residential have some advice to ensure that you don’t rely simply on sunshine...

Price falls likely to wipe out first half gains

20 Jul 2010

With new seller numbers outstripping new mortgage approvals by approximately 5:2, the second half of the year looks set to see prices drift back to where they were at the beginning of the year as buyers get the upper hand according to RightmoveAn early...

HIPs Suspended!

20 May 2010

Government announcement this morning. (Thursday 20th May) In an important step at a point of fragile recovery in the housing market, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced that with immediate effect, they...

£3,100 - The value of a good neighbour?

17 May 2010

Britons are willing to pay an extra £3,100 for a home with good neighbours, according to a new study which ranks Britain’s biggest cities against five different objective measures of ‘neighbourliness’ - consideration, tolerance, friendliness, tidiness...

Budget 2010: Stamp duty plans met with caution

29 Mar 2010

Alistair Darling: "This means nine in 10 first time buyers will pay no stamp duty at all"Estate agents and mortgage lenders have given a "cautious welcome" to plans in the Budget to help first-time buyers.Stamp duty on sales up to £250,000 will be suspended...

UK rates 'to stay low for years'

14 Oct 2009

UK interest rates will stay low for years amid tax rises and spending cuts, according to an economic forecast.The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) believes the rate will remain at its current 0.5% level until 2011 and not reach 2% until...

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