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After finally viewing some properties, prospective buyer Isaac Williams is optimistic that 2022 is the year he secures a first-time home Last year I mentioned, with a degree of confidence, that spring/summer 2022 was going to be flat-buying time. By now, past me hoped...
Arguments among neighbours over noisy extensions have risen recently. With more of us working from home, getting on with our neighbours is crucial says Christina Collison. How do you get along with your neighbours? If you get on well, you’re in a fortunate position. I...
Our content manager Christina Collison talks about how she and her husband have filled up their house and why 2022 is the year to declutter… When I first agreed to live with my better half (now my husband), we talked about getting a two-bedroom flat. Then we talked...
Not everyone wants to be rich but most of us would like to avoid money worries. Our content manager Christina Collison explains how she dealt with her financial fears… It’s best to face your fears. Some psychology experts believe that facing up to things that scare...
Our content manager, Christina Collison, talks about how lucky she feels to have bought her own property this year. I feel very fortunate to look back on 2021 as the year I became a homeowner again. I had been renting the house I now own for almost four years, and I...
Despite friends in the pub arguing about what’s happening in the property market, prospective first-time buyer Isaac Williams is keen to stop renting and buy his first home… Nobody really knows what the housing market is doing, do they? For every expert (Dave at the...
The government’s new 95 Per Cent Mortgage Guarantee Scheme launched on Monday 19 April 2021. The aim of the scheme is to make more 95 per cent mortgages available to those with smaller deposits. First-time buyers can apply but you don’t have to be one to be eligible.
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