Don’t sabotage your property sale with poor quality marketing photos. Follow these steps to ensure buyers browsing the web see your home at its best. A whopping 98% of buyers kickstart their home search by scrolling through property portals. So when marketing your home, it’s important to think carefully about what buyers will see when they click on your listing. Here’s why first-rate photos...
Whether you have a cosy courtyard or a spacious garden, here are three ways to spruce up your outdoor space this spring. With the arrival of spring, now’s the time to get your garden ready for the joys of alfresco living. By making a few carefully considered changes, your outdoor space can work as another room of your home during the spring and summer months. It can be the perfect place for a...
How can sellers minimise the risk of their property sale falling through? Here are some tips for keeping your sale on track. What exactly is a fall-through? A fall-through is a situation where typically a buyer has agreed to buy your home but pulls out before the sale becomes final. Why do fall-throughs happen? Sometimes, buyers change their minds, or there is a shift in their...
How can sellers minimise the risk of their property sale falling through? Here are some tips for keeping your sale on track. What exactly is a fall-through? A fall-through is a situation where typically a buyer has agreed to buy your home but pulls out before the sale becomes final. Why do fall-throughs happen? Sometimes, buyers change their minds, or there is a shift in their...
Buy-to-let investors can tighten their belts and improve their bottom line in many ways. Landlords searching for inspiration need look no further than Apple founder Steve Jobs, who famously said, “Details matter.” That’s because the key to success as a landlord is keeping a firm eye on all the details. That means making the big decisions—such as setting rent—right, but also paying...
Yippee, spring is just around the corner. That means now is the time to get planning and planting for a great garden this summer. Here are three planting ideas that will add a splash of colour and attract wildlife to your garden this year. All these ideas work just as well whether you’ve got a garden or pots, planters and window boxes. Lavender Lavender is one of those amazing garden plants...
Spring is a great time to put your property on the market. If you’re thinking of selling this spring, now is the time to start planning. Here are some practical things you can do this week. Jobs to do outside Problems like dodgy chimneys, slipped tiles and broken or leaking gutters can put prospective buyers off before they walk through your door. As tradespeople like builders and roofers are...
A rise in the number of landlords taking out buy-to-let mortgages shows that the market fundamentals in the lettings sector remain strong. As Chief Commercial Officer of buy-to-let lender Fleet Mortgages, Steve Cox is a numbers man. And after crunching the data released so far this year, he’s given his verdict on the outlook for the buy-to-let (BTL) sector, and it’s pretty positive. In an...
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