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The spring bounce has started to affect house prices. More buyers in the market have pushed Great Britain’s average house price up by +0.2% in April. The new average is £366,247.
Botanical elements can definitely add appeal before you open your door to buyers. With everything you need freely available from garden centres, DIY stores and even your humble supermarket, what’s stopping you?
Despite the image of tenants being flighty characters who move home every six months, renters are living in the same place for increasingly extended periods of time. Rightmove research among nearly 1,300 landlords in 2022 found the most common length of a private tenancy is over two years, with a fifth (18%) of landlords saying their average length of tenancy has increased over time.
The buying and selling process in the UK hasn’t changed for decades. Most home movers understand a survey that examines the condition of a property is commissioned by the purchaser as part of ‘caveat emptor’ – let the buyer beware.
March was a month of small but significant announcements. The Budget failed to deliver anything spectacular property wise but there were two points that may help home movers. The first is the continuation of the Energy Price Guarantee across Great Britain and the £2,500 threshold remains until July.
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