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You Can Pick Your Neighbors – Don’t End Up with Neighbors from Hell!

I have another video coming up in my series of 5 Top Mistakes People Make When They Are Buying a House. It’s about neighbors. I have been recommending that people talk to the neighbors of a property they are seriously … Continue reading

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Kindle eBook Launch ‘5 Top Mistakes People Make When They Are Buying a House

Finally after a little bit of work every day for months, loads of revisions and “that’s not what I thought I said” from the haze of pain medications because of a back injury, my latest book has arrived at Amazon … Continue reading

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How can people ever get into their first home? Here’s How.

I was thinking in the shower this morning, as I do, about all of the people who feel that they will never be able to buy their first home. It’s just too expensive.   House prices are the highest they … Continue reading

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Finding a Mortgage Calculator AND Why You Need to Borrow More Than You Thought

I think the common denominator is that banks can’t afford for you to fail financially when you are buying a house. Sure they want your business, but they want your successful business, because they know that if you buy a house and can make the repayments. Sometime in the future you will sell it and buy a more expensive home and borrow even more money from them. That’s how they make money, not by you saving money. Continue reading

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First Home Buyers can save a lot of time and grief with Google Street View

A few years ago I was looking for low cost houses that I could invest in as rental properties and I found one that sounded great, going by the story the Real Estate Agent told in their book of current … Continue reading

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Buying your First Home and Commuting To Work, 400 Times a Year!

Research Before You Buy You’d think it was easy right? You have your deposit, you buy your house, you go to work and you pay the mortgage, just like when you were paying rent. No big deal. But there are other … Continue reading

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Could an average earner buy a home in your area? Interactive map shows

Potential homebuyers looking to snap up a property solo while earning a median wage in are unlikely to be able to get onto the ladder, research from Savills shows. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk This is an excellent use of … Continue reading

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Mapped: how buy-to-let will lose money in 91pc of regions by 2021

Buy-to-let is under threat from rising mortgage rates, new regulation and swingeing taxes. By region and city, this shows how quickly property investments could turn sour Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk So much of property investment is made by the … Continue reading

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Mapped: buying is now cheaper than renting across Britain

Rising rents and rock-bottom mortgage rates mean even homeowners with huge mortgages are better off than tenants Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk But where to buy is still important and maps are pictures which explain a lot without having to … Continue reading

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A House Is Not A Home. Buying Right With Location Based Services

Are you planning on buying a home? Do you know someone who is looking right now? If yes, subscribe to this blog or tell a friend, because I’m currently writing an eBook that will help. I will be sharing a lot … Continue reading

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