Surrey Estate Agents

With only two months to go until the end of the Stamp Duty holiday period, First Time Buyers could save thousands of pounds if they act now.

If you are you a First-Time-Buyer thinking of buying your first property this year, we urge you to start the process now, so as to complete your purchase before the end of the stamp duty holiday in March.

The first step to take is to make sure you can arrange the financial side of your purchase. 

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Professionalism And Salesmanship Are The Main Deciding Factor For People Choosing An Estate Agent Agent Say Survey Results

In a recent survey we asked a number of our past buyers, to comment on what would influence them most in their choice of estate agent when they next come to sell their property. 556 people responded to the survey.

As you can see from the result published here, professionalism and salesmanship were at the top of the list.

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With the cost of renting increasing during the last 12-18 months, the impact of improved affordability for mortgages means this is an ideal time to consider becoming a home-owner, rather than a tenant.

Interest rates are expected to remain at their current levels for some time to come and so we are predicting that 2012 will see greater transaction numbers than last year.

Council of Mortgage Lenders Report

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Figures from Nationwide showed how house prices recorded an unexpected rise

HOUSE prices have defied gloom-mongers to record an unexpected rise. They ended 2011 up by a healthy one per cent compared with this time last year.

The figures from Britain’s biggest building society show a marked improvement from 12 months ago, when prices were down 0.5 per cent year on year.

Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s chief economist, said the housing market had pe...

Homeowners' monthly mortgage payments fell to their most affordable level since records began in 2011. On average, people paid out 15.4% of their take home pay last year to cover their monthly mortgage payments, compared to 2008 when it reached its highest point at 20.5%, figures from Barclays show.

The lowest point since records began 10 years ago was in September 2011 when the average mortgage payment fell to 15.2%, or £488 a month. The figur...