Top 10 Property Forums

1. Thisismoney Message Boards: “Sanity returns - but at what cost?” wonders greybaby. I’ve often asked myself the same question, baby. Lively discussion of homes, mortgages and house prices from the best personal finance website in the business.
2. SingingPig: Don’t let the name put you off, it’s got nothing to do with farm animals! Busy and [...]

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Why I Love: West Hampstead

Street View, West End Lane, West Hampstead, zoom out to explore area.

After moving to London 18 months ago, I initially struggled to settle – a small town girl trying to find her place in the big city.
I tried my hand at living in the leafy suburbs of South West London and then I tried the [...]

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Flat Out: Jane’s Diary Of A First-Time Buyer (#6)

After all the excitement of having the offer accepted I calmed down and got straight on the phone to the bank. I wasn’t prepared for the response I got.
No longer lending at 90%. WHAT?!
How can things change so quickly? I had only spoken to them a week or so before and they had said they [...]

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UK Street View Helps You Find a Property

It’s been a busy old week here at FaP Towers.
Yesterday we had the launch of the McDonald’s Best Chance Monopoly – we’re sponsoring the two £300k prizes to buy a home.
Today we’re very happy to be partnering Google in the launch of their innovative Street View addition to Google maps.
Street View allows you to view [...]

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What Makes A Home? St Patrick’s Day Edition

We’ve been asking our users what makes a home?
As you probably know, pretty much everyone in Ireland lives in either a castle or a cottage, so to celebrate this undisputed fact, here are some castles you can currently buy there.
Most of them are of Norman provenance, and they obviously weren’t big on floor-to-ceiling windows, the [...]

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Graph Of The Week: When Will The Housing Market Bottom Out?

Thanks to our research team for this week’s graph, which comes from MyHomeLife, their regular consumer survey.
It’s based on responses from 1,000 visitors to Primelocation.com and FindaProperty.com, and it’s fairly self-explanatory.
Most people think the market will bottom out before, or by, autumn of this year.
Do you agree? - send us your views using the Comments [...]

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Happy Endings

La la la la la!  Three weeks on from our emotional house move and home life has improved heaps.
The house itself seems to have accepted me and is now allowing me unimpeded access as opposed to its previous No Entry stance.
Inside, the box-to-floor-space ratio has decreased massively, so much so that we’ve even had some [...]

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How Much Is Your Parking Space Worth?

The folks over at Park Let have just emailed us a link to a new tool on their website. Type in a postcode and it will calculate how much you could make per month renting out your parking space.
Apparently, I’d be able to make between £87-106 per month. Or at least I would be if [...]

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House Prices To Fall By 70 Per Cent Peak-To-Trough?

Oh lordy, it’s all beginning to sound a bit medieval. Numis Securities, a City investment bank, have been making like Nostradamus as far as the housing market goes.
Lo, they say unto us, a veritable plague cometh and there will be much wailing, gnashing of teeth, and a really big fire sale in the buy-to-let sector.
The [...]

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How To Catch Mice With Peanut Butter

We’re big fans of Video Jug here at Winging It. And we also like glove puppets.
So we really loved this video.
Check it out … it’s guaranteed to put a smile on your face!

Pest Control:How To Catch Mice With Peanut Butter

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