Buying a house, particularly for the first time can be daunting. The decisions you make could save you – or cost you - many thousands of pounds. Here’s our step by step guide explaining how to buy a ...

Costs: Budget for 0-15% of the property’s price. There are a number of taxes to be aware of when buying a house. Stamp duty is the biggest of these taxes and often the largest additional cost of ...

Buying a house at auction isn’t just for cash buyers. But if you need a mortgage on an auction property, there are some extra steps you’ll need to take and risks to beware of. We explain the ...

What does buying position mean? When you are considering offers from home buyers, you will want to know their buying position — that is how ready they are to proceed with buying your property. Being ...

Yes. If you want to sell your house now, you should. People always need to move home for a myriad of personal reasons regardless of what’s happening in the housing market. These include: Unlike ...

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We’ve used our free tools including our stamp duty calculator to work out these costs. Read on to get more accurate calculations and quotes for the costs of buying, selling and moving home. Stamp Duty ...

Buying and selling property is an expensive business so the chances are you’re looking for the cheapest way to sell a house. Here’s how to do it…. Angela Kerr Director, Editor Selling a house can cost ...

While there are a lot of factors involved in valuing your home, not least buyer demand, our free house valuation online tool will give an instant property valuation in just two simple steps. 1. Simply ...

5% deposit mortgages can speed up first time buyers getting on the property ladder and home movers can get them too. But you’ll usually pay higher mortgage rates. We look at the pros and cons of 5% ...