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Buying Property Tips

There are so many aspects of buying property that I couldn’t possibly cover it all. However, along the way of building a small property portfolio I’ve managed to pick up a few useful tips that could potentially make your buying experience all that more pleasurable.

Hopefully there’s something in this archive that will help you snatch a deal, and consequently live happily ever after.

Buying Property With No Deposits

26 Feb 2009 / Buying Property Tips / 18 Comments

Some of you may have noticed that there’s a new form in the right hand sidebar which offers people with “No Money Down property deals”. It’s a service offered by [...]

Kirstie Allsopp & Phil Spencer Give Property Buying Tips On The Chris Moyles Show

18 Nov 2008 / Buying Property Tips / 2 Comments

I’m a big fan of the Chris Moyles breakfast show on Radio 1- the light banter goes down a treat while driving to work. Unlike some, I get Chris’s humour [...]

Calculating The Rental Yield To Find The Wiser Investment

15 Aug 2008 / Buying Property Tips / 7 Comments

As a landlord, or a wanna-be landlord, have you ever been torn between multiple properties? A landlord’s main concern should be buying the property which will get the best return. [...]

Renting To Avoid A Property Chain Disaster

01 Jul 2008 / Buying Property Tips / 1 Comment

I didn’t really realise how many reasons there are behind people choosing to rent, and it seems though more reasons surface every day. I mean, when someone tells me they’re [...]

Understanding Property Valuations And Structural Surveys

16 May 2008 / Buying Property Tips / 4 Comments

Once you’ve found a property that you’re interested in purchasing, secured the mortgage and have acquired the services of a conveyancing solicitor, you’re just about ready to start thinking about [...]

Factors That Make Potential Property Buyers Walk Away

03 Apr 2008 / Buying Property Tips / 1 Comment

I previously wrote an article about Easily Fixable Features That Puts Buyers Off. Since then I decided to go one step further and dedicate a list of features that can [...]

I Avoided Buying A Property That Needs Renovating

31 Jan 2008 / Buying Property Tips / 4 Comments

I was recently put into a situation where I had the opportunity to snap up an extremely undervalued property. It was undervalued by 50-60k because it’s in dire need of [...]

Approaching The Vendor Directly

24 Jan 2008 / Buying Property Tips / 1 Comment

I’ve mentioned a few times that I plan on buying another property this year, even with all the talk of recession and an approaching housing crash. I still think there [...]

How To Spot The Next Up-And-Coming Area

11 Jan 2008 / Buying Property Tips / 0 Comments

This is a continutation of a previous post of mine, ‘There’s Never A Bad Time To Buy-To-Let‘, where I discussed how there’s always money to be made in the buy-to-let [...]

There’s Never A Bad Time To Invest In Buy-To-Let

08 Jan 2008 / Buying Property Tips / 1 Comment

I believe there is never a bad time to Buy-To-Let, there’s only a bad time to sell. I don’t pay any mind to the cynics nor the house price indexes. [...]

Buying The Ugliest House On The Street

03 Jan 2008 / Buying Property Tips / 0 Comments

A common mistake many novice investors make is that they get influenced by their personal taste. While it’s human nature to open our arms to those things we find most [...]

Check Behind And Under The Furniture

26 Oct 2007 / Buying Property Tips / 0 Comments

I was browsing through the moneysavingexpert.com forums and I found a, dare I say, humourous thread about vendors leaving behind bad surprises for new owners. I shouldn’t laugh, because I [...]

Flipping Property For A Flipping Fortune

25 Sep 2007 / Buying Property Tips / 1 Comment

Flipping properties is a highly lucrative, but risky way of making a quick fortune. It’s becoming increasingly popular amongst the public because a) it’s a relatively simple concept b) it’s [...]

Be Careful Of Property Associations

11 Jul 2007 / Buying Property Tips / 58 Comments

Someone posted this in my forum and I found it rather interesting, so I thought I would write about it since there’s a lesson to be learned. I became a [...]

The Dangers Of Buying A House With An Extension

07 Jun 2007 / Buying Property Tips / 1 Comment

I was reading through the news yesterday, and I came across an interesting article about a mansion that is facing demolition because the luxury home has been vastly extended without [...]

Buying Off-Plan Property

16 May 2007 / Buying Property Tips / 0 Comments

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to pick-up a bargain in the property market these days; consequently making it difficult for first-time buyers to get onto the property ladder. Currently, demand exceeds [...]

Check These Websites Before Buying Property

13 Apr 2007 / Buying Property Tips / 0 Comments

Before I would even consider putting an offer down on a residential property, I would look through my online bibles. Some times I think people underestimate how resourceful the internet [...]

Steps To Buying A Property

29 Jan 2007 / Buying Property Tips / 0 Comments

There are only a few significant steps you need to take in order to purchase a property- from start to finish. I’m going to avoid mentioning all the if’s and [...]

15 Tips For Buying Property

20 Jan 2007 / Buying Property Tips / 5 Comments

These are my personal tips that you should consider when buying a property. By no stretch of the imagination are these wise words from an expert, although an expert may [...]