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Buyers and sellers can take action against invasive plant that can scupper home sales
The most aggressive plant known in the UK can cause major issues for people buying and selling houses with some lenders withdrawing mortgage offers. Japanese knotweed can be dealt with however with one family telling how an invasion of the plant almost cost them their dream home. The Wheeler family were about to exchange contracts […] The post Buyers and sellers can take action against invasive plant that can scupper home sales appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
US real estate prices growing at fastest annual pace since 2006
National prices across the United States increased at their fastest annual pace since 2006, near the peak of the housing bubble, the latest index data shows. Home values are 6.5% higher than in November 2015, according to the Zillow Home Value Index which reached $192,500, just 2% short of the records set in 2007. However, […] The post US real estate prices growing at fastest annual pace since 2006 appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Calls for leasehold new build sales to end in the UK
Newly built homes in the UK are being left unsaleable after catching house buyers in a leasehold property trap, with owners being asked to fork out five figure sums for freeholds, it is claimed. With a 999 year long lease and marketing describing them as ‘virtually freehold’, new build properties are becoming increasingly attractive to […] The post Calls for leasehold new build sales to end in the UK appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →