Selling Property

Positive weekend for sellers predicted

People hoping to sell UK property are set to have a productive bank holiday weekend, an estate agent has predicted.According to property company haart, sales transactions have increased by 20 per cent so far in August compared to last month.The market for UK property is currently buoyant, owing to a number of factors. Confidence is reportedly strong, based on continued household growth.A shortage of...

Rising prices could prove welcome for those selling a property

People considering selling a property could welcome news today that prices of houses in the UK are currently on the increase. The latest government statistics show that UK house price inflation rose from 3.3 per cent in March 2006 to 5.1 per cent in April. Between March and April, overall price levels rose by 0.9 per cent, compared to a 0.8 per cent fall that was measured in the same period of 2005....

Confidence rising for people selling property

A survey released today has stated that homeowners considering selling a property are currently doing so with increased confidence. Alliance & Leicester's borrowing monitor reports that at the beginning of the year seven per cent of households said they were thinking of selling a property and moving house or remortgaging. Recently, however, 15 per cent of homes said that they were planning to sell...