Sarah Beeny’s New Property Show: Help! My House is Falling Down

For most property professionals, especially surveyors, Channel 4’s latest property show, Help! My House is Falling Down with the fab Sarah Beeny, is a god send. At last a TV programme which should ensure property buyers purchasing a home pay for an independent full structural survey from a local qualified surveyor!

Anyone that has watched the first couple of Sarah Beeny’s new programme now knows that mortgage companies are all too happy to lend money to unsuspecting buyers. You also find out canny ways vendors have of covering up property problems!

Find out more here!

Landlord Action Exposes Rogue Tenants on ITV's ‘Nightmare Tenants’

Landlord Action’s founder, Paul Shamplina, will be heavily appearing on ITVs programme ‘Nightmare Tenants’ tonight. Paul will not only be commenting on a number of ongoing cases where landlords are owed thousands of pounds relating to unpaid rent but will also be trying to expose these ‘rogue’ tenants in front of the camera to the nation.

The programme is set to highlight some of the financial issues that landlords can experience when they rent their property out to a nightmare tenant, and will be mainly doing so by using three cases that Landlord Action are currently acting on, including their biggest rent arrears case to date.

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How to sell a property in a falling market

Expert Top Tips to help you sell your Property in 2010

Selling your home in the current tough market conditions can be a difficult task, depending on how you approach it and how desperate you are to move. If you are trying to put your property on the market during the month of August 2010, then it's likely you'll have a tough time for the first few weeks unless your local market is unusually buoyant. To make sure your property sells during one of the worst property recessions we've ever seen, follow my top five tips!

Top Five Tips to Selling in a Tough Market

What to do if your home has been on the market for months or more

BBC Radio Nottingham - Property Market Update

Appearing on BBC Radio Nottingham with Frances Finn with my regular update on the property market around Nottinghamshire, which includes special features on Beeston and Newark.

For more information on the Nottinghamshire market, areas and properties covered READ MORE.

Is the Housing Market really Slowing?

Following June's data, the housing market definitely 'appears' to be slowing. However it is important to remember that much of this is due to a comparison of data this year versus last year, when the market starting showing signs of recovery rather than seeing a 'true' slowdown of the market.

Prices are still showing positive growth versus 2009, but that's against a poor performing year. Overall prices are still down on average by 10% from pre credit crunch levels. Meanwhile Hometrack data is reporting less buyers coming into the market, that it is taking slightly longer to sell a home and canny buyers are offering less for property against asking prices.

READ MORE for a complete analysis of the buying and selling market with up to date price statistics and regional performances.

Don’t rush into buying a property!

Shocking new research from ING Direct suggests that on average, a homebuyer in the UK spends just 21 minutes viewing a property before deciding to buy it!

This isn’t new news, and in fact is slightly better than the 15 minutes they used to take some years ago. However, it continues to shock me at the lack of time, effort and checks, and particularly planning and research, that buyers take when considering a new home.

Calling all Buyers: Don’t rush into buying a property!