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Cost Of Living: Automatic garden watering systems
July 25th, 2007Unless you have adapted your garden and grow only drought-proof Mediterranean plants, leaving shrubs and herbaceous borders to fend for themselves during the holidays is a risky business. Most of us pray for rain in the UK while abroad, for one reason or another. This year, with no hosepipe ban in force, an automatic watering […]
Do sealed offers for a house push the envelope for you?
July 22nd, 2007The party game “pin the tail on the donkey” may be a distant mem- ory, but if you find yourself among a group of buyers vying for the same property, you could be given a stark reminder.
A buoyant housing market and more immediate means of marketing a property, such as the internet, have led […]
Buyers face five-year wait for home of their own
July 22nd, 2007The time needed by first-time buyers to save to get on the property ladder increased by 11 months during 2006 – to four years and 11 months – according to new figures from Stroud & Swindon building society.
The mortgage lender found that people buying their first home in the UK had to accumulate an […]