Romans’ final auction of 2014 offers buyers a fantastic selection of residential property, commercial lots, houses with great buy-to-let potential and building plots with planning permission, located across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and North Hampshire.
If you’re looking for a development project, a property on Peel Close in Windsor is just one of the properties being sold at the auction on Tuesday, 9th December at 1.30pm at Blue Mountain Conference Centre in Bracknell, Berkshire.
The semi-detached house, with a guide of £450,000, has planning permission to create two separate, two bedroom
A new record has been set locally with the sale of a 2.71 acre field at Kingsholme, Colyford, sold by Auction for £129,000 (equating to over £47,600 per acre).
The White Hart at Colyford was full to bursting as a huge crowd of bidders gathered for Symonds & Sampson’s Property Auction held on 21st November.
Ross Willmington, who heads the firm’s Axminster office, commented “We were instructed by a local family to sell the field that had been in their ownership for over 30 years. Many local people will remember Mrs Hollingsworth living at the big house at Kingsholme before it was demolished to
Landlords in the West Midlands who fail to check whether prospective tenants are in the country legally will face a £3,000 fine, under a new rule expected to be rolled out across the UK.
The Birmingham, Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley and Wolverhampton area is the first where the check must be made.
Landlords now must ask to see evidence of a person's identity and citizenship. In cases where a passport cannot be produced, landlords can request further checks via a government website.
The Home Office said following an evaluation of the implementation in the West Midlands next spring, it expected to
It's important that you view a property before you bid for it at auction. There are so many things to consider and often the most important questions are forgotten.
Ask the relevant questions by taking our helpful checklist with you on your viewing. It may also be useful to take along the property details supplied by the auctioneer to ensure that their information is accurate.
Also check the property for signs of subsidence and confirm that the exterior is in good condition especially the roof and drainage. Double check the boiler, electrics and plumbing in the property and make sure they are
Remember, if you've decided on the property that you want to bid on, and have everything in place in order to attend the auction, then the final piece of advice, in the run-up to the auction, is to keep an eye on the 'guide price' (this is the price listed in the catalogue). Before the auction, contact the auction house just to make sure the property is still available.
Also make sure you have made a decision on what your maximum bid will be. This will be based on your view of the property's value (having carried out viewings and local searches) rather than the guide price, and on the money
A property auction can be a thrilling way to buy property, and snap up a bargain.
As well as being a quick and relatively hassle free way to buy a home, the auction process is easy. You simply look through the auction catalogue, find a property you like, arrange a viewing and do some research, and show up prepared on auction day.
They aren’t just good for buying repossessed homes, it’s now possible to buy all kinds of properties at auction. However it is essential that you do your homework before trying to buy a property at auction, and you need to put a number of important things in place
People buy at auction for lots of reasons. They may want to move quickly or they could be looking for a plot of land to build on, a repossession, or quite simply they want a quick purchase without the risk of gazumping. Also, many buyers looking for investments buy at auction as a catalogue full of properties gives them lots of opportunities to choose from.
Buying a property at auction is both exciting and potentially profitable. It avoids all of the lengthy purchasing procedures that you usually have to endure and the risk of everything falling through at the 11th hour. At an auction, as soon
The value of property owned by landlords in Britain will smash through the £1 trillion pound mark in mid-2015, says a new report.
Figures's from Kent Reliance, part of the OneSavings Bank Group, show that currently the total value of property in the private rented sector is £930.7bn, up £109.5bn compared to last year.
London accounts for 41% of this value followed by the South East (15%) which itself is larger than the North East, Wales, Yorkshire & the Humber, and the West Midlands combined.
New figures from Savills out last week suggest that 1.2 million more households in England and Wales
Property investors looking for the next hot spot should pay attention. Knight Frank has identified the next up-and-coming part of London, and it's really central.
W2 – specifically Bayswater, Paddington and Queensway - has “arguably the strongest development and regeneration potential of any prime central London residential market,” according to Knight Frank's head of London residential research Tom Bill.
He argues that W2 has been relatively unloved by investors and residents alike, leaving the area north east of Hyde Park with a much lower premium than its southern neighbours such as
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