Features Archive: property advice

2010 :

How to...renovate a listed building

12/07/2010 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

Choosing an architect is a crucial decision when it comes to renovating or extending period and listed buildings......

A room with a view

30/06/2010 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

There's no doubt that first impressions of you and your property count when it comes to successful letting from the moment a potential tenant pulls up outside your property for a viewing they will be assessing whether it's the right home for them, so follow Belvoir's tips on how to make the most of every viewing......

2009:

Safe as houses

15/09/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

No one likes paying insurance premiums, but there are ways to alleviate the monthly damage to your wallet upad.co.uk, the rental experts, have provided TheMoveChannel with their top five tips to ensure that your Residential Landlord Insurance payments aren't as painful as they could be......

The write stuff

11/09/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

If you've made the decision to let your rental property yourself and not use a letting agent, then follow this guide to writing the best and most appealing rental advert possible......

Too good to be true?

10/09/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

Check out these three low risk strategies for investing in real estate without using any of your own money......

Deal or No Deal?

09/09/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

The rental expert upad has shared five tips with TheMoveChannel to try to help readers to get their rent reduced to a more satisfactory level......

Avoiding that void

26/08/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

There are few things more frustrating for a property investor and landlord than void periods late rental payments or faulty boilers can be dealt with, but there is no way to force someone into becoming your tenant and the last thing anyone needs is for their beautiful rental property to be lying empty, nothing but a drain on their resources. It is imperative to get tenants in as quickly as is possible, so with that in mind, upad.co.uk, the rental experts, have offered TheMoveChannel.com readers a few simple suggestions to help the process along......

Leasehold Vs Freehold

20/08/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

There is much confusion surrounding the subject of leasehold properties which means that a person owns the right to occupy a home but not the building itself and most people would rather own a freehold property given the choice but are there any positives to leasehold? TheMoveChannel.com finds out......

Should I be a student landlord?

19/08/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

Many large portfolio landlords have started as student landlords letting their property to hoards of marauding students. The question for many parents of students looking to go to university this year or other property investors or landlords is should I join the ranks of student landlords?...

Building skills for property perfection

11/08/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

Taking DIY to new levels, building your own home is a sure fire way to get exactly what you want from a property, so why not check out one of The National Self Build & Renovation Centre's self build courses......

Top tips for house-swapping

03/07/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

Cameron Diaz's swap of her LA pad with Kate Winslet's Surrey cottage in the 2007 film, ‘The Holiday,' kicked off a new wave of interest in the idea of home swapping and now more than 25,000 are swapping their homes each year so TheMoveChannel.com offers some tips for a successful swap......

How to set prices when selling property

09/06/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

The real estate market is subject to frequent fluctuations, more so when the economy is not doing too well as it is right now. In such a situation, if you're looking to sell a piece of property that you own, you need to ensure that the price does not go either too low so that you hardly break even, or too high that it scares away potential buyers from the scene......

Managing a rent reduction

29/05/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

It's a sign of the times that we should be talking about how landlords should go about reducing their tenants' rent......

This Week's Exchange Rate News

11/05/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

Last week saw the Pound on a rollercoaster ride against most foreign currencies, due to a raft of data some positive and some negative......

Is it time to invest?

01/05/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

Ajay Ahuja is one of the leading authors on buy to let in the UK having produced a series of books on the subject including the Buy to let Bible here he gives his opinions on whether now is a good time to invest and says it depends very much on who is asking......

How to...Fractionalize a home

28/04/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

If you own a holiday home, then you are all too aware of the limited time that you use it each year and the burden and cost of maintenance and upkeep that you are responsible for all year so, depending on the geographic location, you might want to think about selling your home as a fractional property......

To move or to improve, that is the question

24/04/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

One of the main casualties of the credit crunch have been those who have wanted to sell their current property and move into a new home but haven't been able to still, don't despair instead, make the most of what you've got for now and pick up some tips from John Lewis' brand new furnishing advice service......

Noise pollution

17/04/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

Noisy neighbours are the bane of many people's lives driven to distraction by stereos turned right up, barking dogs, children screaming or doors slamming TheMoveChannel checks out what you can do to help make a life polluted by noise more bearable......

Upwardly mobile

15/04/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

How to make money in the mobile home park business......

Ear to the ground

14/04/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

Many landlords are attracted to investing in property because they feel their money is always safe in ‘bricks and mortar', but in these riskier times you could consider an alternative investment how about one based around a strategy which involves investing on the land on which these bricks and mortar sit......

How to invest in today's property market

09/04/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

If the strategy for investing in real estate in 2009 had to be whittled down to one word, it would be 'conservatively' and there are a number of differing opinions about when the market is going to rebound, which markets are fundamentally strong and where you should be putting your money......

Where to buy property

26/03/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

Are the first green shoots starting to appear in the housing market?......

Exchange Rate News - this week

24/03/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

The Pound had another poor week last week, falling significantly against the Euro and Australian Dollar, but finished up against the US Dollar after the Federal Reserve announced an injection of over $1 trillion into the US economy......

Pick of the bunch

18/03/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

It's time to find a tenant for your property and you're wondering how to go about finding the right one follow these tips to suceed......

How to...obtain the best exchange rate when selling overseas

17/03/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

With increasing numbers of ex pats taking advantage of the weak Pound to move back to the UK, obtaining the best exchange rate on exchanging to sterling from a foreign currency is something more and more people are asking about......

How to...Keep your property manager productive...

10/03/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

When vacancy rates are on the increase, you want to make sure that your properties aren't the ones that are empty. There are two ways to do that; one is to rent high quality units at excellent rates to long term tenants and the other is to keep your property manager on their toes. How do you do that? Here are five crucial tips to make sure your property is managed to its best potential......

Move or improve?

02/03/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

At this time of economic instability, the housing market is at a standstill. Despite many people wanting to take advantage of lower house prices, the combination of the reduction in mortgage lending and the risk of negative equity has forced many homeowners to ‘sit tight'......

Making the most of your green space

19/02/2009 | property advice | Jaimie Kanwar

There are all sorts of interesting things you can do with your garden, so follow TheMoveChannel.com's guide to making the most out of your green space, whatever its size......

Making an exhibition of yourself

05/02/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

With several large scale property exhibitions being cancelled of late, TheMoveChannel.com finds out what is next for overseas property shows and where the future of property marketing lies......

How to...Invest anywhere in the world as an expatriate

20/01/2009 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

The Do's And Don'ts of investing in property for expatriates......

2008:

Location, location, location

19/12/2008 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

If you fancy letting your property have its fifteen minutes of fame and appear on the big screen, you can register the property details with Screen East, the regional screen agency for the East of England. Whilst you are busy doing that, TheMoveChannel.com takes a look at some of the homes that have been used on screen......

Super-sized auctions

24/11/2008 | property advice | Catherine Deshayes

Buying a home at auction is nothing new, but how about super sizing that event? Welcome to the new world of mega auctions, which are designed to combat the ongoing credit crunch......

Real Estate Fraud Series – No 2: Cyprus IPT Scam

17/04/2008 | property advice | Jaimie Kanwar

In the second special feature in TheMoveChannel.com’s series on real estate scams, we take a look at an Immovable Property Tax scam that is on the rise in Cyprus, an otherwise entirely safe property investment destination. **UPDATED!**...

Real Estate Fraud Series – No 1: Foreclosure Scams

20/03/2008 | property advice | Jaimie Kanwar

Real Estate fraud is booming like never before, and to highlight this negative trend, the TheMoveChannel.com is publishing a series of special features highlighting the world's most prevalent real estate scams....

WeBooks: The essential online resource for property investors

28/02/2008 | property advice | Jaimie Kanwar

WeBooks is an exciting new project, providing FREE online access to books containing essential, educational information about property investing......

France tops TMC's Annual Enquiries Index for 2007

31/01/2008 | property advice | Jaimie Kanwar

Property in established overseas markets was massively popular with visitors to the TheMoveChannel.com in 2007, with Europe’s ‘old masters’ dominating our annual enquiries index......

Bulgaria is a 'Top of the Props' World Champion!

14/01/2008 | property advice | Jaimie Kanwar

Bulgaria, The 'Land of the Roses', has consolidated its consistently strong position in our ‘Top of the Props’ chart for December......

2007: A review of global housing markets

01/01/2008 | property advice | Jaimie Kanwar

It was an interesting year for housing markets across the globe, with the credit crunch negatively impacting many markets toward the end of the year. It wasn’t all doom and gloom though…...

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