Our choice of seaside properties for the Bank Holiday weekend

[ad_1] “Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!” Whether you’re headed to Scarborough, Brighton or Margate, the great British tradition for a Bank Holiday weekend is to dig out the bucket and spade, brave the traffic and take a trip to the nearest seaside. At the time of writing, the forecast for this weekend is looking pretty…

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Would you settle for second-best in the quest to buy your first home?

[ad_1] The latest First Time Buyer Opinion Barometer from Your Move has highlighted that first-time buyers are making large compromises on quality and serious cutbacks to save for a home. In June 2015 there was 21,100 first-time buyer transactions and the average property price was £154,041 with the average deposit standing at £25,926. The most…

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July 2015 – England & Wales House Price Index

[ad_1] Strongest July for home sales since 2007 Monthly sales surpass 2014 levels for first time this year – following 13% boost in July, and driven by growth in North House price rises accelerating across six regions – and East Anglia leads the way with 6.3% annual increase Crossrail investment pushes Reading property prices up…

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Well done to Your Move Financial Services

[ad_1] It’s congratulations to the Your Move Financial Services Team who have managed to successfully complete a 24 hour challenge to climb three of the UK’s biggest mountain peaks – Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowden. Sally Bowen – who took part in the Challenge, provides an account of what happened: “Well we all got…

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Team Dunbar – Tough Mudder survivors in Scotland

[ad_1] A Your Move team from Scotland consisting of Chris McCutcheon, Zac Blake, Debbie Buonaccorsi and George McKillen along with Field Sales Manager for Land and New Homes,  Allison Sutherland,  took part in an event in memory of our much admired colleague, Scott Dunbar, who himself pledged to take part this year. The event, which…

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Inverness – The happiest place in Scotland

[ad_1] Today, Rightmove has revealed the results of its ‘Happy at Home’ Index for 2015, in which it asked nearly 25,000 people to rank 12 distinct factors about where they live which included safety, neighbourliness and local amenities to name but a few. According to the survey, for the second year in a row Inverness…

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How Hugglescote got its name

[ad_1] Did you know that today is Teddy Bear Picnic day? It’s the perfect opportunity to take your favourite cuddly toy out for a marmalade sandwich in the woods. And it got us thinking about the village of Huddlescote near Coalville – a village famous for its connection with the Hugglescote Bear. Since 2008 a statue…

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April 2015 – Scotland House Price Index

[ad_1] House prices drop £3,000 in April after pre-LBTT boost Scottish house prices fell 1.6% in April – the largest monthly fall since 2009, after new LBTT introduced Buyers rush through 83 £1m+ sales in March to beat higher tax, but no million pound homes sold in April Islands weather monthly slowdown on the mainland…

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