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London Road, Stanford Rivers.
Welcome to Stanford Rivers, Ongar.A four bedroom, semi detached family home in a tucked away location with off road parking for multiple vehicles, and lovingly renovated by the current owner to the highest specification throughout.
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House price boom despite inflation concerns
This is the seventh consecutive month of property price growth, fuelled primarily by a shortage of homes for sale. Prices of the average home increased by an annual rate of 12.6% in February, up from a record January rise of 11.2%, to hit £260,230, said Nationwide. The price of a typical home is no…
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House price forecast: UK prices to stabilise in run up to Christmas.
After a record breaking year, the housing market appears to have peaked and is set to cool, new research shows. The latest Reallymoving House Price Forecast shows residential property prices will rise by just 0.1% over the final quarter of 2021 as the post-pandemic property market settles into a pe…
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10 Capel Court
A character four bedroom house located on the grounds of Hadham hall.
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Skins Farm, Roydon Road
Exterior drone footage of this grade II listed, four bedroom detached family home. Call Fortune&Coates on 01279 797376 for more information
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31% of properties sold in July for more than their original asking price.
Propertmark has issued its Housing Report for July 2021. What properties sold for: In July, a third (31 per cent) of properties sold for more than the original asking price. This is a sharp fall from June when 40 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking price, but in line with…
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Mass-market home prices hit new record as upper end cools – Rightmove
According to the latest data from Rightmove, the average price of property coming to market has fallen by 0.3% (-£1,076) this month, driven by a 0.8% drop in the upper-end, typically four-bedroom-plus, sector. In contrast there are new record price highs in the mass-market sectors made up of two be…
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Top 30 Most Expensive Roads In Harlow - Number 30
Have you ever wondered if you live on one of the most expensive roads in Harlow? Tune in weekly as we do our countdown of the top 30.
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Ending of the Stamp Duty holiday indicates return to ‘normal’ housing market activity.
Independent property analysts, LonRes have crunched the numbers and, as might be expected, found that sales which would normally have been going to complete in July were rushed forward to complete in June. Commenting on the analysis, Marcus Dixon, head of research at LonRes said: “A month on from a…
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Google trends reveal most searched property terms
Estate agents often use words and expressions that may be unfamiliar to anyone who is not regularly buying, selling, letting or renting a home, leaving some curious consumers with little alternative but to Google search what they all mean. GoodMove has revealed what it says are the top 12 most…
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Londoners flee capital for the regions
London’s population looks set to fall for the first time in more than 30 years, driven by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and people reassessing where they live during the crisis, illustrated by the growing number of homes being purchased outside the capital by Londoners,. Homebu…
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Updated guidance for estate agents ahead of easing restrictions
The one month delay to step 4 of the government’s Roadmap has also moved the end of restrictions closer to the school summer holidays. The Prime Minister yesterday emphasised caution and the expectation for a gradual easing of restrictions, based on informed choice and personal responsibility. Last…
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