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sell your home by Christmas

๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ

If you have plans to sell your home and hope to be in a new place by the end of the year, then act now. It can take time to get all the elements in place to finalise a property sale, but if you put your foot on the gas, you can still do it.

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Should-You-Invest-in-a-Turnkey-Buy-to-Let-or-a-Renovation-Project

๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ-๐ญ๐จ-๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ?

Whether youโ€™re an established landlord or a first-time investor, youโ€™ll probably be thinking about what to buy: a ready-to-go rental or a doer-upper. Which one should you pick?

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accidental landlords

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ?

With the Basingstoke housing market showing signs of a slowdown and predictions of further house price declines, we are starting to see the return of the โ€˜accidental landlordโ€™. However, in a somewhat different form to what they were in 2008/9.

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property sale and the next door syndrome

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ-๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž

This weekโ€™s sales article looks at the importance of being realistic when pricing your property for sale.

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End of tenancy approaching?

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ

Preparing for the end of a tenancy In this weekโ€™s lettings article, we look at how landlords can ensure the change between tenants goes smoothly.

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Basingstoke terraced houses

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ

Terraced houses in Basingstoke often go unnoticed by buyers, despite offering flexible and sizeable accommodation. It's time to shed light on the untold story of these charming homes. If you're thinking of selling your terraced house and want to ensure you get the best price, look no further. As an experienced estate agent specialising in Basingstoke properties, we are here to offer you expert advice tailored to your needs.

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good property photos

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

Photos of your property are what hooks the buyer, what drives them to pick up the phone to arrange a viewing, and what helps them imagine living in your home. So, professional property photography is an essential part of the selling process.

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the perfect Basingstoke flatmate

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž - ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž

Renting a property with a friend or acquaintance? Never lived with anyone before? Weโ€™ve got you covered with some top tips to help manage your new living situation.

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Basingstoke house price drop

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ

Many Basingstoke homeowners are now concerned about a possible fall in Basingstoke home prices. Especially as the newspapers predict a housing recession. Nonetheless, there are several reasons why homeowners should not fear Basingstoke house price drops.

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Buying a Basingstoke property

๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ

Buying a new home is a big step that comes with lots of considerations. Here are some factors to take into account if you are considering buying a Basingstoke property in 2023.

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Tenancy agreement template

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐š ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐˜ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ

Hastily downloading a Tenancy Agreement template from the internet and high-fiving yourself for a job well done could prove to be a costly mistake.

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Basingstoke rents

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ยฃ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ? Many would say yes, yet here's the truth: most Basingstoke landlords aren't exploiting the situation. In fact, 64% are keeping rents steady or decreasing to protect their Basingstoke tenants! Discover the real facts and challenges they face in this in-depth article.

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