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		<title>Mortgage advisors fail Which? test</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An investigation by consumer watchdog Which? finds just four in 50 mortgage advisors are giving &#8220;acceptable&#8221; advice to homebuyers.
Between February and April 2008, Which? Money visited advisers in England and Scotland undercover, posing as first-time buyers who wanted advice and a recommendation.
The findings, argues the company, were disappointing.
Some 41 out of the 50 failed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home sales plunge to 30-year low</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics), home sales have plunged to their lowest levels since surveyors started collecting records in 1978.
In the three months to 30 June, estate agents said they sold an average of 15 properties - this is almost 40% lower compared with the same period last year.
Prospective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CML announces plans to kick-start mortgage market</title>
		<link>http://www.concept-properties.co.uk/archives/67</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The housing market is suffering currently due to falling house prices while the current squeeze on mortgage lending is also having a devastating affect.
In a bid to kick-start the mortgage market, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has announced plans which include UK banks and building societies to offer new mortgages.
Furthermore, it wants the Bank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rents set to rise up to 15% per annum</title>
		<link>http://www.concept-properties.co.uk/archives/66</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has published research entitled “The Modern UK Housing Market - Origins and Prospects”, in which it predicts that rents in the private rented sector will rise significantly in the short term.
The report, prepared by Professor Michael Ball of Reading University, forecasts a 10% to 15% rise in rents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report calls for regulated estate agencies</title>
		<link>http://www.concept-properties.co.uk/archives/63</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sir Bryan Carsberg, a distinguished academic and businessman and former head of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), considers that estate agents, letting agents and managing agents who handle residential property should be subjected to formal regulation.
He has prepared a report jointly commissioned by the National Association of Estate Agents,
Association of Residential Letting Agents and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hips still subject to criticism but look set to continue</title>
		<link>http://www.concept-properties.co.uk/archives/62</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home Information Packs (Hips) were introduced to speed up the home buying and selling process as well as providing consumers with a faster and more cost effective service.
However, they have been subject to heavy criticism since they were introduced.
Hips were launched on August 1 to include properties with 4-bedrooms or more and rolled-out to include [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2m Brits think that house price falls are a good reason to move</title>
		<link>http://www.concept-properties.co.uk/archives/60</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to research from Abbey Mortgages, falling property prices means 1.2 million UK homeowners are planning to move to a bigger property over the next year.
A correction in the housing market means Britons are on the lookout for a bargain.
In addition, 827,000 homeowners are looking to sell up in order to rent, with a view [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barratt Developments in crisis as share price plummets</title>
		<link>http://www.concept-properties.co.uk/archives/59</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barratt Developments, the company behind Barratt Homes, is facing a crisis as its share price went into freefall today.
At the opening of January 2007, share prices for BDEV - the company ticker on the London Stock Exchange - were 1266p per share. At the time of writing, they have become worth only 53 pence.
While the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humberts estate agency in administration</title>
		<link>http://www.concept-properties.co.uk/archives/58</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Humberts the estate agency chain entered administration but has now been bought out by a business restructuring group.
Humberts has sold certain assets to Mercantile Group for total net consideration of £3.16 million (including cancelled deferred consideration amounting to £1.1m).
Smith &#38; Williamson, the accountancy and financial advisory group, has been appointed by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Set For New E P C Legislation!</title>
		<link>http://www.concept-properties.co.uk/archives/47</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Landlords that thought they had seen the last of any more legislation from this Government affecting their buy-to-let investment properties will be sadly disappointed later in the year.
The latest bit of paperwork to become a part of Landlords expenses is the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). These documents are a spin off from the governments much [...]]]></description>
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