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House rises 'ease' pre-election

1:12pm Tuesday 13th April 2010

Homeowners rushing to put properties on the market before the General Election sent selling activity to its highest since May 2007 last month, according to a survey.

Top Estate Agents in the UK are announced

12:56pm Tuesday 30th March 2010

Reeds Rains has been shortlisted as a TOP 10 Estate Agent in the National Region of the Estate & Letting Agent Awards sponsored by RICS, EAT & HomeLet.

Property market returning to normal

10:23am Thursday 25th March 2010

The property market is returning to more normal conditions as increasing numbers of people put their homes up for sale, research has shown.

Households 'now £17,000 worse off'

11:24am Monday 22nd March 2010

The average household is more than £17,000 worse off than they were at the start of the recession, research has shown.

The missing piece is Jigsaw

12:02pm Friday 26th February 2010

NORTH West residential lettings agency Jordan’s has expanded by launching a sister company dedicated to property maintenance.

Economic growth revised upwards

3:43pm Friday 26th February 2010

The UK made a faster than expected climb out of recession in the final three months of 2009 with growth of 0.3%, official figures showed.

North West tenants struggling to pay rent

12:46pm Monday 22nd February 2010

North West tenants are struggling with rental payments, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA).

Aggravated burglaries up in Britian recent statistics show.

12:41pm Monday 15th February 2010

Householders should be alarmed following the recently released figures for burglaries in England and Wales. In 2008-2009 the police recorded 284,427 burglaries, which equates to one person being burgled every 2 minutes. Whilst 56,000 of these burglaries were taking place, the occupant was confronted by the burglar and most worryingly 23,000 householders were actually attacked by the burglar. This means a householder is attacked every 30 minutes.

OFT considers sale without agents

11:17am Thursday 18th February 2010

The trading watchdog is expected to look at whether homeowners can cut out estate agents when it publishes a market study into the home buying and selling process.

Mortgage Lending at a 10 year low

11:10am Thursday 18th February 2010

mortgage lending dived to a 10-year low during January as the housing market suffered a lull following the end of the Government's stamp duty holiday, figures have showed.