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The North-West Open House Weekend

2:03pm Monday 15th March 2010

On the 27th March , Entwistle Green will be taking part in a massive North-West Open House Weekend.

Spring sales putting a spring in the step of estate agent

10:53am Tuesday 2nd March 2010

John Halman from estate agent Gascoigne Halman takes a look at market conditions in February.

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.

ADVICE: Should you remortgage from a standard variable rate?

1:00pm Monday 22nd February 2010

John Pitt from Mortgage Advice Bureau based at Edwards Grounds Estate Agents comments on whether remortgaging would be the right thing to do.

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.

Hale tops premier league of footballing home buyers

1:42pm Friday 12th February 2010

Hale has pipped its rivals to the top of the Premier League, beating Alderley Edge, Knutsford and Wilmslow as the number one location for football superstars – with at least 33 Premiership footballers living in the area.