What Are Home Reports in Scotland and Do I Need One? Since 1 December 2008, anyone who wishes to market a property for sale in Scotland must obtain a Home Report. There are limited exceptions: for example, newly-built properties and genuinely off-market sales where the property is not advertised at all. However, in the vast…
Your Local Property Market Update October 2016 As the leading property sales company in East Central Scotland, our Local Property Market Update combines our own experience of the local property market with a round-up of the month’s property news, separating the wheat from the chaff and the fact from the fiction so that you don’t…
Spring and Autumn are traditionally seen as the best time to sell a property. However, with many property sellers holding-off until the Spring, Winter is a great time to sell, with less properties competing for buyers’ attention and buyer demand remaining high. So why not buck the trend and follow our top tips to get…
As the leading property sales company in East Central Scotland, we wanted to share with you what we have been seeing happening in your local property market. What Are We Seeing Happening in the Market? The latest market reports from ESPC, for the period of June 2016 to August 2016, show that the number of…
If you’ve just bought a new home, there is so much to think about: arranging a removal van, clearing furniture from your existing home, switching utility providers, organising your home insurance and so on. Indeed, there is so much to consider that we have written a handy checklist to keep you on track! However, as…
Buying a property is a huge decision and financial commitment. Here are some suggestions to help you to get the best possible result when you are purchasing a property in Scotland. How Much Should You Offer? Properties are usually marketed in one of three ways: Offers Over (or Offers in Excess Of) – Offers are…
What is Gazumping? In essence, gazumping occurs when a property seller accepts an offer from one buyer and then indicates that they want to accept a higher, or better, offer from another buyer. This can often happen quite far into the transaction, when the original buyer is well into the legal process of buying the…
At MOV8 not only do we like to eat cakes, many of our staff enjoy baking them too. So we were delighted to take part in the Macmillan Cancer Support World’s Biggest Coffee Morning again this year. On Friday 30 September 2016 our fantastic team took part in the Great MOV8 Bake Off, bringing in…
This month, MOV8 celebrated its ninth birthday. Since we opened our doors in 2007, we’re immensely proud of everything we have achieved; bringing great value fixed fee estate agency to Edinburgh and the Lothians, ensuring sellers get great service no matter the value of their property, growing to be the number one selling solicitor estate…
At the end of August 2016, local solicitor estate agents are seeing continued strong demand from buyers throughout the property market in East Central Scotland, despite reduction in the number of sales. The latest figures released by the ESPC for the period of May and July of 2016 show that the number of homes sold…
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