Offers Overโ, โOffers Aroundโ and โFixed Priceโ are the three main tactics of pricing your home for sale in Scotland. With every property sale being unique, the best pricing tactic for your home will depend on a number of factors. To find out more, read on! Fixed Price Fixed Price is probably the most straightforward…
House Prices Continuing to Increase and Selling Times Continue to Fall Continuing the trend that we saw throughout 2016, latest reports from the Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre (ESPC) show that house prices throughout East Central Scotland increased 3.7% in the period from November 2016 to January 2017 when compared with the previous year. Whilst house…
Fears that repossessions rates are set to rise again Towards the end of 2016, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), which represents banks, building societies and other lenders, released figures showing that the total number of repossessions was at its lowest level for 34 years. The CMLโs figures showed that a total of 7,700 homes…
Recent figures have revealed the top performing areas and property types in Edinburgh and the results may surprise you. Recent ESPC figures have revealed that, between October and December 2016, the best selling type of property was two bedroom flats in the Leith and Corstorphine areas of Edinburgh. So why are these areas and this…
For the last three years, no solicitor estate agent in ESPC has sold more homes than MOV8 Real Estate, Estate Agents and Solicitors, with 1240 sales in 2016 alone. Since 2015, more people have also trusted MOV8 Real Estate to sell their home than any other ESPC solicitor estate agent. If youโre thinking of selling…
Stamp Duty on the purchase of residential properties was replaced in Scotland by Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) on 1 April 2015. From 1 April 2016, an Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) was introduced for people buying an additional residential property, over and above their main home. The purpose of this article is to explain…
As Donald Trump starts his stint in Americaโs Oval Office with a quiet few days designed to spread love, peace and harmony throughout the world and the UK government tabling the Parliamentary Bill for the UK to exit the EU following June 2016โs โBrexitโ vote, itโs looking like being an eventful 2017. We take a…
In November 2016 MOV8 were delighted to be asked to act as a drop of point for gifts being donated for RE-ACTs Toys For Children Campaign. ย In total 1030 presents, 40 bags full of clothes, boots, blankets, nappies and tents were then distributed to 1000โs of children across two Syrian refugee camps. Of which a…
After the UKโs โBrexitโ vote to leave the EU and the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the USA, 2016 contained more than a few surprises. As the year draws to a close, we take a look at what is likely to happen in your local property market in 2017. House Prices…
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