Better Returns On Investment Than The Big Four Banks
Better Returns On Investment Than The Big Four Banks One of the many advantages of investing in The House Crowd is the fact that we’re all in it together with collective interests, meaning that, unlike the banks of late, we are straightforward, transparent and honest…
Top presentation tips for selling your home – part 2
Below is the second installment of our easy-to-implement top tips for maximising your chances of selling: Temporarily removing family photos is an important and often overlooked piece of advice for those looking to sell. Home buyers, especially those buying for the first time, need to…
Top presentation tips for selling your home – Part 1
With years of property buying experience, we have come across houses for sale presented in outstanding, average and downright terrible conditions. In a buyer’s market, it is crucial for sellers to present their property in its best light to stand out from other options and…
Property Investment Project Update 003
If you’re a member, you will have already received our latest property investment information announcing that House Crowd Project 003, on Old Lane, Little Hulton is on the market for sale. Hooray!!! The property was purchased this year in May for £39,000 and after £15,000…
How Investing in Property Can Help First-time Buyers
According to recent research by Halifax, the cost of buying a home, including buying costs, mortgage payments, income lost by funding a deposit rather than spending, insurance, and household maintenance and repair costs, is now almost a fifth lower than renting. The research suggests average…
Tips for successfully gaining planning permission – part II
Following on from our previous post, here is the second instalment of our top tips for maximising your chances of gaining planning permission for alterations to residential property: It pays to be realistic. Applying for planning permission for modifications that will make your property stick…
Tips for successfully gaining planning permission – part I
Here at The House Crowd, we believe that well planned and properly implemented home improvements are a great method for increasing the value of residential property. Clearly, we are not the only ones with this outlook, as in the past year alone, almost 200,000 UK…
Call to punish owners of empty properties in the UK
We were pleased to read this week the GMB union, which represents over 600,000 workers across the public and private sectors is calling for stronger penalties from the Government against landlords who leave their properties empty. A review into housing across the UK has revealed…
The Green Deal: A Sensible Option
The Green Deal: A Sensible Option Recent figures released by the National Landlords Association suggest that over half of Britain’s landlords plan to install energy-saving technologies at their properties as part of the government’s Green Deal initiative, creating more green properties across the UK. The…
The Crowdfunding Message Is Spreading!
The Crowdfunding Message Is Spreading! We enjoy looking back over our early blog messages just to see how very far we have come since those days. Crowdfunding has become absolutely huge over the last few years, and property crowdfunding is taking the lion’s share of…
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