Product Description

Are you contemplating buying your first home or wondering how you are going to climb the property ladder successfully? "Buy, Sell and Move House" takes the hassle and stress out of moving home. There are many potential pitfalls to avoid from being gazumped to getting stuck in a chain or failing to complete your contract on time. The new edition of this best-selling guide contains the very latest information on how Home Information Packs work, new sources of online advice and how to value your home in the current economic climate.Kate Faulkner, an experienced property guru, guides you through each stage of the process from working out what you can afford to spend and valuing your current home, to arranging a mortgage, viewing a property and wrapping up the contract. Make your move trouble-free with "Buy, Sell and Move House".It includes updates on Home Information Packs and how they work. It contains key questions to ask the vendor or agent. It provides guidelines on how to create a budget for your move. It offers tips on understanding the true value of a property.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32531 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Daily Telegraph, April 2006
`an excellent reference book for any inexperienced buyer'

About the Author
Kate Faulkner has bought and renovated properties for many years
and has worked in the property industry for over seven years, both as an
adviser to relocating companies and individual consumers. She runs a
website called designsonproperty.co.uk and is currently head of marketing
for a self-build and renovation company. She is the author of two previous
property books.

Customer Reviews

Essential sensible, well-researched and impartial advice, of course
Lives up to Which?'s reputation for clear, low-jargon advice which explains all the processes, tells you what you need to do and what everyone else will do, and discusses the pros and cons of all the different options.

This edition (though there have been many) is nice and up-to-date, with some analysis of the impact of the 2008 credit crunch on the housing market and what the possible outcomes over the next couple of years could mean for buyers and sellers.

If, like me, you're a first time buyer, or if it's been a while since you had to do any of this stressful stuff, a couple of hours digesting this book could be the answer to feeling calm and confident about going about it all without falling into any common pitfalls or traps. It certainly was for me.

Overly-wordy, but helpful
If you're buying this book quite literally for a list of 'how tos and how not tos', then I can't fault it. But if you want a bit of personality to lighten what can be quite a stodgy read, then you might look elsewhere. I realise it's never going to be a gripping novel but I do think there are writing styles and techniques that could help.