North Wales Property: 12/17/2006 - 12/23/2006

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12/23/2006

North Wales Homes - North Wales Real Estate


�1m bar renovation shows sector divided
A FORMER Bank of Scotland building in Kilmarnock has undergone a �1 million renovation and restoration and will open soon as a bar.

Mine be the glory
Dunfermline is something of a property hotspot and now the villages on its outskirts are getting in on the act too. One of these is the former mining village of Crossgates, located just three miles away, where Thomas Mitchell Homes are building 167...

Edinburgh commercial property deals set to hit �500m for 2006
A LEADING property agent has predicted that commercial property deals in Edinburgh will be close to �500 million in 2006, an increase of more than 40 per cent on last year.

Light touch Inside knowledge
Garden level flats can feel a tad dreary when viewing them in the dead of winter, where the lack of natural light only accentuates the drawbacks of a location below street level, yet this preconception is neatly flipped on its head when visiting this...

Bauble-icious
For too many of us, getting the house spruced up for the festive period involves dusting off a battered box of decorations bought when Slade had the Christmas number one.

Housing progress isn't pathetic, says Aitken
CITY leader Ewan Aitken has hit back at claims that the city council's progress on creating affordable housing is "pathetic".

We're hot properties overseas . .
A PLACE in the sun is no longer a distant dream, as these buyers prove.

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12/22/2006

North Wales Homes - North Wales Homes


'Empty nesters' feeding boom in Capital's property market
Downsizing parents keeping city home prices on the rise

�1m bar renovation shows sector divided
A FORMER Bank of Scotland building in Kilmarnock has undergone a �1 million renovation and restoration and will open soon as a bar.

Edinburgh commercial property deals set to hit �500m for 2006
A LEADING property agent has predicted that commercial property deals in Edinburgh will be close to �500 million in 2006, an increase of more than 40 per cent on last year.

Light touch Inside knowledge
Garden level flats can feel a tad dreary when viewing them in the dead of winter, where the lack of natural light only accentuates the drawbacks of a location below street level, yet this preconception is neatly flipped on its head when visiting this...

News
HOMEOWNERS hoping to sell their house this festive season are unlikely to be snowed under with offers if their neighbours are among the growing number of Scots decorating the outside of their house with Christmas lights, according to new property...

BoS upbeat on economic prospects for 2007
SCOTLAND'S housing market will grow 7 per cent next year, but the economic fundamentals underpinning the growing demand will be sound, according to the Bank of Scotland's forecasts for the economy next year.

Housing progress isn't pathetic, says Aitken
CITY leader Ewan Aitken has hit back at claims that the city council's progress on creating affordable housing is "pathetic".

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12/21/2006

Holiday Homes North Wales - North Wales Real Estate


BoS upbeat on economic prospects for 2007
SCOTLAND'S housing market will grow 7 per cent next year, but the economic fundamentals underpinning the growing demand will be sound, according to the Bank of Scotland's forecasts for the economy next year.

London high-fliers target rural retreats after record bonuses
IT HAS absorbed the Dutch, the Arabs, the Danes, the Scandinavians, the Americans and more recently the Russians. Now rural Scotland is bracing itself for the invasion of a new breed of lairds.

Light touch Inside knowledge
Garden level flats can feel a tad dreary when viewing them in the dead of winter, where the lack of natural light only accentuates the drawbacks of a location below street level, yet this preconception is neatly flipped on its head when visiting this...

Mine be the glory
Dunfermline is something of a property hotspot and now the villages on its outskirts are getting in on the act too. One of these is the former mining village of Crossgates, located just three miles away, where Thomas Mitchell Homes are building 167...

'Empty nesters' feeding boom in Capital's property market
Downsizing parents keeping city home prices on the rise

House prices fail to hit �200,000
UK HOUSE prices ebbed away from the �200,000 mark in October, though annual inflation continued to accelerate, official statistics showed yesterday. The average price was �197,987, down slightly from September's figure.

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12/20/2006

North Wales Properties - North Wales Cottages


Unique selling point
THIS HOUSE IN YARROWFORD IN Selkirkshire needs a fair amount of work, mainly because the former schoolhouse and school building have been used as two separate cottages up until now.

�1m bar renovation shows sector divided
A FORMER Bank of Scotland building in Kilmarnock has undergone a �1 million renovation and restoration and will open soon as a bar.

It's a gift
HOUSEBUILDERS often talk about houses being in "move-in" condition but that doesn't usually mean a fully decorated tree.

Tower of power
There are many viable reasons to consider renting rather than buying a property these days, particularly as property prices continue to rise to the point at which it can simply be less expensive to rent the kind of house or flat you'd want to live in.

London high-fliers target rural retreats after record bonuses
IT HAS absorbed the Dutch, the Arabs, the Danes, the Scandinavians, the Americans and more recently the Russians. Now rural Scotland is bracing itself for the invasion of a new breed of lairds.

Is it a blank canvas or simply unfinished?
ONE OF THE attractions of building our own house was, for me, the fact that I wouldn't have to correct someone else's awful taste in decor.

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12/20/2006

North Wales Property - North Wales Cottages


Unique selling point
THIS HOUSE IN YARROWFORD IN Selkirkshire needs a fair amount of work, mainly because the former schoolhouse and school building have been used as two separate cottages up until now.

Edge of greatness
If Drummond Place is about city centre living, with Harvey Nicks practically your local corner shop, Westwick at 66 Spylaw Bank Road in Colinton moves the action to the western fringes of Edinburgh.

�1m bar renovation shows sector divided
A FORMER Bank of Scotland building in Kilmarnock has undergone a �1 million renovation and restoration and will open soon as a bar.

Love thy neighbour ... or risk missing out on selling your home
HOUSE sellers need to think beyond just cleaning up their own home for sale and make sure their neighbours just smile nicely and don't let slip any dirt on the neighbourhood, according to a new report.

'Empty nesters' feeding boom in Capital's property market
Downsizing parents keeping city home prices on the rise

Light touch Inside knowledge
Garden level flats can feel a tad dreary when viewing them in the dead of winter, where the lack of natural light only accentuates the drawbacks of a location below street level, yet this preconception is neatly flipped on its head when visiting this...

BoS upbeat on economic prospects for 2007
SCOTLAND'S housing market will grow 7 per cent next year, but the economic fundamentals underpinning the growing demand will be sound, according to the Bank of Scotland's forecasts for the economy next year.

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12/18/2006

North Wales Properties - North Wales Homes


Mine be the glory
Dunfermline is something of a property hotspot and now the villages on its outskirts are getting in on the act too. One of these is the former mining village of Crossgates, located just three miles away, where Thomas Mitchell Homes are building 167...

Latin locations
SUNNY, scenic and oozing with glamour, countries like Argentina and Brazil are currently enjoying an unprecedented property boom.

�1m bar renovation shows sector divided
A FORMER Bank of Scotland building in Kilmarnock has undergone a �1 million renovation and restoration and will open soon as a bar.

Unique selling point
THIS HOUSE IN YARROWFORD IN Selkirkshire needs a fair amount of work, mainly because the former schoolhouse and school building have been used as two separate cottages up until now.

'Empty nesters' feeding boom in Capital's property market
Downsizing parents keeping city home prices on the rise

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