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Don't subject us to seller's survey
UNTIL about 2003, anyone looking to buy property - particularly in Edinburgh - faced a major problem. They'd see a house, they'd do a survey, they wouldn't get it and they'd go back and repeat the process. People were spending considerable sums on...

Single survey is a reform that nobody outside Holyrood wants
DURING the devolution debate we were promised a new thinking and responsive form of governance.

The matchmaker
The Scottish property system can be daunting enough for those who are used to it, but trying to buy a home in Edinburgh's heated market from a distance can be terrifying.

Now its the 52-year loan
JUST a fifth of mortgage firms now limit homeowners to a "traditional" 25-year loan term, new research from moneyfacts.co.uk shows, and a quarter are prepared to extend payments over 40 years, with a handful going up to a maximum term of 52 years.

Not all rosy in the buy-to-let market
AS MORE investors are jumping on the property rental bandwagon, they must be prepared to insure their assets and prepare for the worst

Plan your reign in Spain
For an increasing number of property investors, buying a place in the sun has become a real and tangible prospect. Cheap flights and escalating domestic property prices have persuaded many to buy abroad, and while recent additions to the EU, such as...

First-timers pay price for success of buy-to-let
DESPITE talk of the buy-to-let bubble bursting, it seems the market is going from strength to strength - much to the dismay of first-time buyers.