Category Archives: Useful sites

Flooding risk and information

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Diane

Signs a property floods When a house is near a stream or river you might instantly be suspicious about whether it floods. If you’re serious about buying it then check out the Environment Agency website for flooding risk. If you’re … Continue reading →

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Top five websites for checking out an area

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Diane

There’s a huge number of sites you can use for researching an area. It’s at the stage where you don’t even have to visit to have a great idea of what an area is like! Why don’t you bookmark this … Continue reading →

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Sold prices of property

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Diane

There are several sites that you can look up sold property prices on. The land registry doesn’t publish prices of properties that are “sold under market value” so excludes repos and auction properties. It can also exclude properties sold to … Continue reading →

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Official launch of Police Crime maps

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Diane

Police crime maps have been officially launched today – 1st February. They have been up and running for a while but it’s official today! They’re really useful. So useful that you’ll wish you’d had access to the data years ago. … Continue reading →

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Property Bee

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Diane

This tool is amazing. Property Bee is a fantastic add on for your browser that enables you to follow properties on rightmove and see when information has changed. You need to use firefox browser for it and install it from … Continue reading →

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Time on market – a key indicator for the housing market?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Diane

How long it takes to sell a house is one factor that you need to consider when looking at the state of the housing market. There’s one site that shows this data in an easy to use form. It’s at … Continue reading →

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Crime rate maps

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Diane

What crime rates are in your area? This Met Police site shows crime rates. Crime mapper shows England and Wales counties crime rates.

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London property tool

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Diane

Commute from is a really odd looking site that helps you wrk out how long your commute across London will be. Probably quite useful but I’ve not tested it against real times to tell for sure! It’s main feature is … Continue reading →

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Globrix

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Diane

Alternative website for browsing houses for sale or rent. Different style layout than rightmove. Visit Globrix to see how it works for you. There are drag bars once you’ve put in your search area that control the prices of the … Continue reading →

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What council tax band is it?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Diane

It might well say in the estate agent details what council tax band the property is in, but how do you check to confirm it? There’s a site that has the Council Tax Valuation List which shows you. You need … Continue reading →

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