Buying or selling your home

Information and help when you're looking at moving house

If you're looking at selling your house you need to be aware that the UK government has introduced HIPS - which are home information packs. They're supposed to be coming in in July this year but have been delayed before so may be again. They are supposed to speed up the selling process by ensuring sellers have the right to sell the property, a home energy report and local searches.

How much should you sell your house for? Knowing how much similar houses have been sold for should be a part of your house selling research. An estate agent can give you a figure they'd recommend - valuing your home - or you can see what properties on your street have sold for using this very useful site which gives you House prices - how much did that house sell for

Hometrack is a company specialising in this area of valuing house - Hometrack Property Valuation Report helps you save time and make essential property decisions it will get you an instant on-line valuation of a property, allows you to compare local property values and discover house price trends in your area as well as helping you to Understand local property market activity - Hometrack - free report available.

Once you've decided to sell you can either go for a local estate agent (Look around for other houses selling in your area - preferably look for sold signs rather than just for sale boards!) or you can sell online with companies like Houseweb - sell house online or Internet Homes or 4salebyOwner

Buying houses at auction is something lots of people are keen to try after some programs on TV as Homes under the hammer.... Try Property Auctions for a good place to start.

If you're interested in being a property developer than try Property Entrepreneur for more information. Or if you're interested in buying a property to renovate then try this company which sends you info on available propertys meeting your requirements - Renovate alert

When you come to move you'll want to pack all your stuff safely and you can do this with boxes from Cartons Direct - these boxes are also useful if you're decluttering to help sell and putting stuff into storage.

Looking for decluttering help and advice? See our page on one of our favourite TV stars !House Doctor - Ann Maurice or find out about the seminar on how to declutter - ONE DAY SEMINAR ON "HOW TO DE-CLUTTER YOUR LIFE" PRESENTED BY DAWNA WALTER OF "LIFE LAUNDRY".

If you're after finding a room to rent or want to rent out a room in your house then try Flat mate world - you could also try this ad site called Gumtree - Find a Flatshare - 20,000 new flatshare ads per month. Subscribe or post an Ad for free!