If you have a residential mortgage on your home and you’re considering letting it out you’ll need to make sure you have the right mortgage product or consent to let it out. It’s not illegal to rent out your home if you don’t have a buy to let…
In our last Edinburgh sales market update the signs were there that the number of available properties on the sales market was starting to climb while monthly home sales agreed was holding steady.
Monthly sales agreed…
Lessons from the world of broadband
A recent ruling by Ofcom means that broadband and landline customers in the UK will now find it easier than ever to change providers and to secure a better deal under a new ‘One Touch Switch’…
Selling a home is something most people only do a handful of times in their life, and with property values continuing to rise across the UK, it’s likely that a house sale is the most valuable transaction most people will do in their lifetime. With so much on…
Have numbers of available properties in Edinburgh already peaked in 2022?
Looking at what happened on the Edinburgh rental market in May, there’s a surprising story relating to the volume of available rental properties on the market. The total number of available…
The process of selling your home can be unnecessarily stressful by some of the jargon thrown around during the sales process. It’s our job at Umega Estate Agents to make seller’s and buyer’s lives as easy as possible and an important part of this is demystifying the process.
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It can be tricky to line up a house move, knowing when to press the button for your sale to coincide with your next move. To help, here’s a guide to the timescales you should expect when selling your home.
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If you are a new landlord, renting out your property for the first time, there are a number of things to consider when getting your property ready for the rental market.
Make upgrades where needed
Decisions relating to…
When selling a home, you get one shot to show it off to the world online and attract as much interest as possible to secure the best offer. Most Edinburgh estate agents don’t go far enough when promoting homes they’re selling and a big part of this is…
Rightmove has recently completed a survey of over 1,200 landlords throughout the UK and discovered some interesting trends in the experience of the landlords and their future plans.
Most respondents are portfolio landlords
The first thing to note about…
Our busiest time of the year is fast-approaching,…