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One small step for London property buyers

Posted by HomeFront Newswire at 18:30 on 20 Aug 2007

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Word on the street is that house prices in Greater London have actually fallen for the first time in a year since August 2006. The London House Price Index for August compiled by RightMove has reported that the average asking price in Greater London has fallen by 0.1% from £394,730 to £394,268.

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Builders gaffe

Posted by Samee Mohammad at 14:54 on 20 Aug 2007

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Although Problem Solved will help you avoid cowboy builders, there’s probably no way of knowing if your builders will pull a stunt like this.

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Problem Solved and London Tonight tell all about avoiding rogue tradesmen

Posted by Samee Mohammad at 12:32 on 14 Aug 2007

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Problem Solved has just rounded of its mini-series on finding reliable tradesmen with ITN, which have recently been shown on London Tonight. Our very own Alison Cork wrapped up the final film this morning with a summary of how to find and manage good, realible tradespeople. This went out live on this evening's broadcast.

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Stung by a Cowboy?

Posted by Jonathan Peace at 16:51 on 07 Aug 2007

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Our poll on Homes and Bargains is throwing up some interesting results - with just over 400 people taking part to date and a surprising majority admitting to being stung.

We're on the hunt for case studies at the moment to use in our newspaper columns so if you have a story to tell, drop me an email at jonathan@bayswaterpublishing.co.uk

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Time for us to blow our own trumpet (just a little bit)

Posted by Problem Solved at 15:09 on 07 Aug 2007

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Like a proud parent, I am happy to say ProblemSolved.co.uk is rather popular with our fellow Londoners, mentioned in Time Out London’s Essential Services as one of their recommended directories. Not bad for a city which is home to approximately 5.5 million people! Click here to see ProblemSolved.co.uk in Time Out.

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Be careful what you ask for at ask.com

Posted by cara verdi at 09:23 on 02 Aug 2007

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Ask.com is forging on with its “information revolution” in an attempt to make an assault on the big boys of search engines, Google.com. Sadly amidst all their battle plans they have overlooked something which all sane property owners would happily see the back of. Demonstrating why Google.com is the top search engine in the world and why Ask.com is not, click here to see what Ask.com has to say on cowboy builders.

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One small step for London property buyers

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Stung by a Cowboy?

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Be careful what you ask for at ask.com