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The house in question (pictured below) is actually situated on Downing Street in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, and simply shares a name with the Prime Minister’s primary residence. The Nottingham end of terrace property is 131 miles north of more famous counterpart.

The home, which requires 'general cosmetic improvement and upgrading', is being offered subject to tenancy with a guide price of just £40,000.

This three-storey Nottingham home undeniably lacks the glamour of its Westminster counterpart but does offer two double bedrooms, gas central heating and double glazing, all for an

An abandoned bomb-proof fort on the River Thames in London which dates back to the 19th century has just gone onto the market. 

The gun emplacement tower, known as Grain Battery Tower, was built off the coast of the Isle of Grain where the Thames meets the North Sea in 1885 as part of a chain of coastal defences built because of the continuing threat of invasion from the sea following the Napoleonic wars. 

With a £500,000 price tag, the property has already generated a lot of interest from potential buyers considering converting it into a recording studio, hotel, houseboat community and seven

The number of UK homes repossessed during the Spring fell, but households have been warned by lenders to prepare for rate rises.

A total of 5,400 properties were repossessed in the second quarter of the year, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said.

This was down 1,000 on the previous three months, and down by 2,200 on the same period a year ago.

The CML said that it would welcome Bank rate rises only in "baby steps".

"Rates will rise at some stage, of course, and borrowers should be planning for that now," said Paul Smee, director general of the CML.

"We welcome the message from the Bank

The identity of a buyer reportedly shelling out £11.5 million to acquire an entire seaside fishing village in Devon remains a mystery. 

We reported a couple of months ago that the village was for sale and it didn't take long for a buyer to come along, but residents of picturesque Bantham are still none the wiser as to who the person or persons might be.

Bantham, which includes the beach, estuary and about 20 cottages in the village, has been sold to a "family who will continue to manage and conserve the estate", said Strutt and Parker.

Bantham lies amid the South Hams within a designated Area

House prices in Scotland are holding up as a result of growing demand and a lack of supply of homes, according to Scottish surveyors.

The findings by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) are in contrast to other parts of the UK, especially London, where both sales and new buyer demand fell sharply.

Rics said demand for new homes in Scotland grew in July. It noted that more surveyors reported a growth in new buyer inquiries.

The number of homes coming onto the market also increased in July, with 8% of respondents reporting an increase in new instructions,

Rics said the continuing

Symonds & Sampson’s auction at the Digby Hall, Sherborne, on 31 July was a huge success with red hot prices on a very warm day.

Mark Lewis explains, “We had properties on offer in 5 counties, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire and had a terrific response to the advertising including coverage at The London Office.”

Land at East Knoyle which had been planted as woodland with a building was sold prior to the auction at £14,000 per acre whilst 9 acres of land at Hazelbury Bryan sold for £7,900 per acre.  Further land at Milton on Stour, Gillingham, sold for £10,000 per acre.

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People buying a home in the last year typically spent just 33 minutes looking around the property before making what is likely to be one of the most expensive purchase decisions of their lives, according to a survey, by Aviva.

The commissioned research among 4,000 home owners, suggested that the recent strong competition seen in the housing market is forcing some buyers to make "snap decisions", with one in four (24%) of home owners saying they only made one viewing before they decided to buy.

The average amount of time that people who had bought their property six to 10 years ago estimated

Award-winning brand Auction House has been joined by South and West of England based auctioneer Symonds & Sampson, increasing the company’s total number of auction rooms nationwide to 40.

Symonds & Sampson were first established in 1858 and have been recognised as the leading firm of auctioneers in the region for a number of years (EIG statistics).  The new Auction House Symonds & Sampson region will stretch from East Devon, throughout Dorset and South Somerset to Wiltshire and down to the borders of the New Forest and Hampshire.

Auction House Founding Director Roger Lake said: “We are

The property which features heavily in the television comedy series Gavin and Stacey is up for sale for £125,000.

The two double bedroom home at 47 Trinity Street, Barry, has views across the Old Docks and Barry Island and has previously been a popular part of the town’s tour celebrating the programme.

Fans will be familiar with the house in Trinity Street, Barry, as the place where Stacey’s mother Gwen served up her famous omelettes. Pensioner Doris lived next door and Stacey’s uncle Bryn - played by comedian Rob Brydon -  lived opposite.

The property features:

•  2 double bedrooms •  2

The performance of Northern Ireland's housing market between April and June was at its strongest level since 2007, according to findings contained in the latest University of Ulster quarterly house price index. The average house cost £139,720, up 6.9% on the same period last year and 1.4% higher than the first quarter.

Researchers said rises in transaction levels and prices suggested "a significant shift in market sentiment", whilst the report suggests sales values "still reflected an affordable price structure in Northern Ireland".

While the overall price growth was reflected across several