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Gazumping & Gazundering Are Back: How to Protect Yourself in a Cutthroat Market

As the UK housing market experiences renewed turbulence, two old foes have re-emerged with a vengeance: gazumping and gazundering . Recent Google Trends data shows a dramatic 1,500% increase in searches for these terms, highlighting growing buyer and seller anxiety. But what exactly do they mean — and how can you avoid falling victim?

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Potential buyers to be given sneak peak of Towerlands Park

House hunters will have the chance to don hard hats and safety footwear at Dandara’s Dusty Boot event at Towerlands Park in Braintree, Essex.

On Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September, from 11am to 4pm, Towerlands Park will open its doors and provide visitors with a chance to look round the development while still under construction. This exclusive event offers a first-hand glimpse...

KENT HOUSEBUILDER BOLSTERS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IN AYLESHAM

Barratt Homes has recently handed over its most recent Section 106 funding to Dover District Council (DDC). The funds, totalling £208,000, were agreed as part of the ongoing development at Aylesham Village , with the next Barratt Kent phase of the development due to launch later in the year.

The most recent payment by Barratt Homes is £208,000, which will be invested into the local...

SO RESI EDUCATION WINS SPECIAL ACCOLADE AT THE FIRST TIME BUYER READERS’ AWARDS

Shared ownership provider SO Resi has been praised at the 2023 First Time Buyer Readers’ Awards, which took place on the 1st September, having received the inaugural ‘Jonnie Irwin Legacy’ award for its pioneering SO Resi Education initiative.

The ‘Jonnie Irwin Legacy’ award is named after ‘A Place in the Sun’ legend Jonnie Irwin, and is designed to recognise an individual or...

Dandara Aberdeen sponsorship of 10k race

Inverurie 10k races ahead thanks to sponsorship from housebuilder

Dandara Aberdeen has announced it is to continue its support of an Aberdeenshire sports and community centre by renewing its sponsorship of its annual 10K road race.

The Dandara 10K will be held on Sunday, 24th May 2024 as part of Run Garioch, a major fundraiser for Inverurie’s Garioch Sports Centre.

The annual festival of running will also include 5K and Half-Marathon...

Milestone For New Homes in Morriston

AS the transformation of a 35-acre site in Morriston continues, home buyers are being invited to take a fresh look at Parc Ceirw Garden Village.

Four years after construction work began, and with more than half of the 300 homes now occupied, the Edenstone Group is celebrating another milestone – the opening of a new show home (from mid-September).

The new community-led...

Cube Homes' Water Mill Gardens Development

MP unveils new sculpture at Water Mill Gardens

Bury South MP Christian Wakeford unveiled a new sculpture as part of a recent visit to Cube Homes’ and Great Places Housing Groups’ Water Mill Gardens development in Prestwich.

The artwork was commissioned by the developers to celebrate the long manufacturing heritage of the site, which was home to the Cussons factory, famous for producing Imperial Leather soap.

During...