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Our Property Prices!
26 January 2006
Simply Boxes has just come across a website which we believe will be of great interest to many of our customers.
If you are moving home, looking for property check out www.ourproperty.co.uk. After...
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Value your house? The price is right
13 January 2006
Times Online, Housing Market, January 13 2006.
Estate agents telling porkies? Was that the best New Year news story that a certain business newspaper could come up with?
Estate a...
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House prices plunge in Blair''s constituency
10 January 2006
Times Online, 10th January, ''Housing Market''.
By Rhys Blakely
Homeowners in Tony Blair’s constituency suffered the largest falls in house prices seen in the UK last year.
According to fig...
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That''s Quite Enough Excitement!
01 January 2006
Experts give Graham Norwood glad tidings of a stable and shockingly undramatic year
Sunday January 1, 2006
The Observer
The 2006 housing market is set to be the most stable for many years, ...
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Happy New Year!
01 January 2006
A very Happy New Year to all of you from all of us at Simply Boxes!
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New Year Property Market Tips!
30 December 2005
bbc.co.uk bbc news money talk
By Dan McLeod
Director at London estate agency, Atkinson McLeod
Property market expert Dan McLeod
An expert explains how buyers and sellers can best make...
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House price growth at fiveyear low
30 December 2005
The Guardian Unlimited.
Susan Smillie and agencies
Friday December 30, 2005
Annual house price growth fell to 3% in 2005, the first time in five years it has dropped to single digits, Nation...
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Where are house prices heading in 2006?
27 December 2005
BBC News, 27th December 2005
In 2005 the housing market returned to a semblance of normality after five years of nearly unprecedented price growth.
But what will happen to house prices in 2006?...
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Putting the Boxes under the Tree!
24 December 2005
Good luck to all Santa''s little helpers out there as all those boxes of presents are being positioned under the Christmas Tree!
Sshh! Don''t wake the children!
Merry Christmas from all at Si...
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Packing It In.
24 December 2005
Hannah Griffiths
Saturday December 24, 2005
The Guardian
A breathless call from M. The sale of his flat, which we thought had fallen through, is suddenly back on and his buyer is in a hurry. '...
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Shaken Confidence
22 December 2005
The Guardian Unlimited.
In a country where earthquakes are an everyday event, the discovery that a corrupt architect approved hazardous designs for dozens of buildings is major news, writes Justin ...
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US housing bubble is a ''risk to growth''
20 December 2005
The Times Online Investor''s Bulletin of 20th December reports:
As ever, this is the time of year when every man, woman and their dogs believe it is their duty to make predictions about the year ah...
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Don''t Fear a Housing Crash.
18 December 2005
The Sunday Times, 18th December 2005.
Don’t fear a housing crash
Prices appear to have managed a ‘soft landing’, with predictions of gentle growth in 2006. By Clare Francis
SO the housingmar...
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Dealing with Estate Agents!
16 December 2005
www.bbc.co.uk bbc news Q&A
21st September 2005
Dealing with estate agents can be an intimidating experience for the firsttime buyer. BBC News offers a brief guide to what rights homebuyers have ...
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Best Mortgage Deals Not Always In Highstreet!
14 December 2005
The Times Online Money Bulletin of 30th November 2005 has this eye opening report:
Big is not always best.
Moneyfacts has carried out research which proves what we all suspected: you need not t...
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Commercial Property Funds Positive Step!
14 December 2005
The Times Online Investor''s Bulletin of 13th November detailed some promising news in commercial property investment:
New Star applauds property decision
New Star, the fund manager, welcomes t...
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House Prices Lower, but Market is Stable.
14 December 2005
The Times Online reported on 12th December:
House prices lower but market is ''stable''
By Andrew Ellson
House prices edged lower this autumn, according to two separate surveys of the p...
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On the Box Home TV of the Day!
13 December 2005
Homes under the Hammer
BBC1, 10.0011.00am
Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander cast their expert eyes over three properties before they go to auction. They visit a Georgian house in Canterbury, a pa...
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Your Home as an Investment
13 December 2005
For a good read on property investment, take a look at Robert Bruss (a real estate expert)''12 ways to earn your first profit, when buying your home or investment property right''.
In his article (...
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Longevity of Appliances in Your New Home!
12 December 2005
So, you''ve found a home that you like? Before you start packing and unpacking cardboard boxes, just check out the life expectancy of household systems, such as heating, plumbing and roofing!
Rese...
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Home TV of the Day!
12 December 2005
Cash in the Attic!
BBC1, 11.45am12.30pm
Series looking at the value of household junk. A Manchester family hope to raise enough money to set up a goat farm in the country by selling off some unw...
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Great Storage Tips for Christmas Decorations!
11 December 2005
OK, so Christmas is only just warming up, but as you''re opening all those cardboard boxes full of decorations, maybe you might think about putting them away in a more organised fashion next year?!
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Stylish Christmas Present Boxes!
11 December 2005
A great idea from Better Homes and Gardens (www.bhg.com) is to decorate your cardboard boxes with embossed wallpaper. Take a look at the picture of the stylish hat boxes you could do a similar thing...
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Christmas Card Boxes Children''s Craft!
10 December 2005
A lovely idea to keep the children busy at this time of year..
www.kidsdomain.com provide very detailed instructions on making these great boxes from old christmas cards:
Christmas Card Boxes
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Edible Christmas Boxes, Perfect for Children!
10 December 2005
What a lovely idea, to eat your way through a box to get to another more delicious gift inside?!
www.recipeland.com have this simple idea:
Fast & fancy butter cookie For each box, cut out and ba...
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So, what is Boxing Day?!
09 December 2005
Simply Boxes has come across a fascinating account of the origins of Boxing Day.
The extract below can be found at: http://homepages.tesco.net/~derek.berger/holidays/boxingday.html
Take a look f...
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Boxing Day What the Children Say!
09 December 2005
Woodlands Junior School have a fantastic page on their website explaining the origins and traditions of boxing day. Take a look..
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is the following day after Christmas Day. L...
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Christmas Cat Boxes!
08 December 2005
For the cat mad amongst you.. a purrfect present!
Take a look at:
http://www.kittiekrafts.com/xmascatboxes.html
Christmas boxes are similar to the cat baskets but with a holiday touch!
Cats...
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