After weeks of eager anticipation, Gordon Brown has announced that the long-awaited General Election will be held on May 6th.
Following Brown's announcement, all three parties instantly hit the campaign trail in their attempts to win the pre-election sprint in what many are predicting will be the closest contest for nearly 20 years.

What are the main political parties proposing for the housing sector?
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Having opened it's doors to the public on 18th March 2010, our new office on the High Street in Burton on Trent has had an extremely busy 4 weeks both on lettings and sales. More...

The latest house price index from the Nationwide Building Society has revealed a 0.7% rise for the month of March compared with February.

The latest house price rise takes the annual increase to 9% with the average UK home costing £164,519.

Meanwhile, the Nationwide said prices rose by 1.6% in the three months to the end of March, compared with a 1.8% increase in the previous three months.
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Professional Properties are delighted to announce the recruitment of Sarah Perry and Terri Weyers. Sarah is Sales Manager at hte Burton on Trent office and Terri will join the lettings team at the Derby office. Both have a wealth of experience in their fields.  More...

The Deposit Protection Scheme has broken new records in protecting deposits after recruiting a large number of new letting agent members. Following large price hikes by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, many letting agents have moved from this insurance based scheme to the DPS's custodial scheme.

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The Government has today outlined further plans for the Post Office to become a ‘people’s bank’ after injecting a further £180 million funding into the project, on top of the £1.7 billion already invested.

The Post Office Bank, led by Business Secretary Lord Peter Mandelson, will create a ‘People’s Bank’ and will see 11,500 Post Office outlets as the backbone of a new national bank, which is set to encourage saving and provide credit for those on low incomes.
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Quite fittingly to coincide with our first issue, Professional Properties have also been on the move! With the relocation of our Derby branch and a forthcoming opening in Burton on Trent we have been busy More...

Many of the current management team at Professional Properties have been with the company for over 10 years which is testimony to the loyalty and the success that the business strives to achieve. We think it is very important to be able to put a face to a name
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Professional Properties are making the move into residential sales and opening Professional Properties Estate Agents. Derby lettings director Simon Joyce, explains the thoughts behind the decision.  More...

Professional Properties can also offer additional, complimentary services to assist you if you are selling, purchasing or letting a property.  More...

The minimum retirement age increases from 50 to 55 on 6 April 2010, and
everyone will be directly affected by this change. Corin Holness of SJL Wealth Management explains how the change in the pension age will affect you. More...

David, our Burton branch manager likes to make sure that you are aware of important changes in lettings legislation as well as general information on residential lettings. Here, he explains some of the legislation to be aware of when renting out your property




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