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Watch out for scary UK mortgage buys

Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005

Buyers are being warned to watch out for scary UK mortgage deals this Halloween.

A new survey by Portman Building Society shows that 43 per cent of buyers would not put off taking out a UK mortgage on a property if it is rumoured to be haunted and one in three people already claim to have lived in a property that appears to be haunted.

Demand in the property market also appears to be considerable strong because 74 per cent of buyers would not be discouraged from taking out a mortgage on a property where the previous owner had died.

"It would appear that British homeowners are ghost proof," said Lynsey Hallam, press officer at Portman Building Society.

She added: "They are certainly not fazed by the thought or reality of spooky goings on in their homes and with a significant third of people saying that they have lived in a haunted property or one that is rumoured to be haunted, it would seem that the demand for property remains pretty much the same whether it is renowned to be haunted or not."


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