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COMMUNITY RAISE FUNDS FOR BRAVE TERMINALLY ILL MOTHER
HomeowneRs in newcastle wait more than most to sell their houses according to a report.
It takes the average homeowner 96 days to sell, but in newcastle it takes 97 days to shift a house.
According to the Centre for economics and Business Research’s and the Post office’s report into the housing market in major cities, only homeowners in Hull, swansea, London, Liverpool and Belfast wait longer than those in newcastle.
In the capital, it takes 111 days to sell a house – at an average price of £484,362. Belfast homeowners have the longest wait to sell, at 119 days.
There is good news for newcastle’s market, it takes a median average of six fewer days to flog a home compared to a year ago.
Those living in edinburgh sell houses faster than anybody else. It takes an average of 41 days to sell a home in the scottish capital. over in Glasgow, the wait is 50 days. Bristol is the english city with the quickest wait, at 61 days,
nationally, the for sale boards are up longer in cities to the west than those in the east, while areas on the south coast such as southampton and Portsmouth have seen the sharpest increases in waiting times compared to a year ago. Post office money, who commissioned the survey, put that down to rising house prices putting off buyers. Reporter A community has rallied together to help a mum-of-three who has been told she has terminal cancer.
Julie Goulding, of Whitley Bay, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 and underwent a double mastectomy.
But the disease gradually spread to other parts of her body and she was told the cancer was terminal.
The 50-year-old said she is determined to stay strong and carry on making memories with her three children, Lola, 13, Harry 16, Rhea, 26, and 14-month-old granddaughter Vega.
Julie told medical staff she didn’t want to know how long she had left and has been having chemotherapy alongside alternative therapies.
She has been in touch with a naturopathic doctor who advised what types of foods she should eat and now takes supplement made with natural ingredients to help with the effects of chemotherapy and keep her immune system high.
Julie’s friends have rallied together to help her raise funds for the therapies and dozens of people gathered at the Rendezvous Cafe in Whitley Bay on Sunday for a sponsored walk to Tynemouth.
Surrounded by her family and friends, Julie said: “The support is overwhelming and it is amazing to have everyone here.
“I just want to be here for my son, two daughters and little granddaughter for as long as possible.”
Julie received annual mammograms as her mum and grandmother had breast cancer.
On her 10th visit she received a call saying something had shown up in the scan.
Further tests confirmed she had cancer and three tumours were found around one breast and she underwent a double mastectomy.
In July this year, she started having searing pains in her side she was taken to hospital.
She was given the devastating news that the cancer had spread to