According to the latest figures from the Young Group, based on a survey of the group’s 500 property investors and landlords, sentiment in the private rented sector remains buoyant and there is a positive outlook for 2011. In particular, the London market is expected to outperform the UK market in the coming year, with 89 [...]
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In the season of good cheer, let’s try to ignore drooping house prices and stingy lenders, and turn instead to all the good things that have happened in the property world this year. To look on the bright side, the fact that homes have become cheaper is great news for first time buyers and brings [...]
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Property experts argue that depressed values mean that this is an excellent time to buy a new house, especially if you’re upsizing, because the relative saving that you’ll make on a more expensive property is higher than the loss you’ll make on selling your cheaper property. Buy-to-let investors can also take advantage of lower prices, [...]
The freezing British weather puts many of us in mind of tropical hideaways, where the warm waters lap at pristine white beaches and the rum punches flow like water. Here are some top value retirement spots: 1. South-west France The climate, a wonderfully lazy lifestyle and easy to get to, South-west France remains an ideal [...]
Despite the Christmas party season coming into full swing this week, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) issued a gloomy report on the housing market, noting that house prices, sales and numbers of properties for sale all fell in November. When asked whether prices were rising or falling, 44 per cent more surveyors said [...]
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Property values in Britain rise £130 billion in 2010, say property website Zoopla. 2010 is likely to be recorded as a very mixed year in the property market, one that beat many expectations in terms of house price stability but failed to excite anyone in terms of the volume of transactions as a result of [...]
After a whopping increase of 8 per cent in the value of farmland in 2010, countryside property experts are forecasting a further 6 per cent rise in 2011, and as much as 12 per cent ‘where there is purchaser competition’, according to Savills. Besides the traditional buyers – farmers (funnily enough) – there is increasing [...]
With rents rising and many potential property buyers thwarted by mortgage restrictions, the allure of property investment is growing. But the business of buying to let can be harder than it seems. Here are five tips to consider if you’re thinking of taking the plunge. 1. Factor in the time and skills needed. Professional agents [...]
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So I was at the Council Of Mortgage Lenders Annual Dinner last night. A fairly rocking affair to be honest – who knew mortgage bods could throw such a good party? Especially in the face of such a miserable year for their industry. One of the interesting things I picked up there was a little [...]
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Today I’m going to stare into my crystal ball (actually it’s a crystal whiskey glass) to forecast what will transpire in the property world in 2011. Don’t hold me to any of this though The trend towards tightening mortgage conditions will continue for the first half of the year, with lenders remaining reluctant to extend [...]
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