18th April 2008
Yesterday may not have brought the most startling news in economic history when the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) announced it was cutting the base rate by 0.25 per cent for the third time in five months.
Revealing the news, the body...
18th April 2008
At the end of March the Miami Herald - not exactly the local paper for people who see a lot of snow - listed skiing in the Swiss Alps as a very special activity indeed. Not because of the thrill of hurtling down the slopes, the challenge of learning to st...
16th April 2008
The French property market has been a hot topic of late as things turn cold in other markets through the effects of the credit crunch. With an apparently stronger market many investors will be keen to see what the best property investment deals are at pre...
16th April 2008
The house price figures published by Halifax this week may have sent some very mixed messages to those looking to invest in property. While the headline-grabbing figure was an overall 2.5 per cent drop in price in March, the regional variations may have m...
16th April 2008
The recent vibes that France is offering an island of comparative strength, stability and promise in a stormy sea have been well documented, but the country, it seems, has not just remained strong enough to keep its position in the market. It has, it has ...
16th April 2008
Today's news that the Bank of England's monetary policy committee has cut the base rate again to five per cent will be welcome news for investors in property amid a climate that has seen the market take something of a hit in recent months, both from the h...
13th April 2008
It's official: Scotland is now the most resilient property market in the UK. The latest quarterly survey of UK house prices showed that while the national rate of annual house price inflation is 2.2 per cent, Scotland is speeding ahead at nearly three tim...
13th April 2008
Cyprus has been having an eventful year so far, with New Year's Day bringing the adoption of the euro as its official currency, the election of a new president, Dimitris Christofias and with him the tantalising prospect of better relations with northern C...
13th April 2008
Those considering buying investment property who may use a mortgage to do so will most likely have been keeping an eye on the fast-developing mortgage sector in recent times, in which the abundance of choice that was available a year ago has been substant...
13th April 2008
In the recent turmoil of the credit crisis the difficulties of Spain have been well documented, with falling prices, controversy over illegal building coming to a head when some properties were summarily demolished and a general feeling that a few chicken...
13th April 2008
With the credit crunch dominating the news in recent months, much of the focus has been on where the property market has seen a decline, with the US and Ireland being two examples of countries suffering heavily, while the UK and Spanish booms are universa...
13th April 2008
With the Bank of England monetary policy committee (MPC) due to meet next week to discuss interest rate policy, some may see the outcome as being quite obvious. With the property market at a fairly low ebb and wider economic concerns there will be no shor...
11th April 2008
While many aspects of the French economy have been the subject of deep concern in recent years as unemployment has stayed high and productivity has lagged behind countries such as Britain and Ireland, the property market there has emerged as one of the to...
11th April 2008
Last year's pre-Budget statement saw a change in taxation announced which was widely welcomed by the buy-to-let industry, as the chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling revealed major alterations to capital gains tax.
Up until now, the tax had been...
10th April 2008
Investing in property in locations undergoing extensive building work is not always wise for those looking at their new property as a buy-to-let investment, one property expert has said.
Recent regeneration projects in some areas of the country have seen...
