10th April 2008
Spanish property investment could still offer good value for money if purchasers know where to look, it has been suggested.
A report in the Telegraph suggested that even in areas of southern Spain, a region that has been subject to high levels of develop...
09th April 2008
Despite a flurry of media reports about the uncertainty of buy-to-let, the investors themselves seem to be roundly confident, with nine out of ten respondents to the most recent Association of Residential Letting Agents (Arla) survey saying that they do n...
09th April 2008
The archipelago of Cape Verde has been topping the lists of buy-to-let and investment hotspots for a while now, with British buyers among those who are singing the islands' praises most strongly.
Cape Verde is comprised of ten volcanic islands and five i...
07th April 2008
It is now more than three months since the controversial home information packs (Hips) became mandatory for all homes being sold in Britain. For many, this was heralding an age of bureaucracy and extra red tape, a view taken by the likes of the Royal Inst...
07th April 2008
With the global credit crunch having affected so many different economies around the world, not least their property markets, more and more experts seem to be singling out France as a shining beacon of hope.
This view may have been epitomised by an artic...
07th April 2008
As pre-emptive strikes go, few might indicate more strongly an expectation that interest rates will be cut next month than news today that both Nationwide and Halifax are raising the interest rates on their tracker mortgages.
Of course, rising mortgage r...
07th April 2008
Amidst the clouds of gloom that seem to be hanging over so many of the world's property markets, it is always pleasing for investors to hear that there are still plenty of rays of sunshine out there. On Cyprus, an island that gets over 300 days of sun a y...
19th March 2008
The received wisdom among many in recent months has been that the buy-to-let industry is in trouble, a sector of the economy which arose on the back of a housing boom that is now over and will consequently fade away.
One feature of the boom years has bee...
19th March 2008
The property market in Spain has been a vexed area for investors recently. The end of the boom years, the credit crunch and recent demolitions of homes that breached planning regulations are all major hits from which some markets might not recover.
Yet t...
12th March 2008
The last week has brought back a little ambiguity to the property market among those looking for hard evidence of trends. First there were the figures from property portal Hometrack, which found that this month's house prices were down by 0.2 per cent, th...
12th March 2008
For those looking for evidence that the worldwide credit crunch is not quite so worldwide as some might think, the best place to look, it appears, may be across the channel, which, as a major hotspot for Britons looking at buying investment property, is j...
11th March 2008
One of the most notable features of Britain's strong economic performance has been the revitalisation of its regional cities. Not only have their economies improved, but so too have their appearances, with many prestigious new buildings being constructed ...
11th March 2008
As the second largest country by population in the world, India was always likely to make an enormous impact if it ever began to punch its weight economically. Now this appears to be happening, with rapid industrial and technological advancement, economic...
10th March 2008
Portugal has always been a popular destination for Britons wishing to purchase a holiday home abroad or to buy a place in the sun for their retirement.
Pure investment purposes have also been behind such foreign property transactions, but according to o...
10th March 2008
The news earlier this week from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) that the number of buy-to-let mortgages taken out last year was higher in the credit-crunch blighted second half than the roaring first six months may have surprised many. But it appear...
