04th March 2008
Amid all the recent negative publicity about buy-to-let, one factor remains a constant theme: the rise in rental incomes for landlords.
The latest Paragon Mortgages buy-to-let index, covering trends in December 2007, showed that during the month rental i...
04th March 2008
Despite all the negative publicity which has emerged in recent months, Spain remains a popular destination with British overseas property investors. That's the message coming from Spanish estate agency website Primelocation.com.
Business director at the ...
29th February 2008
With the budget just weeks away, this is the season for all interested parties to set out their ideas of how and why chancellor Alistair Darling should alter the tax system. In the case of the UK property market, faced as it is with many challenges, there...
29th February 2008
Since the term credit crunch entered the lexicon at some point last year, the mortgage market has become tougher in the UK, with this week's withdrawal of 125 per cent mortgage products being the latest reduction in the availability of products with which...
26th February 2008
With the credit crunch grabbing so many headlines many might find it hard to believe that there are still any prospects for French property.
Yet this seems to be far from the case. France retains an attractiveness and variety that should continue to keep...
23rd February 2008
In a period when the property market has seen falling prices, restricted credit and one of the biggest mortgage lenders in the land having first to go begging to the Bank of England to stay afloat and now be nationalised, some might expect that buy-to-let...
23rd February 2008
The last week has, as usual, seen some mixed news about the property market. In between predictions of further falls in house prices have been forecasts of recovery. Mixed news from the Bank of England in its quarterly inflation report may only have added...
22nd February 2008
Those involved in buy-to-let will often be keen to emphasise the fact that they are providing a service which is much in demand. For all the claims that the property purchases made by people who are filling a gap in the market are reducing the stock of av...
20th February 2008
With the overall Spanish market haven taken a few hits of late, with the end of the boom years last year followed by the credit crunch and the bad publicity over the demolition of illegally built homes in a few areas. But, it seems, there are still plenty...
20th February 2008
Barely a day goes by, it seems, without new evidence emerging with positive overtones for buy-to-let. Yesterday brought the news that Sainsbury's Bank research had found that the total value of buy-to-let property in Britain had soared in value by £69.5 ...
19th February 2008
As the Spanish market has taken a few hits in recent times, many investors have been looking around for alternatives. While some have found new places to go to in Spain and some have ventured into the unknown territory of emerging markets, others have fou...
17th February 2008
Of all the claims made about the state of the property investment market, one of the most common is that the city living trend in regional cities is grinding to a halt. While more and more apartments have been built in cities such as Manchester, Liverpool...
14th February 2008
It is hardly a secret that the scale of buy-to-let has been growing rapidly in the UK in recent years, but the latest research indicates this is showing no signs of slowing down.
Sainsbury's Bank carried out a survey of the industry over the year between...
13th February 2008
This has been a good news week for many in the buy-to-let industry, with a lot of of those with buy-to-let mortgages either getting a reduction or hoping for one following the base rate cut yesterday. Those looking for a wider boost to the property market...
13th February 2008
Much has been made of the growth in the property market in the Cape Verde islands. With prices growing, new developments rising up, tourist numbers increasing and infrastructure improvements to support this including a number of new airports served by new...
