02nd February 2008
In the midst of the recent gloom that has encircled much of the property world following the credit crunch it appears that France is enjoying a rather better time of it than some places.
That, at least, is the verdict from VEF, the French property compa...
02nd February 2008
In the last few years Brighton has been one of the places that has attracted high levels of attention in the property market. While provincial locations have introduced city centre living for apartment-dwelling professionals as their local economies grow,...
02nd February 2008
In a year which started with membership of the eurozone, Cyprus may have high hopes for the near future. The Cyprus property industry on the island is one of those areas of economic activity where further growth will be hoped for, while of course those c...
02nd February 2008
The future of the UK property industry will, to some extent, depend upon the provision of new homes. Partly, of course, this will be a result of old homes needing to be replaced and new ones put in their place. But the supply of homes and its ability not ...
01st February 2008
With so many headlines about property companies failing, rumours of price collapses and the bulldozing of illegally-built villas, Spain's property market has taken not a little punishment is some sections of the media of late. Yet still they keep on comi...
01st February 2008
With so many investors in recent years looking at investing in property in London and its surrounding commuter towns, or in the booming cities of the north and midlands where blocks of apartments have been appearing by the score, the south-west may perhap...
31st January 2008
Cape Verde was hailed in many quarters last year as a growing market for property investment, not just from the UK and elsewhere, with many complementary developments such as new airports, flights and growing tourist numbers.
Some might have imagined tha...
31st January 2008
Proof, were it needed, that the property market has slowed has come in the shape of falling UK house prices. Survey after survey has shown small monthly drops in house prices, leaving values still well above where they were in the past, but moderating a m...
30th January 2008
With the talk of the global credit crunch seeming to seep into every economic topic, those looking to buy property overseas may be thinking of new markets, places where the economic boom is such that even a global financial crisis cannot hold back growth....
26th January 2008
If a week is a long time in politics, 24 hours seems to have been a long time in economics. In less than a day the US Federal Reserve has cut its federal funding rate by 0.75 per cent, Bank of England governor Mervyn King has hinted at a rate cut in Febru...
25th January 2008
In the current climate with its talk of crunching credit, plummeting prices and declining dividends, many have seen the buy-to-let market as a near-certain victim of the emerging economic circumstances.
Not so, it seems, judging by recent surveys in the ...
25th January 2008
With so much talk of late of the credit crunch, a market correction and the demolition of illegally-built properties, Spain's property market has taken some serious punishment in the media of late.
Yet despite this, it appears the country is still popula...
24th January 2008
Investors in property abroad have frequently been drawn to Dubai in recent years, with the fast-rising and oil-rich emirate seeing massive growth in its economy, ex-pat population and tourist numbers. Now it is even reaching for the sky in the ostentatiou...
24th January 2008
Amid talk of downturns in the property market across Britain recent attention has focused on specific locations where any slowdown nationally will not be replicated. Publishing its figures for house price inflation by region last week, Halifax predicted t...
24th January 2008
When it comes to the Iberian Peninsula, many people think instantly of Spain and may perhaps neglect the charms of Portugal. While the former is better known as a property investment and tourist location, rivalled only by France for the number of British ...
