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News that the SNP is set to put aside £70 million to help families on low to moderate incomes climb aboard the property ladder has obviously made headlines as we move towards the ...
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A report by anticorruption organisation Transparency International has cast a very dark shadow across the London property market amid accusations that billions of pounds of launder...
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Since the recession of 2007/8 there is no doubt that household incomes in the UK have been under significant pressure and this has played a role in the performance of the UK proper...
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It really does depend what reports you read as to whether the indications for the UK property market are positive, neutral or negative. Just last week we had a report suggesting th...
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The Australian government seems to be playing to the crowds with under pressure Prime Minister Tony Abbott announcing plans for new charges for foreign investors looking at real es...
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In years gone by investors tended to stick to their own local real estate markets when looking for investment ideas. However, the introduction of the Internet has changed everythin...
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Reports released at the end of last month by Prudential and Lloyds Bank have revealed a useful insight into the effect downsizing has on the UK property market. We now know that al...
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The inaugural Wealth-X and Sotheby’s International Realty Global Luxury Residential Real Estate Report has recently been published. The report looks at trends in the Ultra High N...
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According to the most recent figures released by the Office for National Statistics, last year was a record year for UK property owners. House prices rose by £2,221 a month in 201...
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In times of uncertainty and trouble, investors look towards the Bank of England for guidance and assistance. This is a characteristic of the UK investment market with real estate p...
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Today’s news that the Greek authorities have agreed an extension with European Union partners in relation to the country’s massive bailout has obviously been headline news....
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A research project led by the University of Bath and Modcell, a specialist firm of architects, has resulted in what they say are the world’s first commercially available straw ho...
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Over the past few months there has been significant focus on the oil market with the price of a barrel of oil falling by around 50%. Indeed just yesterday we saw the US government ...
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It has already been well publicised and commented upon that on 1 April this year the UK Stamp Duty Land Tax (“SDLT”) system will be abolished in Scotland and replaced with Land...
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Over the last few years there is no doubt that first-time buyers have been finding it more and more difficult to climb aboard the property ladder. That first rung of the ladder see...
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Only this week we heard news of a real estate attorney in America being jailed for 70 months after stealing $2.3 million from clients in a property scam. This is just one of many s...
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Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, has this week been very vocal in his view that the UK rate of inflation will remain at around zero for the rest of 2015 and
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The Cyprus property market suffers from two major issues in that it is relatively small compared to the worldwide market and is often associated with Greece, an area of the world i...
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A New York Times investigation into foreign ownership of New York property has cast a very dark shadow over the industry this week. The 8000 word investigation makes a number of al...
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Economic inequality which can also be described as the gap between rich and poor or even the “wealth gap” is something that is becoming more and more apparent in the 21st centu...
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