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While the economic downturn which began in 2008 is still impacting many economies around the world there are some property markets which have performed admirably. Indeed someone wo...
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While the European Union referendum has encouraged a ferocious fight between those for and against membership of the EU, it has also put the UK property market at the forefront of ...
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There is no doubt that first-time buyers in the UK are finding it ever more difficult to climb aboard the property ladder. Even the recent 2008 US led mortgage crisis, which led to...
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At any one time we can look at the worldwide real estate market and identify many so-called “hotspots” where over buoyant investors have pushed values above and beyond their �...
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Over the last few months we have seen demand for real estate emerge in a variety of different ways. We have seen fund managers raising new capital, property companies raising debt ...
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While there is no doubt that the European referendum question needed to be answered in the UK, this has given many international property investors the chance to pull out of London...
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The introduction of the Internet has brought about a massive increase in the number of property investors in the UK and also around the world. The ability to access up-to-date onli...
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The latest minutes from the US Federal Reserve meeting have cast a very dark shadow across equity markets last week. There is a real chance that US interest rates could increase in...
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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has attracted ridicule and amazement in equal measures amid suggestions that UK house prices could be “worth up to 18% less” ...
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The merest glimpses across the world of property investment will show you that many investors are now looking overseas for better value. We have Chinese investors looking towards t...
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The last couple of weeks have seen a number of relatively high profile online rental companies raising money to “disrupt” the UK property market. This term is often used for co...
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In a sign of the times the Australian government recently introduced a number of measures making it more difficult for overseas investors to acquire Australian real estate. While A...
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Over the last few years we have seen a major increase in the number of no advice property sites helping people to sell and rent property. Many of these have made their way onto the...
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The last couple of years have seen a major move against money-laundering and so-called “dirty money” which experts believe may have made its way into the London property market...
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The very simple dynamics behind any investment market centre round supply and demand and the property market is no different. We have seen markets pushed to heady valuations as buy...
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As we approach the referendum vote on continued UK membership of the European Union media frenzy is reaching new levels. The property market has come in for particular attention ov...
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It is believed that there are in excess of 100,000 UK properties owned by foreign companies where the true identity of the owners is unknown. The so-called “Panama papers” have...
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If we look at stock markets around the world you will see investors regularly selling assets in a particular business sector and reinvesting in what many see as the next growth are...
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The property market press tends to focus upon success stories, buoyant markets and portraying a feelgood factor which can infect everybody. Those who have ever invested in property...
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The bitter war of words between pro-European and anti-European supporters has reached new levels over the last few days. Unfortunately the UK property market has been caught in the...