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In a sign of the times it has this week been revealed that more UK town councils are looking towards a second home ban to protect those living and working locally. Cornwall Council...
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The move by Cornwall Council to ensure that all newbuilds in St Ives are bought by full-time local residents has brought the second home market under the spotlight yet again. The m...
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In a move which will surprise many across the UK the Cornwall Council proposition to make all new builds in St Ives only available to those living in the area full-time was backed ...
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Getting started: Building the right team around you. If you have dreamt of owning a rental or retirement property in the sun there are certainly many opportunities out there. But a...
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Our recent article about investing in property markets which have had a chequered past and troubled reputation ties in nicely with this article. In basic terms there are two types ...
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It is very easy to list a large number of developed property markets around the world such as the UK, US, Australia and many more. These are all countries which in the modern day a...
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A report by Legal and General in conjunction with Cebr has highlighted the growing influence that parents have upon the UK property market. The research shows that a phenomenal £5...
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Earlier this week US data suggested that commercial real estate losses as a percentage of average loan balances increased in the final quarter of 2015. While the figure of 0.14% is...
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Reports in the US suggest that the commercial real estate lending market is getting very competitive with an increase in loss rates in the final quarter of 2015. While net charge-o...
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Whether you are looking to buy domestic property, office buildings or retail premises on the high street, you need to choose your advisers carefully. We all have our tried and trus...
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Over the last couple of years the Chinese economy has been extremely volatile and while current reduced growth levels is but a dream for many European countries, there has been a m...
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If you look around the worldwide real estate market there are very few buoyant markets which have not, if everything is to be believed, been impacted by foreign investors. Market a...
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Why invest in Spain? 2015 saw a turning point for the Spanish property market. House prices were sitting at a seven-year low, but an upturn in employment and the economy beginning ...
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There will come a time when attractive property investment opportunities emerge which may well be out of your financial reach. This is probably the most opportune moment to look fo...
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The most obvious way to make money from your property investments is to buy and sell and slowly build up your capital so you can eventually acquire more properties and spread the r...
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Whether we like it or not everything goes in cycles whether we are looking at working practices, food preferences or investment in property markets. Gordon Brown once famously sugg...
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When looking to sell a property it is very easy to put your stamp on the style, colouring and layout of your property to attract local property buyers. We all have our preferences,...
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The last few days have seen one of the last bastions of the UK retail sector BHS apparently struggling for survival and on the brink of administration. British Home Stores is a com...
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Over the last few weeks the real estate market in the UK has struggled to maintain any momentum ahead of the European Union referendum. Just a few days ago the result seemed to be ...
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Despite the fact that the authorities have known for some time that the UK construction industry is short of skilled labour it seems that insufficient investment is making the situ...