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When you consider the various subjects taught in schools today, many of which are of little relevance in everyday life, it does make you wonder why basic property investment is not...
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As additional taxation on pension assets continues to hit home many people are now looking towards property investment as their “pension fund of the future”. This has p...
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If you look back to the 1980s there was a massive increase in homeownership across the UK as the Conservative government launched its right to buy policy. In hindsight many believe...
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Over the last few days we have seen media coverage of a report highlighting the fact that there are more private rental properties than mortgaged properties in London today. This m...
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In what many may see as a very disturbing development, new data from the UK government’s English Housing Survey has confirmed a very worrying trend. For the first time in 10 year...
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Banking giant Santander has released a research note suggesting that the UK property market will boom over the coming years. This is just the latest in a long line of reports on UK...
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In essence the real estate market is very simple, buy a property at an attractive price, earn rental income and then sell for a profit. This is obviously a much simplified version ...
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A thread about property auctions recently appeared on the forum which prompted a very interesting discussion about different types of property buyers. The fact that different types...
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Last week saw a plot of land in northern Hong Kong sell for less than market experts had predicted amid concerns that the Hong Kong real estate market is slowing down. While this p...
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While buy to let investments have attracted much attention over recent months some experts suspect that “buy to leave” investments could be adding to the woes of investors look...
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Any property investor, or any type of investor to think of it, who has not made an investment mistake is perhaps being a little economical with the truth. The fact is that the vast...
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Despite the fact there are many examples of property markets topping out, often looking very similar in graph form, human emotion can very often get the better of investors. Those ...
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If you take your time, do your research and invest with a long-term horizon in mind there is no reason why you should not create a long-term lucrative property portfolio. That said...
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As the US presidential elections continue to grab the headlines many analysts have been crunching data regarding the impact of individual political parties on economics and propert...
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Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) have become extremely popular across the UK as a means of creating double-digit rental income and strong cash flow. The HMO market has expanded ...
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Only last week the Bank of England suggested that UK base rates will not rise until at least August 2018 which was a relief to the UK property market. This delayed increase in UK b...
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The world of real estate has changed dramatically over the last decade or so with the introduction of the Internet bringing together an array of information exchanges. It is now po...
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Investment in Scottish hotels is under scrutiny tonight with news that Edinburgh Council is looking to introduce a so-called “tourism tax” expected to raise around £15...
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Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, could become the first to serve a full term without adjusting interest rates since Lord Thomas back in 1949. When you bear in mind...
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Only a few weeks ago the move by the US Federal Reserve to increase US base rates was accepted as a sign of things to come. Indeed some analysts had already pencilled in four relat...
