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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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The Australian real estate market has been the talk of the property market for some time now with many experts believing that Australian property prices are significantly overvalue...
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We have no doubt that upon reading the headline to this article you nod your head and recognise that this is a straightforward investment strategy. What is the point in running you...
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Over the last few weeks we have seen a number of property experts discussing the matter of holiday homes which is perhaps especially prevalent for those in the UK looking at places...
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If you are looking for depressing news around the world you do not have to look very hard with concerns about the Eurozone, concerns about the US economy, issues regarding the pric...
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While the SNP struggled to remain in total control of Scotland’s first independent tax change in 300 years, having been undercut by the UK government, the change has made man...
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When the Scottish government received the rights to change Scotland’s first independent tax laws for 300 years it did not take the SNP long to make an announcement. John Swin...
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Predominantly London-based estate agent Foxtons has today issued full-year results which showed turnover is down by 12% but perhaps more importantly, sales commissions from the Lon...
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There is no escaping the fact that there is growing momentum for Greece to pull out of the European Union and ditch the euro. Ongoing elections have placed anti-European parties at...
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