Property Investment Company Re-enter Property Market
July 30th, 2010 Add your Commment
Absent from the commercial property market since the onset of the property boom in 2007, renowned property investment company Derwent London has bounced back onto the market with a new venture.…
Read MoreBuy To Let Investment To Boom?
May 20th, 2010 Add your Commment
It is impossible to ignore the fact that interest in the buy to let market is expanding……
Read MoreEscape The Coming 5% Stamp Duty Burden…
April 30th, 2010 Add your Commment
5% stamp duty fees may not be coming into play until the next tax year (April 2011), but property developers are already looking for legal loopholes to help property owners escape this tax burden and save hundreds of thousands of pounds on their property investments.…
Read MoreIs Now A Good Time To Get Into Property Investment?
April 29th, 2010 Add your Commment
The last 3 months have provided increasingly positive results for the buy to let industry, with 12% of property investors planning to invest in more property; a further 24% revealing that tenancy demands for rental properties have risen and rent arrears have fallen by 10%.…
Read MorePrivate Rental Sector Faces Severe Housing Shortage
April 15th, 2010 Add your Commment
The government may have improved circumstances for increased property investment by first time buyers, but growing demands for property lets could force the property market into another housing crisis.…
Read More500,000 Properties Lie Empty
April 6th, 2010 Add your Commment
An investigation instigated by the Guardian has discovered some startling statistics about the status of empty properties across the UK. Utilising the Freedom of Information act, the Guardian has found that an astounding 500,000 properties have been left empty for more than 6 months – a figure that could easily…
Read MoreGerman Banks Supply 62% Of All Commercial Lending
March 16th, 2010 Add your Commment
German banks may have only represented 3 of the top 20 lenders during the property peak of 2007; however, their cautious lending appears to have paid off in recent years enabling them to grow in dominance across the whole commercial property investment sector.…
Read MorePrivate Rented Sector Grows In Popularity By 4.1%
March 3rd, 2010 Add your Commment
Owning your own property may have been the route of choice over 40 years ago but according to a recent survey conducted by the Communities and Local Government’s English Housing Report, more and more homeowners are choosing to rent instead of buy. Influenced by poor lending opportunities and a growing…
Read MoreSantander’s Launch New Loans
February 26th, 2010 Add your Commment
The recession may have made it difficult for first time buyers to invest in property during the recession, but leading lenders such as Santander’s are now launching a range of new loans to help them onto the property ladder.…
Read MoreCould Tory Plans Hinder Property Development?
February 23rd, 2010 Add your Commment
With the general election just over the horizon, parties are now turning their eyes towards the property market in a bid to win votes. However, many of the schemes they are proposing for improving the property market are so far being met with scepticism from property advisors.…
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