Many UK residents have been chasing the sunshine with a holiday in Madeira and some have returned thinking of acquiring a property on the Island. The population of Madeira is 275,000 rising to 300,000 when you include the tourists at the height of the season. New road systems have made cross island travel far easier [...]
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Anything in The Budget for Housing?
In 3 days time George Osborne will deliver a 2011 budget speech but I doubt there will be much in it for the Housing Market. New build starts are down 41% over the last three months compared to the same quarter last year according to Glenigan the construction researcher. New private housing starts are down [...]
Housing Maintenenace Market
Who will repair the housing repair companies that are in financial and management trouble? For some it is too late but for others the demise of large providers is an opportunity to shine. Problem Companies Connaught’s administrator has broken up this failed support services group. Morgan Sindall acquired the social housing contracts. The asbestos and [...]
Buy to Let Market Update Spring 2011
Is your buy to let property half full or half empty? Are attempts to generate market interest anything more than the vested interests speaking? The Doom Mongers View Property prices have not bottomed out. Property will be cheaper later. Students are being squeezed to death, jobs are being lost and the economy is in retreat. [...]
Old Housing in 50 USA Neighborhoods
The cash rich will always be looking for investment properties with character. This house was one owned by a real character, Sir Walter Raleigh. The photograph is of his house at Blackwall courtesy of the National Maritime Museum. If you are thinking about investing abroad you could do worse than consider USA. Prices are as [...]
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Housing Market Bubble Set to burst?
The UK housing market has enjoyed record price increases. Since 1997 house prices have increased by more than 217%, and in many areas by much more. However, evidence increasingly suggest that house prices are set to fall. Last month, March 2008, house prices fell by 2.8%; giving the lowest annual house price inflation since 1999. [...]