Caribbean - but not Caribbean
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Cape Verde's attractions are known to be numerous - sandy beaches, deep blue sea, tropical sunshine and scene...
Archive for September, 2008
Waiting for the cavalry
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
The last few days in the US have seen an attempt at a bipartisan approach towards the credit crunch, with electioneer...
Fly me to the Cape
Monday, September 29th, 2008
Cape Verde has a lot going for it. As the nearest tropical islands to Britain and yet in the same time zone, which ru...
Coping with the long-term
Monday, September 29th, 2008
In many quarters the view persists that buy-to-let is a relic of a bygone age that has just ended, where a decade of ...
It ‘aint necessarily so
Monday, September 29th, 2008
Today's Land Registry figures, on the face of it, appear to paint a fairly glum picture about house prices in...
Several things you may not know about the UK property market
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
10 things you probably didn't know about the UK property market:
1. The Land Registry House Price Index i...
Bank Of England likely to drop base rates very soon
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
I sense a distinct possibility that the Bank of England is going to drop base rates before the next meeting in Octobe...
France ‘avoiding the credit crunch’
Friday, September 26th, 2008
France has managed to avoid the worst of the credit crunch because its borrowing system and property market is run on...
Still on the up
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
With Ireland going into recession and the US government battling to get a mortgage market rescue package approved, it...
In one Sentance: Not so bad at all
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Through the last few months, as the credit crunch has persisted and one bad news item has followed another, many will...