UK house prices bouncing back?
Friday, May 29th, 2009
For the last few months, there have been nascent signs of a recovery of sorts in the UK property market. Demand has i...
Archive for May, 2009
Time for US property investment
Friday, May 29th, 2009
Since the US housing market showed the first hints of the economic maelstrom that has subsequently spread to all corn...
Yet More Evidence House Prices Are Turning
Friday, May 29th, 2009
This morning we see the Nationwide announcing 1.2% house price rises in April. Unlike most commentators we do...
Currency View
Friday, May 29th, 2009
The euro rate is turning with the pound strengthening strongly recently unlikely to continue into the summer we are v...
First-Time Buyers Can Afford to Buy-Affordability Is in No Way Stretched
Friday, May 29th, 2009
Some of the property doom mongers are beginning to sound like a broken record. So house prices are well above long-te...
Caution over rental levels
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
In the past year or more, there has been a notable trend in the UK rental market, in which the overall cost of rentin...
Exchanging places
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
For most of the last few years, changing pounds into dollars has been a rewarding activity. With the rate of exchange...
The permanent renters
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
When it comes to renting property, the growth of the buy-to-let industry in the past decade has meant that what was o...
Overseas looks better
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Those thinking of investing in overseas property may have taken a few heavy blows in recent times. Some will have fou...
Is it really time to buy in France?
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
For many people investing in property, it might have been thought in recent years that the French market was a highly...