Limits to affordability
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
One of the features of the housing market in recent times has been the way different advantages and disadvantages hav...
Archive for May, 2009
Celebration as landlord body merger goes through at last
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
At a time when the downturn in the property market has focused plenty of attention and comment - not all of it well i...
Green shoots abroad
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Viewing the Earth from space, astronauts on board space stations may suspect that large parts of the world are displa...
New Housing Starts Are Diabolically Low
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
It's just been announced that the housing starts in England for the first quarter of 2009 are just 18,340. A...
Roadshow may hint at better times for France
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
When it comes to buying property overseas, France and Spain have long been favourites among Britons. Much of this has...
Time to rise?
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Those looking for the bottom of the UK property market may be busily scrutinising a variety of data seeking signs tha...
California bargains increase
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
No matter how much President Barack Obama used the phrase "yes we can" when stating his ambitions for...
Benefit culture
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Anyone who has looked at the advert in a local newsagent's or post office window will have seen small adverts...
Land of optimism
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
When it comes to Cyprus, a bit of sunshine is usually on the cards. With 340 days of it per year, visitors to the isl...
Thinking like investors
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
When it comes to buying a property, it goes without saying that not everyone has the same reason. Some are pure inves...