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British buyers snap up US repossessions

15/12/2010

Published by The Independent on Sunday 12 December 2010 by Chiara Cavaglieri   The collapse of large sections of the American housing market has given property hunters in the UK a lucrative investment opportunity. The world of property can be harsh in the extreme, with one person’s misery being another one’s profit. Nowhere is this […]

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UK Property – The Year Ahead

15/12/2010

Published by Market Press Release on Sunday 12 December 2010   TheAdvisory stares into the crystal ball (or maybe the crystal whiskey glass) to forecast what will transpire in the property world in 2011. The trend towards tightening mortgage conditions will continue for the first half of the year, with lenders remaining reluctant to extend […]

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UK property market likely to be fairly stable in 2011

05/12/2010

Published by Property Wire on Thursday, 02 December 2010   Next year is likely to be more of the same for the UK real estate private lettings market with tenant demand remaining high, it is claimed. The autumn has seen demand from tenants increase by 32% compared to the same period last year with rental […]

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Mixed outlook for main UK real estate sectors

28/11/2010

Published by Property Wire on Friday, 26 November 2010   UK real estate sectors face a mixed outlook going into the New Year as overall the pace of economic recovery slows down in 2011, according to property consultants. Few office schemes are expected to get off the ground in 2011 although investors are actively seeking […]

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UK Releases October 2010 House Price Index

28/11/2010

Published by GovMonitor on Friday, 26th November 2010   The October data from Land Registry’s flagship House Price Index shows an annual price increase of 3.4 per cent which takes the average property value in England and Wales to £165,505. The monthly change from September to October is a decrease of 0.8 per cent. Eight […]

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Quality matters as the UK property market slows

17/11/2010

Published by Property Wire on Tuesday, 16 November 2010   As the UK residential real estate market begins to slow down the value gap between the best properties on the market and the rest is widening, according to a new analysis. Best in class properties have fallen an average of just 1.4% over the past […]

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First-Time Homebuyers in UK Return After Prices Decline Rightmove Says

11/11/2010

Published by Bloomberg on Monday, November 8th, 2010   The number of Britons planning to buy a home for the first time has increased as the prospect of falling prices bolsters demand, Rightmove Plc said. The proportion of people who intend to buy a home in the coming 12 months and who will be making […]

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Landlords Petition Downing Street Over “Unscrupulous Tenents”

10/11/2010

Published by Residential Landlord Association on Monday, November 8th, 2010   The Residential Landlords Association is adding the voice of its member landlords from the private rented sector to a major Downing Street petition next week. Their target is the country’s “unscrupulous tenants” who use the law to live rent free while hiding behind a […]

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Alternatives to double glazing

04/11/2010

Nice solution if properly fitted. However, … there is one small flow; no day light if you want to keep warmth inside. Published by Telegraph Sarah Lonsdale on Tuesday, 02 Nov 2010   Katy Duke and her husband Richard Swann live in a converted Victorian school house in Frome, Somerset. A beautiful historic building made […]

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UK DATA: Hometrack: Deflation Returns To House Asking Prices

03/11/2010

Published by iMarket News on Sunday, October 31, 2010   LONDON (MNI) – Recent falls in UK house asking prices quickened in October, as prices dropped for the third consecutive month and turned negative on the year for the first time since January, according to market intelligence company Hometrack. House asking prices fell 0.9% on […]

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