02/11/2014
Published by PropertyWire on Friday, 31 October 2014 A large number of home owners in the UK think there are some ghostly goings-on happening behind their front doors, with 15% saying that they think their property is haunted. Of these, some 47% said they’ve felt a ‘presence’ in their home, 29% claimed they […]
Tags: ghostly goings, haunted home, unearthly chills
Posted in Funny, News
01/11/2014
Published by PropertyWire on Wednesday, 29 October 2014 Property buyers, sellers and investors are usually eager to hear about the latest real estate hot spots but now new research reveals the UK’s property investment black spots. Property prices in some of the worst performing areas are falling by more than 7% per year […]
Tags: black spots, property prices, return on investments
Posted in Finances, Investing
31/10/2014
Published by MoneyWeek on Monday, 27 October 2014 Merryn Somerset Webb I have a friend who has been trying to sell a central London flat for eight months. Another has had a large house on the market for six months. They can’t understand why these one-time money machines aren’t selling. What happened to […]
Tags: housing market, tax
Posted in Investing, Taxes
07/09/2012
You often hear people talking the “capital” tied up in their home. But it’s wrong to think like that. A home isn’t capital in the economists’ sense of the word. Economists refer to the purchase of goods that are used in the production of other goods or services as an investment in capital. Capital isn’t […]
Tags: asset, capital, home, investment, Real Estate
Posted in Education, Your Home
03/09/2012
When you are looking for a flat or house to rent, you’ll notice that you have to make one choice before starting to look in earnest – whether to rent somewhere that comes furnished or unfurnished. Renting a furnished place makes a lot of sense as it means that you don’t have to worry about […]
Tags: flat, furnished, home, house, renting, unfurnished
Posted in Renting, Your Home
30/08/2012
Published by Reuters on Wednesday, 29 August 2012 By Ian Campbell The UK deputy prime minister’s call for an emergency wealth tax has a whiff of political opportunism: things are tough, let’s get those fat cats. Yet Nick Clegg is partly right. But a tax on the wealthy needs to be fair and […]
Tags: government, housing, tax, wealthy
Posted in Finances, Important, News
20/04/2012
If you yearn for a welcoming home environment, yet it doesn’t feel like it, there are ways you can make it more cosy, by changing the décor that you use in the rooms. Colour is really important; if you have white walls and white carpets the room can have a clean, cool feeling but it […]
Posted in Interesting, Your Home
25/01/2012
Published by Property Wire on Monday, 16 January 2012 The new high speed rail link between London and Birmingham recently approved by the UK government means that property owners along the route should seek advice. Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for Transport, has revealed the exact route showing that Phase One will […]
Tags: house market, local property, london house prices, property, train link
Posted in Interesting, News
19/11/2011
Published by Property Wire on Thursday, 17 November 2011 Hidden threats for investors in commercial property are set to rise during 2012 so that looking under the ‘car bonnet of deals’ will be more important than ever, according to international property consultants and chartered surveyors Cluttons. While efforts continue to stimulate the domestic […]
Tags: commercial property, domestic economy, investor, uk property market
Posted in Real Estate
03/11/2011
Published by The Huffington Post on Tuesday, 25 October 2011 The government must find new sources of finance to fund the construction of 250,000 new homes per year, if it is to solve the UK’s housing crisis, a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has said. England will have […]
Tags: high demand for homes, housing crisis, housing shortfall, new homes, property
Posted in Construction, Finances, Important, Real Estate