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Poll reveals large number of UK home owners think their home is haunted

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 […]

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Research reveals the UK’s property black spots where prices are falling

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 […]

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Higher property taxes will cool the housing market

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 […]

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A Home Is Not Capital

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 […]

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Choosing Between Furnished And Unfurnished Rental Properties

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 […]

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Breakingviews: UK needs a permanent, property-based wealth tax

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 […]

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Make a House Home

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 […]

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New UK high speed link will affect property

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 […]

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Property investors in UK need to be aware of hidden threats in 2012

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 […]

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House Prices: UK Faces Shortfall Of 750,000 Homes – Report

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 […]

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