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- Landlord confidence boosted by favourable PRS conditions
Research from Paragon Mortgages, RLA and NLA all suggest that landlords feel more optimistic about the future, with the last couple of months showing the signs of an upward trend in the PRS. - High-end property outperforming overall housing market
We take a look into the price of property within London and explore why high end properties are doing better over all than other types of properties. Includes indexes from Primelocation, Mouseprice.com and RICS. - Will new legislation mark an end to HMOs in some areas?
New legislation has been proposed by various organisations including vociferous local residential assocations, for the banning of House in Multiple Occupation. Some claim that houses let to students etc, encourage anti-social behaviour and disrupt otherwise harmonious areas.
- How the Financial Crisis is affecting the UK Insurance Market
The impact of the Crunch has been far-reaching with no sector, including commercial property, going untouched by the fallout. - Fire and floods - how to manage the risks
A third of all businesses do not carry out basic fire risk assessments and recent flood damage has taken many businesses and property owners to the brink. This article looks at ways to manage the risks of "going up in smoke" and details how Stride can provide cost effective insurance solutions. - Develop a disaster recovery plan for your business
A brief introduction to disaster recovery planning, discussing the reasons behind the growth in business continuity industry, the best prepared market sectors and basic steps towards implementing a disaster recovery plan.
- European Property Markets: The Outlook for 2010
Global property development looks to be a standstill in some regions but for others, 2010 could provide excellent chances of investment across continental Europe. We look at RICS, Knight Frank, Ferguson Partners Europe and Urban Land Institute statistical data as well expert opinion from some of the industry leading authorities at Property Frontiers & Homesgofast.com - Foreign investors 'unlikely to affect to UK housing market'
Recent research has shown that there is an increase in the number of foreign nationals wishing to invest in the UK property market. Those from affluent areas within the EU are still able to make profit buying property in Britain, despite the economic downturn, due to the exchange rates and lower value of housing. Is this making the UK more cosmopolitan and after years of UK investment in property abroad, are we feeling how the Spanish and French felt way back when? - European property: A tale of two sectors?
Recent figures show a decline in property values, occupation and sales within the commercial market whilst residential insiders report an increase an interest from second-home buyers
