Insurance News Archive
- 30 Apr 2008
Hips Not Helping Housing Market, Report Says
Gazumping - the act of a buyer being pushed out by a late, higher bid, and gazundering - the last moment dropping of a price by a buyer to secure the property for less are becoming more common in the current market, it has been revealed. - 30 Apr 2008
Italy Offers Investment Opportunities
Tuscany, in particular, is holding up "fairly well", according to Mark Slaviero, director of Homes in Italy magazine. - 29 Apr 2008
Investors Drawn To Emerging Markets 'due To Low Risks'
The view comes after an Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP) report revealed that around 30-35 per cent of money which is spent on the overseas market is in emerging markets. - 29 Apr 2008
Modular Houses Are 'cheaper And Better Designed'
The company has claimed that the houses are superior to regular homes in a several different ways. - 28 Apr 2008
Bulgarian Growth 'stable'
According to property expert Emerging Real Estate, Gross Domestic Product in the country is increasing steadily, and posted a 6.4 per cent growth rate in the first half of 2007. - 28 Apr 2008
Buy-to-let Market ‘trickier’ Outside Cities
The property website explained that purchasing property in smaller towns can be problematic because there is less rental demand. - 25 Apr 2008
BPF Backs Shelter Calls
It is supporting Shelter in its drive to improve the standards of rented homes comes after a report by Dr Julie Rugg of York University found many on low incomes are living in "slum-like" conditions. - 25 Apr 2008
Property Investment 'will Remain Popular' In Spain
Paul Bradley, a spokesman for the Spanish Property Owners Guild, said tourism was up seven per cent on the previous year last month, and dissatisfaction with problems at home in the UK means expatriate life in Spain remains popular. - 25 Apr 2008
Sofia So Good
Deborah Fox, director of emerging markets consultancy firm Emerging Real Estate, said prices in the country remain "relatively cheap" despite a 7.5 per cent rise during the third quarter of last year. - 24 Apr 2008
Calls Made For More Professional Lets
Research by housing charity Shelter has revealed prices for first-time buyers have risen by 250 per cent in a decade. - 23 Apr 2008
Commercial Property Demand Falls Sharply
Rental confidence has also dropped at its quickest rate for a decade, the Royal Chartered Institute of Surveyors (RICS) said. - 23 Apr 2008
Portugal Is 'lucrative For Investors'
Nick Marr, the chief executive of UK-based property portal Homesgofast.com, said property purchasing is still popular in the area and insisted the country has yet to be hit by the credit crunch.
