Insurance News Archive
- 30 May 2008
Portugal 'a Good Spanish Property Alternative'
Simon Walker, sales director at Off Plan International, said this is due to the smaller size of the country, which also has the advantage of having a climate similar in the north as it is in the south. - 30 May 2008
South-west Homes Hit By Flooding
Hundreds of properties are believed to have been damaged by the downpour, with clean-up operations already underway this morning. - 29 May 2008
Current Buy-to-let Market 'should Be Left To Professionals'
Deposits are very difficult to acquire at present and a down payment of at least 25 per cent will be required to get such a mortgage, according to Lee Grandin, the managing director of Landlord Mortgages. - 29 May 2008
Overseas Property Investors 'need Help And Advice'
Emma Holifield, PR and marketing executive at Property Frontiers, said buying property can be complicated, even in well established markets. - 28 May 2008
'Wait A Year,' Potential Investors In Spain Urged
Paul Bradley, a spokesman at the Spanish Property Owners Guild (SPOG), said property values in the country will continue to fall this year, a trend that is likely to continue into 2009. - 28 May 2008
Buy-to-let Opportunities 'will Emerge'
Lee Grandin, managing director at Landlord Mortgages, said it will be difficult to judge when the market has "bottomed out" but said investors are already managing to acquire properties for 20 to 30 per cent less than their market value. - 27 May 2008
Expert Recommends Cyprus For Buy-to-let Investors
A property expert said the west-coast town of Paphos remains popular and is likely to become even more so when its airport is extended and developments, including golf courses and marina, are completed. - 27 May 2008
House Sales 'to Drop By 30%'
Richard Donnell, director of research at website Hometrack, said this will be the lowest figure since the 1970s and could lead to a fall in house prices. - 23 May 2008
Investors Should Get Help Before Entering Buy-to-let Market
Research by Paragon, the buy-to-let provider, has revealed rent is now at its highest ever recorded level. - 23 May 2008
Price Fall In Spain Likely Due To Overdevelopment
Remi Gashi, mortgage consultant at Savills Private Finance, said the country needs to look to Switzerland as an example of how to control the market. - 22 May 2008
Investors Choosing To Rent Rather Than Sell
They are taking advantage of rising rental yields, while there has been a significant drop in demand for buying properties, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). - 22 May 2008
Solid Investment Opportunities In Cote D'Azur, Expert Claims
Nick Dowlatshahi, managing director at Leapfrog Properties, said the area has not been affected by the credit crunch and its property market is performing well.
