US new home sales fall
If the UK market is normally effected by what goes on in the States then we could have something else to worry about in the future. In a market that is already suffering the figures for the sales of new homes have been released and they do not make pleasant reading at all.
In fact new [...]
Farmer builds castle, then hides it
Building your own castle may be many landowners dream, and for a farmer who has a lot of land and not many neighbours, it is a tempting prospect and one farmer Robert Fidler could not resist the temptation and began to create a mock Tudor residence.
But there would always be the possibility that someone may [...]
US cut interest rates
When the Federal Reserve cut the base interest rate by a massive three quarters of a point, it was thought that this would help the stock markets recover and head off a US recession which is looking like it may be too late to do anything like that now.
But a recession is only two bad [...]
City of the future will be sky high
As the population of the world increases, space on the planet is going to become rare. This means that eventually there are going to be problems for housing, business and agriculture.
The solutions that some people are thinking of are, cities in the sky, these are huge constructions with large bases that support a self contained [...]
Village gets windfall
For any village that is to all intents and purposes cut off from the rest of the world, a gift of over one million pounds could make quite a difference to the place and the people, or so you would think!
Pellevoisin is situated in the fantastic Loire Valley, but it is a plain place with [...]
London house prices fall
London has always been a strong hold for stable property prices, despite what was happening throughout the rest of the UK; however the last couple months of 2007 thing took a turn a turn for the worse with the prices beginning to drop.
Detached houses prices have been falling at a rate of around £270 per [...]
Building a log house
Apparently there could not be a better time to build a log house! For one reason these buildings are eco friendly and the market is so, that getting good contractors in to do the work is a real good time as their work may be falling off slightly and so is a good time for [...]
January 15, 2008Country houses feel the pinch
One of main pointers to the state of the property market is the way that property market in the country is performing, and during the last quarter of 2007 the country house market saw a price fall of 0.04%, which is not a lot but never the less it is a fall.
Key Highlights:
Overall prices for [...]
Online property management service
Managing property can be a nightmare, it sounds simple enough to start off with but eventually there will come a time when some help is needed.
There some applications that will help the landlord manage their properties or property, whatever the case may be. The properties are listed on the website and then all of the [...]
Using a managing agent
Deciding to rent out a property is a huge thing to be undertaking, but for some it’s a business and for others it is a necessity to keep the mortgage payments going, while they are away be it for work or just a long holiday.
This is where the question of the letting agent comes into [...]
The greenest buildings in the world
For past few years the green has begun to precede almost all words and property is no different. We hear of some green issues that are connected to the building and property industry, but if you just sit back for a second or two, do you actually know of any green buildings?
Well just in case [...]
Landlords selling up
With the property market hitting a bit of a slump, the first sign is the lack of first time buyers and then we see that the landlords who have bought their properties as an investment, but they rely on a tenant pays the landlord rent and this goes towards the mortgage.
But as mortgage repayments have [...]
Property meltdown in Spain
There are fears of an imminent property meltdown in Spain, this comes as one of the largest property businesses in the country Colonial had their shares suspended, and this is simply because the company has lost around forty per cent of is value, which has lead to half the board resigning.
There may be some other [...]
Innocent man has to pay B&B
A man who was accused of being rapist and spent three years in jail before it was found out that his accuser was a liar, has had to pay the Prison Service £12,500 for his rent and food while being in prison.
This amazing revelation comes as his case for compensation is resolved with a payout [...]