Celine Dion’s house wasting water
The world famous singer Celine Dion has spent such a long time in the Las Vegas heat that you would have thought that she would have realised that water is a short supply in some places and even if it is not short supply wasting water is just wrong.
Yet in the new Florida home of [...]
House blown up over boy
A gang of girls are believed to be behind the destruction of three houses which killed a man, injuring others, not to mention the fact that these families have been made homeless too.
The reason for the mayhem is supposed to be over a boy and the intended victim turns out to be girl who was [...]
Mortgage arrears on the rise
The first quarter of the year has seen some increases in the rate of mortgage payment defaults, this has particularly hit the UK sub prime mortgage market, and these are home buyers who do not have a brilliant credit history.
During this period the total amount of mortgage holders who have arrears of more than thirty [...]
The price of homes still falling
With house values dropping for the eighth month in a row in England and Wales there has to be some concern as to where this is going to stop, are the prices going to fall further or will the price of property recover?
The problem that faces all of us at the moment is the simple [...]
Property pain in Spain
For many years now moving to Spain, whether it is for retirement or just to have a change of life style has been a dream for many brits some of whom have managed to pickup their root and make the move over to sunnier shores.
But recently the property market of there has been struggling just [...]
Why invest in a golf property?
When buying a property abroad, there are many factors involved in the buying process; this can be down to location, price and style. But many people enjoy living the golf life and there are many of these so called golf estates popping up.
You get the benefits of living around the golf club with all of [...]
Moon to be bought and sold
As private space tourism is reaching out past the earths atmosphere there are calls for an international agreement as to what can actually be done should a private firm land on the moon and begin to colonise it.
There are several private companies interested in space tourism, but what happens when one gets to the moon, [...]
The future of property
One day will we all be living in virtual realities such as Second Life? Well some people believe so as there has been a rise in the amount of people leaving their life in the real world and living another completely separate life on Second Life.
Why not? After all you are able to do everything [...]
Is the housing market that bad?
Whatever the current state of the property market is, or rather what we are all being told. Maybe it is not as bad as some people may fear. Yes there are not many first time buyers, mortgage lender are getting tough and the property prices are falling slightly, but it that all?
For the property market [...]
Just how bad is the housing market?
As if anyone needs to be told the housing market is suffering one of the worst slumps for almost thirty years, that is not to say that prices have fallen down to those prices or that they ever will. It is just that the confidence in someone or a couple to commit to paying off [...]
May 13, 2008Village runs on solar power
Solar power is great idea, but unless there is a serious amount of sun they really don’t work properly, there is also the cost. However, the technology has moved along so quickly that they have become more efficient and the cost effective.
This can be shown by a village in west of South Korea, Donggwang is [...]
Surviving property repossession
As bad as it may seem to normal people, house repossessions are on the rise; around seventeen thousand homes were repossessed last year alone. That’s a huge amount of families who have been left without a home.
But this figure is set to rise, despite the government’s advice; if you fall behind on your mortgage payments [...]
The Blair’s buy £4 million home
The property market in the UK is fairly liquid at the moment, there are some places that are holding their own and others are losing pace with the rest of the market. But there are always so great bargains to have, which is why a lot of investors are busy building their portfolios.
One such investor [...]
BBC makes repossession programme
It makes no difference what TV channel you watch you are almost guaranteed that at some stage there will be some sort of property programme which explains how easy it is to up and sell on at a huge profit. But rarely is this happening these days, prices are high and buyers are virtually non [...]
May 5, 2008Reasons to buy a home
With all that talk of the property market being depressed we thought that it may be a good idea to remind you the reason as to why so many people take the plunge and jump straight onto the property ladder.
Some great reasons why we buy property:
Appreciation is the increase in the value of your asset, [...]
Property prices do not make people wealthier
Could the current property crisis be good for the economy? This is something that is being put around by various organisations. They are saying that high property prices do nothing for the added wealth of the individual.
So could the current price drop in house prices be a good sign for the country as a whole?
It [...]