Property crash in Spain
Spain has long been the retirement choice for many Brits who have worked hard all of their lives and decided that it is time relax in the sun. However, as the coasts of Spain over the past twenty years have been inundated with investment properties, which has flooded the market.
But now the Spanish authorities are [...]
Prince Charles, property tycoon!
It is sometimes hard to realise that the likes of Prince Charles are actually multi millionaires who are heading up huge corporations with a turnover of millions of pounds.
However, it is true, the Princes main business goes under the banner of “The Duchy of Cornwall” this is where the bulk of his income comes from. [...]
One place where property prices are on the rise
When we listen to the news and there happens to be a story that covers the property world it can be almost guaranteed that the story will be mentioning that the prices are not just dropping, but it will be staying like this for some time.
There are never any stories about the places where property [...]
Mexicans to claim land in Texas
No, this is not a call to arms, or an attempt by the people of Mexico to retake parts of Texas, although to some people who live in the lone star state, could be thinking that an invasion is on the cards. But it is rather a call to the wealthy Mexicans to get onto [...]
June 20, 2008Mortgage fraud arrests in the US
In a clamp down mortgage in the US, the FBI has arrested hundreds of people as they investigate the growing problem of mortgage fraud. The people arrested include mortgage brokers, estate agents and other people involved in the industry.
It is believed that around four hundred people have been charged with offences and around three hundred [...]
Refugee day comes to London
To hammer home the plight of refuges a replica village appeared in Trafalgar Square yesterday, complete with the burnt remains of the huts and other items, it is meant to show what is it must be like to be driven from your home.
Around the village was a makeshift refugee camp, with tents and sack [...]
No takers for free land
The promises of free land have encouraged people to travel across oceans before, but when a run down area in northern Japan decided that the only way that there town would survive is to drawn new people in, there was only one thing that they could offer.
So the signs have been displayed and the offer [...]
House prices in the US falling fast
Any hopes of a quick recovery from the slump in the value of houses may have taken a bit of a hit today as it has been announced that the property sector in the US is falling faster than property prices did during the Great Depression.
In the first quarter of the year house prices were [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Village 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 [...]
Property slump affecting business
It would seem that the world wide property slump is not just having an affect on the value of property, but according to some companies it is actually having a serious affect of business which means that there could be even more problems building, should this crisis continue.
One such company who are feeling the pinch [...]
Green Development in Australia
It comes as no surprise that Australia where they have plenty of open space and sunshine, that they should be looking at creating new developments which are eco friendly and a project in Sydney is just one example of this growing trend towards redeveloping older sites, instead of taking land that could be used for [...]
April 18, 2008Property Portals put off agents and developers
Potential buyers of an overseas property may be losing out on some good deals when they visit an over seas property portal, this is because there are many foreign estate agents and property developers who do not use the property portals.
The main reason for this is that they find the portals too time consuming or [...]
Couple sues Google on privacy
This one has been coming for sometime and could be the start of many complaints from around the world. A couple from Pennsylvania in the States who are suing internet giant Google over images that have been taken of the house, this data is used for publishing street view images and details of property.
Google have [...]
Risky Property areas in the States
In the wake of the sub prime mortgage crisis in the states, it would seem that property prices have been taking a serious hit in values compared to the same period just last year. In the worst case the price reductions are touching around nineteen per cent, which is anyone’s book is a lot.
So where [...]
Why invest in Uruguay
South America is up and Coming County with many large corporations investing into the infrastructure, which is what, makes this country a very good place to invest in the property market.
These are the reasons what make this country very favourable:
Uruguay has a long-standing tradition of observance of the law
Doing business in Uruguay is simple
According to [...]
Population fall in Florida
Florida in the US has seen some impressive growth over the last twenty odd years, its fine weather and increasing tourism had made this US State a popular destination for people to go on holiday and indeed in a lot cases either retire or relocate to. But there has been a change around recently and [...]