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16th April 2007
House prices sets new
records - The
housing market seems to be still offering up encouraging signs with
recently released data. Asking prices for homes in England and Wales
have risen at their fastest pace in almost four years in April....
17th April 2007
House prices up again - Annual
house price inflation touched 12.1% in February 2007 in a statement
released by the government yesterday. The official measure of
completed house price sales shows that the housing market has begun
2007 in buoyant fashion....
18th April 2007
New Threat to Interest
Rates - Interest rates in the United Kingdom look
certain to rise again after consumer price inflation rose to 3.1% in
March. So confident that a rate rise is imminent, helped push sterling
through the $2.00 barrier for the first time since 1992…..
19th April 2007
Dow Jones Index at
Record High - the US stock market has shrugged off
recent worries as the Down Jones Industrial Average soared to a record
High. Better than average corporate earnings helped spark the rise as
positive sentiment returned to the market. The dow closed up 30.8
points having now risen 12 times in the last 13 sessions. ..
21sth April 2007
Changes in Lifestyle mean more Houses
required
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Despite
the high costs of homes in
Britain
and the associated costs involved with moving, we are moving house more often
than ever according to statistics released by the Centre of Future Studies.
22nd April 2007
Spanish Property
Bubble Fears - this
Thursday saw a number of Spanish Real Estate companies suffer large downturns in
their share prices. There has been an incredible bull run for some of
these stocks with prices rising by up to 1000% in some cases.
23rd April 2007
The
logistic nightmare of Tenancy Agreements - Thousands of Landlords across the
United Kingdom
are struggling to come to terms with the new Tenancy deposit
scheme rules which
effects buy to let properties. Although any letting agent registered with ARLA
(Association of residential letting agents) has received help from them, many
letting agents are calling the new scheme an absolute nightmare.
24th April 2007
Better Mortgage Deals for British
Expats - We
are pleased to report that Banco Halifax Hispania has just announced the
launch of a new initiative known as the "switch & save campaign.
This new facility will allow British Expatriates owning property in Spain to
transfer their mortgage to Banco Halifax Hispania without having the stump up
the usual switching costs.
25th April 2007
Buy to Let Buyers view
Spanish Market
- The recent announcement that Spanish house prices are
cooling is good news for anyone hoping to buy a property in
Spain
and especially good for investors looking to snap up buy to let bargains.
Spanish Housing minister, Antonia Trujillo recently announced that first quarter
house price increases have slowed to 7.2% year on year and this seems to
indicate that the Spanish market is slowing down.
257h April 2007
Spanish property
Bargains
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Sit tight and wait for a bargain that’s the message
filtering out to Brits wanting to get on the property ladder in
Spain
. Property prices maybe under pressure at the moment but that doesn’t distract
from the fact that
Spain
remains the number one destination for Brits wanting to buy a
holiday or
retirement home.
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