Investment News - Roundup of the Review The all important Government Comprehensive Spending Review is finally out. As property investors you need to understand the structure of this review as there are some bad and good points that will affect the property market. As always I've read the report, digested ...

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An interesting time of valuation for the property market It's an interesting time in the market when valuers are being instructed by lenders on how to value property. When I first learnt how the valuation of a property we never took into account who the lender was but it appears ...

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Choosing property What do you think? What's going to let faster? 1-bed or 2-bed apartments? In 2006 we did a development in Didsbury, Manchester and at the time it was one of the biggest developments we had taken on, 18 units in total – a mix of 2 and 1 ...

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Property Investment News - Grant Shapps: rising rent and 'safer' mortgages This week's UK property news is brought to you from the beautiful rural city Sunbury, home of the Ashes in Australia. First piece of news to share is rising rents. All property investors should have the good sense to ...

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A pension shocker On the weekend I hosted a small workshop of 20 people and at the outset, I told them that within 5 minutes I'd be able to shock almost everyone in the room about the true state of their pensions. I then asked each of them the simple ...

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The journey of a property investor In this investment news update you will meet Chris. He's been a client of Gladfish's for just under a year. He's built an impressive, thriving portfolio of 8 properties in just under a year and we asked him to step on camera to talk ...

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Property Investment Blog – the end of the eurozone? Not quite . . . I thought it was time to weigh in and give my opinion about the what should happen to the euro single currency model. After all any investment education needs to consider the much larger economy as ...

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Investment News - FSA a force for good? This week's investment news is brought to you from the beautiful but busy Singapore. Firstly, everyone knows that the banks are raking it in right now, making record profits, but they'd have you believe that they need another bailout! Amazing but true! ...

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Property Investment Advice – International property investment Being an active property investor, every week I get probably near on 1000 properties offered to me at up to 70% off valuations as well as those I can earn around 12-20% commission on as well. In Spain, in Florida, in Detroit, everywhere ...

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Investment Education – Hurry up and Wait I spent a great deal of time in the military when I was younger. In fact from the time I was seven my Dad was in the Army, then I joined the Air Force Cadets at 13 until I was 18 at which ...

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