Understanding the housing market Well things are really starting to get back on track now and we are starting to see a relatively unfamiliar sight as we negotiate for property: the “market-driven discount” (particularly in the London marketplace). With the markets changing so rapidly at the momement its important to ...

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Investment News - Pre-Budget report In this instalment of my investment news. We'll take a look at today's pre-budget report and the sensational headlines that follow. Why did Vince Cable call the report 'a good budget for bingo and boilers'? What has bingo or boilers got to do with the ...

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Hey guys Property Investment News: this week This week in property investment news AdamPosen from theMPC suggested capital gains tax and stamp duty should increase in line with inflation. The government wants to put an end to housing boom and bust, is this the way to go? Average house prices ...

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Multiple Plots . . . The other day, I was speaking with one of our clients, Alan, who had visited a site that we sold. I asked him for him feedback because I thought the conversation would be of value, especially for those looking at buying in a development with ...

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The different types of solutions for recession, and what will solve them . . . My role here at YPC Group has changed gradually over the last five years from one of property investor that likes to rant and rave about building a portfolio to one of social, political and ...

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The long-term property investment. . . Lately, people are asking about long-term property investment: ‘What are prices doing over the next year?' In Fact, not just lately. Since the beginning of investing, people have been asking the same question, having the same conversation and being held back by the same ...

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Investment News - The Queen stepped in this week to urge for greater protection for savers and bank savings. A shocking report shows that 8 out of 10 bank savers most are losing money and bank savings by placing our cash in a savings account. So if you have cash ...

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Investment poetry: Something a bit different, This is an awesome poem on investment that I stumbled across a number of years ago. Its message is obvious, don't become the reluctant property investor whose only regret is that they didn't invest. ...

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A blog post for foreign investors in UK Property – It's an unfortunate blog that I bring you today about UK property investment companies, but one that I think will be of interest to our foreign investors such as Hong Kong, Singapore and South African investors. Since mortgages are quite ...

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Investment News - CML and FSA We had a play in the new studio this week and you'll notice I've been magically dropped onto the news articles, scary!! Let me know if this has increased your viewing pleasure. We continue with Movember, second week running and with a new member, ...

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