Is your pension worth as much as you thought? This (hopefully) will inform you of the current state of pension schemes in this country and help you make educated decisions about your future. ...

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Investment News - Recovery Special Welcome to investment news, the first week of my '5 Week Recovery Special' where we'll be looking at what's being done and how (or if) it's working. First up, we'll take a look at Northern Rock ...

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RICS valuations Brett has asked me to write about some of the frustrating things I am finding as I search for property investment opportunities which are suitable for our clients. I have to say that many of the things that are ...

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Investment News - Looking long term, In a Build-to-order Property MarketThey say "no news is good news" and I had to do some serious sniffing around this week to dig up some original stories for you about build-to-order property market.We'll ...

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Getting the right buy-to-let valuations A lot of you may not be aware that a great number of property investment companies have gone belly up during 2008 and 2009. The biggest of these have been Inside Track and Challenor Properties. ...

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70% LTV Max! It seems ridiculous, but it looks like buy-to-let loan-to-values are going to drop to a maximum of 70% within the next few weeks as Birmingham Midshires (part of the HBOS group) is taken over by Lloyds. Lloyds' ...

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How to get the most from BMV property It's a fact of all investment opportunities that sometimes prices will go down. I've personally seen it in my own portfolio and if you're honest you'll have seen it in your own portfolios as ...

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