Are the Treasury, Bank of England and FSA playing with our money again? What’s more will we know what they are doing? Under proposals announced today banks in trouble could get emergency loan assistance but the BoE wouldn’t have to declare it straight away. A period of “non-disclosure” is proposed to lessen the impact on consumer confidence.

Earn money writing travel articles. It is a simple way to earn extra cash writing about places that you know well. Remember also that writing about a place that you live can also be a travel article for other people who have not visited your home. If you are looking for ways to earn extra money, step out your front door and look around you. There is a wealth of information and local knowledge that someone else will find of interest

Strettons next auction in London is 4th February and there are quite a few south London properties in this sale. London property auctions are popular, and Strettons often have upwards of 500 people attend their sales. On the day, I am sure Strettons will achieve their customary success, selling the greater portion of the catalogue to property bargain hunters who will attend the New Connaught Rooms in London’s west end for the sale. There are many south London properties in the sale, and quite a few are under the £150000 mark. One that I am going to look at today…

I was in the process of writing a post about BloggingZoom, the ‘Digg’ for bloggers when I got wind from Internet Marketing champion Courtney Tuttle that the site has been hacked. Courtney is one of the founder/owners of BloggingZoom alongside Vic of BloggerUnleashed who’s site coincidentally is also down. BloggingZoom is a fast growing site for bloggers who want to promote and publicize their sites. The team there positively encourage bloggers to submit their own content and the BloggingZoom community support this in a big way. Let’s hope the site get’s back up soon.

There are basically two ways to release equity on your property you either sell it or you mortgage it. For people in the UK over the age of 55, there has been rising interest and demand for equity release products to serve an aging population that wants to live an active lifestyle. Equity release options are one way of achieving this. I wrote a few days ago about Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP), a company who’s main aim is to provide some safeguards for people who take out equity release plans, reports that demand for equity release plans has continued…

For those looking to buy property in London, the London property auctions are a must. At the auctions you can find property in London for close to £100,000 or even less.

Always looking for new investment opportunities, I took a look at Canadian reposessed auctions to see how they differ from UK property auctions. People from the UK are looking for investment markets abroad, due to the highly inflated state of our property market, especially in the affluent south of England. There is lots of information on Eastern European markets, but I want to find out whether there is opportunity from one of the old colonies and this post represents what I have found so far. It’s a little tongue in check and don’t take my words for gospel truth or…