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…

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…

Safe Home Income Plans aim to protect against unscrupulous equity release plan operators, read about them, their members and their code of practice, by which all members must abide. If you’re opting for equity release as part of a plan to unlock the equity in your property this is a good read

Property Investment is a business and the owner (bank or building society) of a repossessed property is a motivated seller. This is the type of seller you want.

Northern Rock announced yesterday that it has agreed to sell its portfolio of Lifetime home equity release mortgages to JPMorgan. The move will help pay back some of its loan to the Bank of England. Northern Rock has agreed to keep running the portfolio of equity release mortgage products on behalf of JPMorgan. Equity Release plans are more popular in the UK than they are in the US. They are aimed at people over 55 who want to release some or all of the equity they may have tied up in their homes. The sale of the equity release portfolio…