Are Canadian Property Auctions Better?
January 18, 2008
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 [...]
Safe Home Income Plans
January 15, 2008
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
Motivated Seller Cold or Creative?
January 15, 2008
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 Relieved of Equity Release Portfolio
January 12, 2008
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 [...]
London Property Auctions – Upcoming Auctions Jan 2008
January 9, 2008
January is not a busy month for UK property auctions but there are some around the UK if you search. We\’ve located property auctions in London and in other major UK cities for you.
For Sale By Order of Mortgagee
January 4, 2008
Property for sale “By Order of Mortgagees” will become more and more prevalent in UK property auction houses and auction catalogs as the UK housing market becomes more uncertain. By order of the Mortgagee is another term used to denote a property that has been repossessed.
UK Buy to Let landlords enjoy a bumper year
December 15, 2007
Strong tenant demand could mean more people looking for buy to let mortgages in the new year. According to the latest figures contained within Paragon Mortgages Buy-to-Let index, the annual return on buy to let property over the past 12 months is as high as 25.1% in some places.
Property Auctions Dec 2007
November 25, 2007
Last chance til February to bag a bargain property at an auction for this year. If you are looking for an [tag]investment property[/tag] or to purchase your own home, [tag]property auction[/tag]s can offer the opportunity to by a property at less than the price you see in your local estate agents. Remember the deposit An [...]
Property Auctions Nov 2007
November 17, 2007
If you’re looking for your next [tag]investment property[/tag], the following [tag]UK property auction[/tag]s are coming up during this month. Auctions are a great place to find property bargins but they also present a very different way to buying property than is common when dealing with Estate Agents.
UK investment property market slowdown
November 15, 2007
Today, Britain’s second largest property company British Land posted a pre-tax loss of £35 million in the six months to September, down from a profit of £670 million in the same period last year. Meanwhile Bank of England boss, Mervyn King has said that property prices are falling and [tag]mortgage rates[/tag] are rising. We have [...]