http://www.a1articles.com en-us editorial@a1articles.com For those who can bear to watch from between their fingers, Switzerland will be attracting plenty of attention in the next few weeks. But while this may be a matter of much pain for football fans around Britain as none of the home nations take part in the... http://www.a1articles.com/article_557375_19.html 18th June 2008 One of the recent features of the housing market which those investing in property can hardly have failed to notice has been the geographical variation in prices. While the UK as a whole has seen prices increasing, the highest prices have come in London a... http://www.a1articles.com/article_557374_19.html 18th June 2008 In these days of the credit crunch a number of markets have been singled out as not being badly affected by the crisis. While some markets are still enjoying their emerging status and France has benefited from its banks' low exposure to the US sub-prime m... http://www.a1articles.com/article_556403_19.html 16th June 2008 Inflation is something that attacks affordability. At the moment, consumers are finding in particular that food and fuel is less affordable. Charged with the task of keeping price rises under control, the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_556401_19.html 16th June 2008 Anybody who has spent time in a major British city outside London, particularly those of northern England, will have seen plenty of new buildings appearing in recent years. This may partly be a wider expression of the general economic growth and their par... http://www.a1articles.com/article_555825_19.html 13th June 2008 When Nationwide released its house price figures this week revealing a dip of 2.5 per cent in May, there were plenty of groans but also some caveats. One of these was that the picture is the subject of much regional variation. Such a point was made b... http://www.a1articles.com/article_555823_19.html 13th June 2008 With Spain being in the property news for many of the wrong reasons recently, some investors may decide that if they are not going there, they might as well avoid the Iberian Peninsula altogether. To do this, however, may be to miss out on what Portu... http://www.a1articles.com/article_554936_19.html 11th June 2008 There are many markets buy-to-let investors can target, but in seaside towns tourism is undoubtedly to the fore. But while many could see property in locations such as such as Cornish coastal towns with good surf as an ideal place to find holiday let... http://www.a1articles.com/article_554934_19.html 11th June 2008 Spain is a perennial favourite for British tourists and property investors alike. It may be due to the relaxed lifestyle, the sun-soaked beaches or the traditionally easy path to earning a bit of cash through holiday lets - whatever the reason, Spain cons... http://www.a1articles.com/article_552665_19.html 09th June 2008 With the recent trials and tribulations of the market being well documented, Spanish property has seen its fortunes take a bit of dip. Only this week Reuters reported that an unemployed real estate agent near Madrid is unable to make the mortgage payments... http://www.a1articles.com/article_552663_19.html 09th June 2008 Each month, a raft of facts and figures emerge relating to property, whether it is a house price index, investor confidence report or details on who is buying where. This data is then analyzed and absorbed by first-time buyers, existing homeowners and buy... http://www.a1articles.com/article_551270_19.html 05th June 2008 Much doom and gloom has already been written about the credit crunch and its effects on the UK property market - but how do these predictions apply to the buy-to-let sector? Not very well, it would seem. Even in a property downturn, evidence suggests... http://www.a1articles.com/article_551268_19.html 05th June 2008 The allure of Nice has never been difficult to understand, with its romantic seaside views, cinematic associations and celebrity glamor. Now, with its new tram system in place, all of the city's neighbourhoods are more accessible than ever to both tourist... http://www.a1articles.com/article_549591_19.html 30th May 2008 Beaches, history and beautiful landscape: these are all themes that come to mind at the mention of Cyprus, which has been a member of the European Union since 2004 and a leading tourist destination for far longer. Some 2.4 million people visit the so... http://www.a1articles.com/article_549589_19.html 30th May 2008 Those who are looking to buy property in the sun are discovering that there is more to Portugal than the Algarve, including a subtropical island that boasts temperatures ranging from 16 to 22 degrees C. Madeira - located around 350 miles off the Nort... http://www.a1articles.com/article_548690_19.html 28th May 2008 The current fall in house prices that are taking place across the UK may not be good news for the majority of current homeowners, but there is one group that is surely giving thanks for their good fortune: landlords. A BBC report on rental demand rev... http://www.a1articles.com/article_548689_19.html 28th May 2008 The solidity of the French property market while all around is beingcredit crunched has been one of the major stories of recent times. Now,it seems, a new feature of this has emerged - the BARBies. This is now, however, consider deleting a case of Ci... http://www.a1articles.com/article_546969_19.html 25th May 2008 That Britain is in the process of a property downturn is not in doubt, even in the eyes of the most blinkered. But while the impact of the credit crunch is well known and recent house price figures are clear enough evidence of what is going on, the questi... http://www.a1articles.com/article_546967_19.html 25th May 2008 If location is one key to buying property, many an expert in the industry is just as quick to use the word research, at least when it comes to overseas purchases. Those buying investment property overseas will find plenty willing to emphasise this message... http://www.a1articles.com/article_545603_19.html 22nd May 2008 While it may not be wise to pre-empt the minutes of the Bank of England monetary policy committee's meeting on interest rates this month, it appears not to have been such a good few weeks for those keen to see the property market picking up again. F... http://www.a1articles.com/article_545601_19.html 22nd May 2008 In recent years Cyprus has been seen as a country that has enjoyed a property boom for some very good reasons. Apart from the obvious climatic and scenic elements that provided sunshine, beaches and culture for tourists to enjoy, the market has also enjoy... http://www.a1articles.com/article_545266_19.html 22nd May 2008 Right now it seems India is not so much a land of opportunity, but a whole subcontinent. The second most populous nation on Earth has been enjoying a huge economic boom while increasingly asserting itself in the cultural, political and sporting arenas.<br... http://www.a1articles.com/article_545264_19.html 22nd May 2008 The short-term prospects for the property industry may not appear too hot just now. Agent confidence is low, as shown by the Hot Property agents’ index, which shows the number of estate agents more confident about the market now than they were in March ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_544213_19.html 21st May 2008 For every analyst who says the Spanish property market is dead, another states that it is only slumbering. Some have suggested that the market is a busted flush for investors, with falling prices and over development meaning the good times are over after ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_543305_19.html 21st May 2008 When the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) delivered its verdict on interest rates for this month at noon today few would have been surprised. It decided to keep the base rate at five per cent, following its vote to cut the rate last month... http://www.a1articles.com/article_543297_19.html 21st May 2008 France has been an interesting case when it comes to the assessment of the property fortunes of different countries. While some markets have struggled and others remain strong due to their status as emerging markets with cheap bargains, France seems to be... http://www.a1articles.com/article_542376_19.html 20th May 2008 The bad press that the buy-to-let industry has had in some quarters in recent years seems never to abate; it simply shifts target. Previously, the industry was blamed for rising prices on the basis of the nation that homes being snapped up by investors c... http://www.a1articles.com/article_542371_19.html 20th May 2008 Cape Verde has become a land of exciting opportunity in recent years, where the economy, tourist industry and property market - not to mention its infrastructure and list of airports - have all grown. Each of these are dependent on the other, which has me... http://www.a1articles.com/article_541928_19.html 20th May 2008 Those investing in the property market will wonder what, if anything, the government can do to help people get on the property ladder. A reduction in house prices is clearly not helping, partly because the cause of it is the same factor - the credit crunc... http://www.a1articles.com/article_541917_19.html 20th May 2008 For a while home information packs have appeared to drop off the radar, following the final implementation of them as a home-seller's requirement in December for small homes. But this week has seen all that change, something that may concern those looking... http://www.a1articles.com/article_541906_19.html 20th May 2008 Where to live is an issue everybody thinks of when looking to acquire a home. Those buying somewhere to live will usually spend time researching the area they are moving into and making a judgement on a variety of criteria, be that the proximity of local ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_540981_33.html 20th May 2008 With so many destinations for those buying investment property overseas being hit by the credit crunch, emerging markets are attracting plenty of attention. Cape Verde is among these, although it would be quite incorrect to suggest that it is becoming pop... http://www.a1articles.com/article_540239_33.html 20th May 2008 Its official: the housing market is in crisis. At least, this is the not-so private view of housing minister Caroline Flint. If she had hoped to keep her briefing to the cabinet on the subject under wraps today, she might have done better than hold her no... http://www.a1articles.com/article_540226_33.html 20th May 2008 The overseas property market has plenty of diversity, which may be both a weakness and a strength. For those failing to carry out the right research, the enticement of an investment without a full understanding of the type of person who might occupy it, f... http://www.a1articles.com/article_536031_33.html 13th May 2008 Location, location, location may have been a well-worn phrase even before it became the name of a TV programme, but many will wonder whether this is indeed the be-all and end all for those investing in property, either as a place to live or as a place to ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_536015_33.html 13th May 2008 There is supposed to be a credit crunch going on, but some parts of the world, it seems, are not getting the message. While Spain has outlined a major rescue plan in a bid to boost its property industry, the Lusophone countries seem to be attracting the b... http://www.a1articles.com/article_535238_33.html 11th May 2008 These are interesting times in London for the property industry to say the least. While both the commercial property investment industry and the residential sector (both buy-to-live and buy-to-let) have been grappling with the credit crunch in recent mont... http://www.a1articles.com/article_535234_33.html 11th May 2008 What is the future of international property investment? In an age when many countries have only recently opened up politically and economically, the possibilities seem far more extensive than they were a generation ago. This has seen plenty of excitement... http://www.a1articles.com/article_533607_33.html 08th May 2008 Up until today it had not seemed to be a good week for news emanating from the Bank of England. Firstly, we had the news that in March the number of mortgages approved had dropped from 72,000 in February to just 64,000. Then yesterday brought govern... http://www.a1articles.com/article_533603_33.html 08th May 2008 Cyprus has been one of the apparent success stories in overseas property investment terms in recent years, with rising prices, the economic kudos of first joining the European Union and then adopting the euro as its national currency, followed by the tant... http://www.a1articles.com/article_532747_33.html 08th May 2008 This week brought what appeared to be some positive news amid the gloom of falling house prices, as the Bank of England told the world it believed the worst of the credit crunch had passed and that a return of confidence in the coming months was justified... http://www.a1articles.com/article_532744_33.html 08th May 2008 Portugal has been the subject of plenty of attention in recent months, not least as an alternative Iberian destination to Spain. Providing high quality accommodation rather than pile-them-high blocks of flats on the Costas is one way the country can be tr... http://www.a1articles.com/article_531282_33.html 08th May 2008 Reading the latest stories of the alleged impending property apocalypse, it may seem to some that it is rather easy to ignore certain things that are going on in the market. What so many people involved in the buy-to-let industry really think and are plan... http://www.a1articles.com/article_531267_33.html 08th May 2008 The news today appears to have been rather bad if one only considers good news to be increases in house prices. For those looking to sell or borrow against the value of their house it certainly is, but less so for those looking to buy. For first-time... http://www.a1articles.com/article_530506_33.html 07th May 2008 When it comes to investing in property overseas, a number of emerging markets have caught the eye in recent years. Some have been eastern European markets, which some have embraced while others have said are subject to deep uncertainty. Others have looked... http://www.a1articles.com/article_530497_33.html 07th May 2008 With many investors looking beyond traditional overseas property markets, many will wonder what the best way to proceed is when taking steps into the brave new worlds of emerging nations. Whether in a vast nation such as India or small islands like the Ca... http://www.a1articles.com/article_529827_33.html 06th May 2008 Another day, another set of apparently gloomy property statistics. Yesterday we had the Land Registry and Moneyfacts house price figures for March and April respectively, with both showing monthly price falls and the former indicating an annual drop in pr... http://www.a1articles.com/article_529817_33.html 06th May 2008 Much excitement was generated by the recent change in capital gains tax (CGT), which saw two major benefits for buy-to-let investors who might wish to sell any of their assets at any given time. First there was the fact that the level of tax was no longer... http://www.a1articles.com/article_526675_33.html 30th April 2008 A key issue in the UK property market in recent months, both for residential buyers and those looking to acquire investment property, has been the cost of mortgages, with the credit crunch pushing up interbank lending rates, which in turn have restricted ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_526331_33.html 29th April 2008 With so many property markets struggling with the credit crunch, various governments are battling away to try to restore some lost ground. In Britain this has come in the form of the Bank of England's £50 billion bond issue to try to create more liquidit... http://www.a1articles.com/article_526324_33.html 29th April 2008