Cash in on Euro parliament with Brussels buy-to-let June 4, 2009 IF you think that politicians in this country have a good life, then take a look at the European Parliament. It is estimated that, if they have little shame, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) can take home €200,000 (£173,000) a year. The first reaction to this might well be outrage. But the second should [...]
Cash in on Euro parliament with Brussels buy-to-let June 4, 2009 IF you think that politicians in this country have a good life, then take a look at the European Parliament. It is estimated that, if they have little shame, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) can take home €200,000 (£173,000) a year. The first reaction to this might well be outrage. But the second should [...]
Luxury London pads to add 40pc by 2014 October 13, 2009 LUXURY house prices in central London will put in a spectacular rally of nearly 40 per cent in the next five years, according to the latest forecast by Knight Frank. The estate agent said prime London properties, worth over £1m, will sidestep a nationwide fall in house prices next year and grow at three per [...]
London set for surge of IPO activity September 28, 2009 THE CITY is gearing up for a return of initial public offering (IPO) activity as a torrent of companies prepare to take the plunge into shareholder ownership, according to Thomson Reuters data. Underscoring the dramatic recovery being staged on equity markets, five IPOs – where firms listed on stock markets – are now on the [...]
London set for surge of IPO activity September 28, 2009 THE CITY is gearing up for a return of initial public offering (IPO) activity as a torrent of companies prepare to take the plunge into shareholder ownership, according to Thomson Reuters data. Underscoring the dramatic recovery being staged on equity markets, five IPOs – where firms listed on stock markets – are now on the [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 18, 2009 THE SUNDAYSThe Sunday Telegraph £5.5BN PLAN FOR POWER STATIONA £5.5bn planning application, the largest ever in central London, will be made today when Ireland’s Real Estate Opportunities and Treasury Holdings reveal their blueprint for the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station. Plans for the mixed commercial and residential site, which developers say will be as iconically [...]
Now is the time to buy the home of your dreams in affordable Essex October 29, 2009 GOOD schools, an easy commute, beautiful countryside, a rich history and realistic prices. Banish any ideas of brash barrow boys and women in white leather stilettos – Essex has become the discerning commuter’s paradise. This is a good time to buy, too. Gavin Surtees, of Savills’ Loughton office, says: “If anyone is looking to trade [...]
Now is the time to buy the home of your dreams in affordable Essex October 29, 2009 GOOD schools, an easy commute, beautiful countryside, a rich history and realistic prices. Banish any ideas of brash barrow boys and women in white leather stilettos – Essex has become the discerning commuter’s paradise. This is a good time to buy, too. Gavin Surtees, of Savills’ Loughton office, says: “If anyone is looking to trade [...]
CABLE’S PLANS?FOR 1M HOME TAX SLAMMED September 21, 2009 PROPERTY experts yesterday ridiculed Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable’s pledge to introduce an annual levy on homes worth more than £1m, warning that the measure would lay waste to an already fragile housing market. The so-called “mansion tax”, proposed by Cable at the Lib Dem annual party conference yesterday, would see some 250,000 households [...]
CABLE’S PLANS?FOR 1M HOME TAX SLAMMED September 21, 2009 PROPERTY experts yesterday ridiculed Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable’s pledge to introduce an annual levy on homes worth more than £1m, warning that the measure would lay waste to an already fragile housing market. The so-called “mansion tax”, proposed by Cable at the Lib Dem annual party conference yesterday, would see some 250,000 households [...]