Market cools as property prices tumble November 4, 2010 AVERAGE property prices have fallen 1.2 per cent in the last three months, according to the latest Halifax house price index. The closely watched index from the Lloyds Banking Group-owned lender showed house prices rose 1.8 per cent in October which helped to partially reverse the 3.7 per cent decline from the previous month. But [...]
BUYING October 21, 2010 RUSSELL HUNT MANAGING DIRECTOR, PROPERTY HUNT Q.Dear Russell, I am a first-time buyer, please can you advise me on the buying process? A.Before you have found a property and agreed to buy, you need to make sure that you have your finances all in place. It is also really important to have your solicitor set [...]
Investing your love in bricks and mortar November 18, 2010 1 BUDGET Before you start the fun stuff – househunting – make sure you have covered the boring stuff: finances. Work out how much you can afford to put towards mortgage repayments each month, based on your joint net income, and joint outgoings. If, like Kate and William, you are thoroughly modern and are already [...]
Investing your love in bricks and mortar November 18, 2010 1 BUDGET Before you start the fun stuff – househunting – make sure you have covered the boring stuff: finances. Work out how much you can afford to put towards mortgage repayments each month, based on your joint net income, and joint outgoings. If, like Kate and William, you are thoroughly modern and are already [...]
Trichet’s words could lead to volatility June 7, 2011 FOREX.COM KATHLEEN BROOKS The markets have been embracing the euro with gusto this week. Partly this is a response to the weak US labour market data for May, but it is also due to expectations that the ECB will signal a rate rise in July when it meets on Thursday. The hawkish rhetoric from ECB [...]
FSA mortgage plans would have left 4m without loans October 5, 2010 NEARLY four million homeowners would have been denied a mortgage between 2005 and 2009 under affordability proposals put forward by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said yesterday. It said that amounted to over half of all loans during the period not being granted to potential borrowers, despite the fact [...]
FOCUS ON: BOW, E3 October 21, 2010 PACIFIC COURT, CASPIAN WHARF Price: Three-beds from £404,950. Due for completion in 2012, these apartments are now for sale. They include a concierge service and underground parking. Contact: Berkeley Homes on 0844 800 1152, www. berkeleyhomes.co.uk PARNELL ROAD Price: £575,000 Close to Victoria Park, this three-bed modern house has an open-plan living area and kitchen [...]
HOW TO KEEP YOUR TRADES IN HARMONY March 22, 2011 CONSULTING ANALYST, INTERTRADER THE definition of harmony is a pleasing combination of elements in a whole. My mentor Bryce Gilmore taught me harmony in the markets. There was no course book, and no papers to read. It was night after night going over the day’s charts, pointing out the harmony in the day’s price action. [...]
Going private in the Maldives, at long last March 24, 2011 For years, the Indian Ocean’s most exquisite islands, the Maldives, have been solely the preserve of hotels. Now, they’ve begun to open up to foreign buyers, thanks to new laws introduced by the pro-enterprise President Mohamed Nasheed. Before Nasheed, elected two years ago, leaseholds were too short to attract European buyers – but they have [...]
Prices soar, but don’t sell the family silver any time soon April 11, 2011 LAST week saw silver break the $40 a troy ounce barrier for the first time since 1980. Though contracts for difference (CFD) traders may be getting wide eyed about the potential for $50 silver prices, they should be cautious about setting their sights too high. In common with gold, flight into silver is primarily driven [...]