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Luxury home owners are finding it harder to sell a property in the UK and some have been adopting new techniques when selling their homes. At the same time property experts have warned that home values could plummet by at least 10% by the end of next.   Mortgage approvals, according to the Bank of […]

1/09/2010 Overseas property investors seeking bargains in the UK will be keeping a close eye on what is happening in the UK housing market. Latest mortgage lending figures from The Bank of England indicate a huge drop in mortgage approvals a sign of worried home owners who are staying put. The Coalition government are taking

Week commencing August 31st 2010The Pound fell broadly last week, although not significantly, as we reach the end of the summer holiday season and concerns about the fragility of the recovery continue. The revision to UK GDP was, thankfully for those of you sending money overseas, slightly better than expected and in the absence of

UK property websites Rightmove, Findaproperty and Zoopla battle it out for UK visitors . Zoopla fires a warning shot at the two giants by taking a larger market share and announcing a new TV advertising campaign   Nielsen figures show overall visits to U.K. property sites fell by 5.3 percent in July compared to the

27/08/2010– Despite continued concerns about the state of the UK housing market, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) have revealed this week that mortgage lending in the UK in July was at its highest level for a year.  According to the CML research, a total amount of £13.6 billion was advanced in July,

As increasing numbers of Brits sell their overseas properties and move back to the UK, it is worth checking the best way to repatriate your funds.   Sending the proceeds of an overseas property sale back to the UK can be fraught with expensive problems without proper research. Banks automatically converting funds at poor exchange

London appears to be immune to the global slowdown with central London house prices strong driven by overseas buyers and High End spenders. One negative effect on this is those who work in London cannot afford to live in the city. Recent reports show a growing trend by London commuters which is to live in a

Influential Nakheel chairman Ali Rashid Lootah feels that Dubai housing market will lead the Emirates recovery after it took a battering during the global recession Property in Dubai is predicted to lead the economic sectors through to recovery according to Lootah. The Chairman of Nakheel optimism comes from stability evident in the property market, including

The friendship between David Beckham and Gordon Ramsay was confirmed when the two were spotted with their friends and family staying a designer modernist style beach house in Los Angeles. The pair are said to now be in business together with a new restaurant in London.   The Becks and Ramsays stayed at a stunning

David Cameron has become the first Prime Minister to rent his home to tenants in decades and is set to make a today income as a new landlord.   It appears that the Conservative Prime Minister is counting the pennies and may be demonstrating that he is not immune from the cuts. Speculation is that the