Would you Adam & Eve it?

When your tenant has robbed you blind, what's a girl supposed to do?

Increase in fixed rates as "perceived" inflationary pressures start to build. 22.06.2009

Mervyn King hinted in his Mansion House speach last night that there were some signs that quantitative easing was starting to work and that the £125Bn injection may be sufficient - I really hope so !!

Mayor Johnson's new London Housing Design Guide

Preview presentation of the Mayor of London's new Housing Design Guide policy document, which will be formally launched on 8 July 2009.

Landlords should say NO to the proposed landlord licence

Landlords in the UK are to be licenced in much the same way that dog owners are if the Government has it's way.

Market improvement?

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward's Managing Director, Lee Watts, talks about what he is seeing in the London market

Moving on up, moving on out

Picture this- you purchase a property with the person you love and home is a blur of laughter and sunday breakfasts. Then you break up. Home is now a battlefield and neither of you can afford to move out as you can't sell and you can't buy each other out. The credit crunch has turned home sweet home into hell...

Will the budget really stiimulate the housing market?

The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, announced a £1 billion package to help stimulate the housing market. But do we really need cash to build more properties right now?

UK Property Investing: Is now the right time?

So, that was it then. The great property price crash of mid-2007 to the spring of 2009. 'Britain's housing market reignited', says one recent (and typical) headline. 'Applications for US home loans surge' reads another.

Self Build Land in Demand

Frustrated homeowners become homebuilders, as they look for an alternative way to climb their way up the property ladder.

HIP changes from 6th April 2009

As of yesterday we now have some subtle changes to the Home Information Pack legislation that could bring added benefit to the exisiting HIP via some modifications including the Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) which is now a required document.

What is it like in Chiriqui, Panama

Let me show you around a little haven, a small paradise.

“Quantitative Easing” now, may mean inflation later...

This is an article I wrote about Quantitative Easing that the economists and politicians have been speaking about. Good in theory and will definitely work but one of the side effects is inflation which may means higher interest rates... Be prepared now.

Miami/Miami Beach Market Update and Analysis

Brief synopsis of the state of the current state of the market. Prices have come down and transactions are picking up considerably.

Top Property Investment Tips For 2009

Most will also be aware that now is the best time to buy just about everything, judging by the deals that are out there. Property therefore is no different. With this in mind, I thought I would offer some of my top tips when assessing property investments:

Dubai's Downturn

Reflection on a recent visit to Dubai

Content, discontent

Regularly updated copy can really help your website shine, so why is so much content so glaringly out of date? The Khasi dons his pith helmet, clambers through the overgrown jungle of misinformation and takes a machete to lazy web content management...

Reaching out to Russian Buyers

A lot has been written about how overseas property companies can reach out to Russian buyers. But how much of this is based on fact and how much is simply wishful thinking?

Carbon Credit Sales Boom

Where have all the UK & Irish buyers gone?

A brief overview of the current property market for UK & Irish based agents and the effect on the French property market.