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The Italian Real Estate Market - Lifestyle Investment

Despite its new government, Italy’s economy continues to struggle, having contracted for seven consecutive quarters since mid-2011. Recent promises by economy minister Fabrizio Saccomanni to cut housing and labour taxes seem to be too little and too late, with statistics office ISTAT reporting a slide from 86.3 to 85.9

Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 June 2013 07:29

Buy-to-let mortgages on the increase in the UK

As is the case with many sectors of the UK economy, since 2008 the property market has experienced, at best, mixed fortunes. The number of people buying properties outright or with standard mortgages has fallen thanks in no small part to sky-high prices, while those looking to make money

Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 June 2013 07:03

Rising employment level in North Dakota drives local housing boom and foreign investor interest

Employment in Bakken Formation drilling counties up 35.9% from 2007 to 2011
Wages in Williston, North Dakota, 62.6% higher than national average
US housing sales up 18.5% on previous year's estimate

Since the US housing bubble burst in 2006, leading to the spiralling credit and unemployment

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 May 2013 09:00

Vista Capital Company Raises $32 Million of Financing for a Portfolio of Five Hotels in Arizona and Utah

Santa Monica, California –– Vista Capital Company announced that it recently arranged and closed $32,000,000 of financing for a portfolio of five hotels. Four of the hotels are located within one mile of each other, in Goodyear, Arizona, which is part of metropolitan Phoenix. The hotel portfolio consists of both

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 05:55

Welcome to North Dakota - the state that simply can't build homes fast enough!

• Prefabricated housing to increase 15% annually to 2017
• 15,000 oil workers already in North Dakota, with numbers rising daily
• Modular housing investment available from just $27,950

America's modular homes industry is on the rise. According to Report Linker's February 2013 US Prefabricated Housing Market Analysis, prefabricated

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 14:20

New online property magazine for the over 50s, Retiremove.co.uk launches

A new free-to-use property and lifestyle website called Retiremove.co.uk has been launched for the over 50s.

Jane Slade, the former property editor of the Sunday Express, founded the site as a result of struggling to find up-to-date information and well-researched advice for her mother when she was seeking to

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 April 2013 08:29

HOME BUYERS SHOULD CONSIDER SPRING CLEANING THEIR CREDIT REPORT TO HELP GET THE BEST MORTGAGE DEAL

Equifax highlights how important credit history is for mortgage applications
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London, April 2013 – The Council of Mortgage Lenders recently reported that mortgage lending to home buyers in 2013 has got off to its best start to the year since 2008*. A range of good deals

Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 April 2013 12:33

Smart software: The only way to relieve the pressures of property investment?

Demands for fee reductions and cost cutting strategies mean changes are inevitable says Bob Marsh, managing director, Taliance

Like many, real estate investors and asset managers have experienced a loud wake-up call over the past few years. In the heady pre-recession days of the early ‘noughties’, significant returns on

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 March 2013 13:52