How many times have you moved? We have moved 8 times from one corporate job to the next until we just said, “STOP!” 14 years ago.
The corporation involved wasn’t the nicest bunch of people. The ambition to be like them just was not there. You do tend to have to adopt your employer’s values to [...]
Let me set the scene with statistics found via multiple sources such as The Rowntree Foundation, RICS, ODPM and other Government departments:-
In the 2008-09 period there was a net increase in general housing stock of just under 167,000 homes. A gross total of 55,770 new affordable homes were supplied in this period. Private, New Build [...]
One of the most talked-about economic statistics these days has got to the be housing starts. In December, the Commerce Department noted an 8.9% increase in housing starts for the month of November. Supporting this obvious strength was a nation-wide increase in applications for housing starts, which also increased 6% from the previous month.
The implications [...]
A confluence of trends in higher education are making student housing a potentially lucrative environment to park your real estate investment. While it’s potentially lucrative, it has its own unique mix of circumstances and setbacks, and you should be aware of them, and take measured steps into this market before sinking a lot of funds [...]
Traditionally, spring is the season when the housing market picks up.
An increase in the number of buyers, helping boost the number of sales agree, points to a much stronger market in the coming months.
City bonuses have ignited the housing market in London.
Big houses are selling fast, often going to sealed bids.
In one case a property [...]
Consumer spending, increased investment and a hot housing market have led the UK economy to beat first quarter predictions.
The GDP is up almost 3% from last year at the same time and is 2.8% higher than earlier forecasts had expected.
Fuelling the economy has been an growing housing market, where housing values continue to climb, despite [...]
Natural disasters leave victims who continue to suffer long after the media turns its focus elsewhere. People who lose their homes and all of their possessions may feel lucky to be alive, but they need a place where to continue to live. Recently, some architects and others interested in providing temporary, emergency housing have begun [...]
As the report came that Ministers have formally begun consultations on a new housing and planning delivery grant (HPDG) in line with the recommendations suggested by the Barker review of housing supply the prices seem to be roaring in Sussex Farmland.
The news came when Farmland in Sussex are being sold by different Land Investment Companies [...]
A new law incorporated by the Federal Housing Administration, better known as FHA, has allowed for investors and home buyers a great opportunity. So far, this new rule is playing a major factor in the upswing in home sales. The new rule is set to expire in the first quarter of 2011. If you are [...]
The recession could be a good thing for first time homebuyers and some existing home owners who decide to take advantage of the newly updated Federal Housing Tax Credit that is now being offered. A federal tax credit of up to £8,000 or ten percent of the purchase price is being offered to first time [...]
