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To www.propertyexpert.tv with up to the minute property advice and expert comment from Martin Roberts - the Property Expert on TV.Martin Roberts is one of the UK’s most respected Property, Travel and Lifestyle TV presenters and journalists. ...
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According to London-based Knight Frank, UK land prices remained stable in the first three months of the year, reflecting the wider movement in house prices, which have also remained broadly static. I was like 'are we going to have a house to live in?' Everything is done in the name of the Olympics, like it's the Holy Grail or something. It's a little bit overrated. I know it might be good for London but how good?
It is estimated that the sector accounted for two of every three one-off homes built in 2010/11, adding as many new homes annually as any of the major house builders. While the numbers may sound large, the UK lags well behind other countries.
According to Knight Frank, a London-based real estate agent, online inquiries by French users about prime properties in central London increased by 68 percent in February, when Hollande announced his 75 percent tax on those earning more than €1 million UK property investors remain positive about the outlook for the buy to let market, according to the latest Landlord Survey conducted by specialist lender, CHL Mortgages. Just under three quarters, 71%, of respondents are positive about the prospects ...and more »
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Recent Members' Blogs
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What price a view?
What price a view?A beautiful, historic or interesting view from a property has always been one of those features that is hard to put a price on. A fact highlighted by a visit to a fairly non-descript...
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Lock Up Garages as Rental Investments – Easy Pickings or Parking Mad?
Lock Up Garages as Rental Investments – Easy Pickings or Parking Mad?Lets be honest, they are not the most appealing of properties – you can’t get excited about the views, character...
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The Risks of Buying Blind
When looking through auction catalogues, it can be easy to be seduced by the seemingly 'give away' guide prices of some of the properties featured. Particularly in today's market where there are...
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Does No Title Deeds mean No Deal?
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Do Tradesmen 'See You Coming?'
I have been filming in London all this week and today we covered a flat which had been purchased by a 32 year old woman starting out in the property business. One of the things that...
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You might be a dab hand at fixing things but carrying out household electrical jobs, unless you are properly qualified, could not only land you a hefty fine, it could mean your property isn’t...
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Home Groan - Tidy Up Your Garden or Else
Does the thought of having ‘Green Fingers’ make you go green around the gills? If so, like many of Britain’s gardens, chances are, yours is overgrown, uninspiring and neglected. But...
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Learn With Me - Martin Roberts
You hopefully know me from the show, and have learnt from what you have seen me doing on TV, but there's nothing like face to face learning for really fast tracking yourself on the road to being...
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Mortgages!!
Hi Luke, With the slow increase of interest in the property market, when do you think we can start to see better mortgage offers? I am interested in buying a property, but would be a buy to...
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THE BODGIT
ER... I MEAN BUDGET ...I THINK.ALISTAIR WONT BE CHANGING HIS NAME TO DARING THEN. SURELY ITS NOT THAT HARD WHERE THE PROPERTY MARKET IS CONCERNED.AS A SIMPLE BUILDER EVEN I CAN SEE THAT JUST...
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PROPERTY.IS IT WORTH IT?
WELL THAT SEEMS TO BE EVERY ONES QUESTION.BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF IS.WHEN DID YOU BUYDID YOU PAY THE RIGHT PRICEDID YOU BUY THE RIGHT LOCATIONHAVE YOU MADE IT ALL IT CAN BEIS THERE A...
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Interesting - Taken from a share dealing BB
Seems like most of the short/long comments are being made on the back of technical analysis - which I regard as the investment equivalent of astrology. To understand where this share/company can go,...
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Estate Agents
Hi Luke, Always good to hear the weekly updates you send out. I have a friend who is thinking about selling their house now that things have calmed down some what. They are now in the...
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Good news for buy-to-let investors
03-17-2009 After months of negative news and a relatively gloomy outlook for those seeking loans in the buy-to-let sector, several British banks are now offering something positive to...
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