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Ring-a-ding-ding. Shanghai has replaced Tokyo atop a new list of the top Asia-Pacific cities for real estate investment by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) this week. The Japanese capital ceded its position to China’s largest city as the region’s strongest-performing real…
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The number of properties being purchased by investors has dramatically decreased, since the introduction of the Stamp Duty levy for additional home buyers, research by the UK’s leading providers of conveyancing services has found. Figures dating back to 2014, show that the…
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Technology has been a disruptive force in most industries in recent years. Not so however for the real estate and construction sectors where the adoption of new technologies has fallen woefully behind. Take the construction industry, a prime example of…
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My…we all like an upbeat headline. On that score – it’s safe to say that the Chancellor ‘delivered’ in his Spring Budget, confirming the UK economy is now the second fastest growing in the G7, behind only Germany. Ahead of…
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With the new 15% tax on overseas property investors cooling the Vancouver property market, Toronto is fast playing catch up as Canada’s hottest property region. Over recent years Vancouver has been one of the booming property markets in the world….
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It’s quite simple. A property portfolio is essentially cash tied up in bricks and mortar – it’s therefore advisable to review how your investment is performing at least annually, if not on a six monthly basis. Being aware of your…
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US President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies could lead to property investors from Arab countries looking for safe havens to buy property. Buyers from Middle Eastern and African countries, including those named in Trump’s executive order who might have invested…
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It’s clear that first time buyers have very much re-established themselves as a core part of the property market since the recovery started post the credit crunch. The Halifax data clearly shows that FTBs (rightly) decided to rent/stay at home…
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Patience is a virtue and nowhere is this more true than when it comes to sitting out the much anticipated ‘big reveal’ of the government’s White Paper on Housing. It was initially due to see the light of day alongside…
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