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Best 20 Places to live in the World

Mercer's Best 20 list for Forbes magazine has provoked outrage by failing to include a single UK, French, Spanish or even American city. The survey considered quality of life as its determining factor, and emphasised urban transport as part of that criteria. Still, it seems a bit biased that so many German and Swiss cities made the grade.

Calls for UK estate agents register

Pressure is growing from property managers calling for the creation of a Register for all practising estate agents. The move comes as the sector tries to increase transparency and guarantee contracts to get sales moving again.

 

Scottish house prices 'will remain steady'

House price stabilisation expected

House prices in Scotland are set to remain "fairly steady" this year, it has been suggested.

Coastal property 'becoming popular once again'

Coastal property 'more attractive'

Interest in coastal properties is on the rise in the UK and is indicative of a changing mindset, it has been claimed

 

London house prices 'rise less than other regions' during 00s

London's River Thames

House price gains in greater London and the south-east were smaller on average than other UK regions, according to new data.


 

Govt support 'needs to go to first-time buyers'

First-time buyers 'need more support'

First-time buyers need government support in order for them to secure a property, it has been suggested.

There is much 'extra costs ignorance' among homebuyers

Many homebuyers 'ignorant of extra costs'

There is a lot of ignorance out there when it comes to the extra costs associated with buying a property, it has been suggested

 

Polish community organisation

 

21-02-2009  Nottingham

 

Mortgage professionals want BTL market regulated

Buy to let should b regulated by the FSA say professionals

Just over half of all mortgage brokers (54 per cent) want the Financial Services Authority (FSA) should regulate the buy-to-let (BTL) market, according to a survey from Exact mortgage experts.

Sarah Beeny property advice clinic - Live web TV show

TV's Sarah Beeny offers property tips

Expert Sarah Beeny, host of Channel 4's Property Ladder and Property Snakes and Ladders, will be on hand to answer your questions on property.

 

 

Buy-to-let yields rise by 10.6%

Buy-to-let yields have gone up

Annual buy-to-let yields rose by 10.

Landlords are the housing industry's 'white knights'

Landlords 'filling the housing void'

The private rented sector has been the housing industry's "white knight" during the recent economic downturn, according to the National Approved Letting Scheme.