Thursday, 4 September 2008

Frustrated sellers and cautious buyers boost home rent market (Daily Mail)



The slump in the housing market is forcing frustrated homeowners to put their properties up for rent rather than sell them at a massive discount.
Source: www.mailonsunday.co.uk

Shop rents see first fall in 7 years (Interactive Investor)
Tue 12 Aug, 2008 12:31
Source: www.iii.co.uk

How To Bag A Property Bargain - Sky.com
Developers and house builders are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to sell their new-build properties in a falling market. house price bargains are out there With house ...
Source: news.sky.com

Tesco sells 13 stores and a depot for £600m to fund expansion plans (Guardian Unlimited)



Supermarket agrees sale to raise more than £600m to fund growth
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

How To Bag A Property Bargain - Sky.com
Developers and house builders are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to sell their new-build properties in a falling market. house price bargains are out there With house ...
Source: news.sky.com

What the papers say (BBC News)
A look at what is making the headlines in Tuesday's morning newspapers.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Very profitable trade on the Dollar - we were right...
There should be some very rich investors out there at the moment if you read my blog and email bulletin on the 30th o...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Don't take a hike
Those investing in French property will do so for many reasons and in each case the type of property may be crucial t...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Shared Equity versus Shared Ownership for First Time Buyers



Shared equity schemes are offered by developers where typically 10% up to 25% of the property price is loaned by the ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Help this week
Those looking for news that could boost the UK property market will be keen to see what September brings, after an Au...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Very profitable trade on the Dollar - we were right...
There should be some very rich investors out there at the moment if you read my blog and email bulletin on the 30th o...
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Shop rents see first fall in 7 years (Reuters.co.uk)
LONDON (Reuters) - Shop rents in the UK fell for the first time since May 2001 in July while commercial property values extended their correction from last summer's peaks to 20 percent, data showed on Tuesday.
Source: today.reuters.co.uk

How To Bag A Property Bargain - Sky.com



Developers and house builders are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to sell their new-build properties in a falling market. house price bargains are out there With house ...
Source: news.sky.com

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-21 12:14 UPDATE 1-Tesco completes 605 mln stg of property deals (Interactive Investor)
LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Tesco , the UK's largest retailer, said on Thursday it had raised a further 605 million pounds ($1.1 billion) in four sale-and-leaseback property deals.
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Yesterday's trading: Politicians put dealers in a spin - This is Money
Another roller coaster day on the markets. But for once Harry Hedge Fund couldn't be blamed for the sick-inducing ups and downs. Instead, the fingers were being pointed westward ...
Source: www.thisismoney.co.uk

Shared Equity versus Shared Ownership for First Time Buyers
Shared equity schemes are offered by developers where typically 10% up to 25% of the property price is loaned by the ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Och-Ziff hedge funds fall slightly in August - MarketWatch



MarketWatch - 19 minutes ago
By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hedge funds run by Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC fell slightly in August, ...

Source: news.google.com

Help this week
Those looking for news that could boost the UK property market will be keen to see what September brings, after an Au...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Hedge funds threaten boardroom shake-up at Deutsche Börse - Independent

Hedge funds threaten boardroom shake-up at Deutsche Börse
Independent, UK - 21 hours ago
The two activist hedge funds, which own a total of 19 per cent of the Frankfurt-based exchange, said in a joint statement that they would consider "all ...
Deutsche Börse under siege from hedge funds Times Online
Hedge funds team up to pressure Deutsche Boerse MarketWatch
Activist funds pressure Deutsche Börse FT Alphaville
Wall Street Journal - Financial Times
all 33 news articles

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The cutters dilemma
With the exception of the hawkish Professor Tim Besley, it is hard to find anyone who advocates or expects the Bank o...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Very profitable trade on the Dollar - we were right...
There should be some very rich investors out there at the moment if you read my blog and email bulletin on the 30th o...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Yesterday's trading: Politicians put dealers in a spin - This is Money



Another roller coaster day on the markets. But for once Harry Hedge Fund couldn't be blamed for the sick-inducing ups and downs. Instead, the fingers were being pointed westward ...
Source: www.thisismoney.co.uk

London News and Reviews (Evening Standard)
The slump in the housing market is forcing frustrated homeowners to put their properties up for rent rather than sell them at a massive discount.
Source: www.thisislondon.co.uk

Tesco sells 13 stores and a depot for £600m to fund expansion plans (Guardian Unlimited)
Supermarket agrees sale to raise more than £600m to fund growth
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Capital house prices tumble for the first time in 37 years - Scotsman
house prices in Edinburgh have fallen for the first time in nearly four decades â€" the clearest sign yet that the Scottish property market is not immune from the downturn. The ...
Source: news.scotsman.com

Hedge funds face struggle for survival - Globe and Mail

Hedge funds face struggle for survival
Globe and Mail, Canada - Aug 31, 2008
A series of challenges, some unrelated to the hedge funds' investment strategies, have combined to create lower returns and investor redemptions. ...
Citadel, SAC Capital Get Pick of Casualties as Carnage Worsens Bloomberg
Running a Hedge Fund Is Causing Headaches New York Times Blogs
all 10 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Brixton hit by challenging market (Interactive Investor)



Tue 19 Aug, 2008 09:51
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Cruden profits take slight dip but outlook remains positive (The Herald)
CRUDEN Investments, the holding company of the eponymous charity foundation and construction group, unveiled a slight dip in profits in its latest set of accounts - but insisted it remained on target for future growth, in spite of the housing market slowdown.
Source: www.theherald.co.uk

France stays steady
Yesterday's Knight Frank survey of property prices around the world certainly made for interesting reading as...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Very profitable trade on the Dollar - we were right...
There should be some very rich investors out there at the moment if you read my blog and email bulletin on the 30th o...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk