Saturday, 6 September 2008

Isle of Wight: Pan Regeneration Project - Isle of Wight County Press



A NEW housing development that will provide more than 1,000 energy efficient homes in Newport is poised to progress. Despite the credit crunch, which has led to a dramatic slowing ...
Source: www.iwcp.co.uk

Nationwide house price figures highlight the growing divergence of mortgage-related data from the Land Registry actual data
The real truth about house prices is out there but not on the front page of your daily newspaper, unless it is the FT...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Suspense over as suspension starts
This week has seen investors, housebuyers and every other stakeholder in the property industry waiting with baited br...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Beyond the base rate
Today, as expected, the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) announced for the fifth month in a ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Location, location, regeneration
For those seeking good places to invest in property, some of the recent economic news may have seemed somewhat gloomy...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Jon Henley on Britain's attitude to bricks and mortar (Guardian Unlimited)



A home should be something we live in, not something we speculate on, says Jon Henley
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Fierce determination - InsideHousing
Margaret Ritchie tells Caroline Thorpe why sectarianism and the credit crunch won’t stop her from revitalising Northern Ireland’s social housing sector Margaret Ritchie is not ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

Ways forward in Cyprus
It is widely agreed that the advantages of investing in property in Cyprus are numerous; the large English expatriate...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Friday, 5 September 2008

Base rate 'may be trimmed next month'



The next reduction in the Bank of England's base rate may come as early as next month, an economist has sugge...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Agency's regional power nine revealed - InsideHousing
The nine power players who will help decide where the Homes and Communities Agency spends its multibillion pound budget were unveiled this week. Picked from a wide variety of ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

(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

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

Location, location, regeneration
For those seeking good places to invest in property, some of the recent economic news may have seemed somewhat gloomy...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Cyprus defies world slide



Today is a significant day in the modern history of the ancient island of Cyprus, as the leaders of the Greek south a...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Hedge funds caught out as Hurricane Gustav fails to lift oil price - Times Online

Hedge funds caught out as Hurricane Gustav fails to lift oil price
Times Online, UK - Sep 3, 2008
Several hedge funds face big financial losses after wrongly predicting that oil and gas prices would rise as a result of Hurricane Gustav slamming into the ...

Source: news.google.com

Nationwide house price figures highlight the growing divergence of mortgage-related data from the Land Registry actual data
The real truth about house prices is out there but not on the front page of your daily newspaper, unless it is the FT...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Good news - the number's up
There were some interesting headlines in Britain this week when a new projection about population trends suggested th...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Agency's regional power nine revealed - InsideHousing



The nine power players who will help decide where the Homes and Communities Agency spends its multibillion pound budget were unveiled this week. Picked from a wide variety of ...
Source: www.insidehousing.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

Alp is at hand
For those investing in French property, the ideas of what to go for may come and go with the seasons and with events....
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Carry on renting
The buy-to-let sector has come in for some considerable criticism in recent times, with one major area of attention b...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

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

Some Lehman hedge funds post losses in July - Reuters



Some Lehman hedge funds post losses in July
Reuters - 14 hours ago
N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) LibertyView hedge funds lost money in July, when tumbling financial markets left many hedge fund managers nursing ...
Dry times for hedge funds Asia Times Online
Commodities bubble burns big investment funds The Associated Press
Ospraie to Close Flagship Hedge Fund After 38% Loss (Update2) Bloomberg
Forbes - Seeking Alpha
all 310 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Dow Falls 344.65 As Hedge Funds - Wall Street Journal

Dow Falls 344.65 As Hedge Funds
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
"Hedge funds are de-leveraging, mutual funds have redemptions so are reducing positions and there aren't a lot of buyers with conviction," said Todd ...
Some Star Hedge Funds Down as Much as 25% Financial-Planning.com
Hedge fund Atticus denies liquidation rumors: report Reuters
Atticus Capital Defends Itself After Hedge Fund Liquidation Rumor StreetInsider.com (subscription)
Wall Street Journal
all 17 news articles

Source: news.google.com

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

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