13 million to buy unsold homes for affordable housing - eGov Monitor

A £13 million deal to buy unsold homes off the market to use as affordable housing is being announced today, as part of the Government's programme of action to tackle current ...
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Eco homes: England's greenest and most pleasant new town is on its way - Daily Telegraph
The plain black and white cast-iron sign at the empty crossroads in the heart of the South Hams, Devon, reads Higher Sherford and points towards a small group of farm buildings and ...
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Hedge Funds’ Steep Fall Sends Investors Fleeing - New York Times

Hedge Funds’ Steep Fall Sends Investors Fleeing New York Times, United States - 4 hours ago By LOUISE STORY The gilded age of hedge funds is losing its luster. The funds, pools of fast money that defined the era of Wall Street hyper-wealth, ... Short-selling ban delivers heavy blow as hedge funds suffer worst ... Times Online Funds of funds raise cash for expected redemptions Reuters Selling Hedge-Fund Stakes Wall Street Journal BusinessWeek - Bloomberg all 18 news articles

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Ups and downs for mortgages and ministers
Those keen to see the UK property market pick up again - be they homebuyers or investors - will hope that the recent ...
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Heyday of hedge funds is over, Citadel's Ken Griffin predicts - Chicago Tribune

Heyday of hedge funds is over, Citadel's Ken Griffin predicts
Chicago Tribune, United States - 3 hours ago
By Joshua Boak | Tribune reporter Citadel Investment Group founder Ken Griffin forecast challenges ahead for hedge funds as the government attempts to ...
Hedge funds post record loss Telegraph.co.uk
Another US stimulus package needed: Citadel chief Reuters
Citadel creates capital position for D'Souza Financial Times
Financial News - HedgeCo.net
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Eco homes: England's greenest and most pleasant new town is on its way - Daily Telegraph
The plain black and white cast-iron sign at the empty crossroads in the heart of the South Hams, Devon, reads Higher Sherford and points towards a small group of farm buildings and ...
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Komodo Hedge Fund Outperforms as Cameron Replicates Japan Bets - Bloomberg

Komodo Hedge Fund Outperforms as Cameron Replicates Japan Bets Bloomberg - 5 hours ago Other macro hedge funds, which seek to profit from broad economic trends by trading currencies, bonds and stocks in the region, lost an average of 6.7 ...

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Ups and downs for mortgages and ministers
Those keen to see the UK property market pick up again - be they homebuyers or investors - will hope that the recent ...
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-10-14 15:35 UK commercial property values shed 2.9 pct in Sept (Interactive Investor)

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - British commercial property values fell by another 2.9 percent in September, taking the market's fall since June 2007's bull market highs to more than 24 percent, benchmark data showed on Tuesday. The data from investment property Databank (IPD) was based on a sample of 1,486 properties owned by property fund managers and property firms with a combined value of 39.28 ...
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A right rural premium
At a time when house prices are falling it may be interesting to note where and in what circumstances they may be bol...
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Crisis over?
When the last few weeks have seen many mentions in the press of the year 1929, it is clear the economy has been in se...
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Banking on it
Those keen on investing in property often do not need banking finance to do so. The sale of an existing property or t...
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Sanctuary buys up unsold stock - InsideHousing
Sanctuary has become the latest housing group to take advantage of government funding to buy unsold homes. The housing association has bought 335 houses from Bloor Homes, using ...
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Expect savage base rate cuts - interest rates to fall at an unprecedented speed

It will be no surprise this week to see another huge cut in interest rates - it is quite conceivable that we could se...
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Sanctuary buys up unsold stock - InsideHousing
Sanctuary has become the latest housing group to take advantage of government funding to buy unsold homes. The housing association has bought 335 houses from Bloor Homes, using ...
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Banking on it
Those keen on investing in property often do not need banking finance to do so. The sale of an existing property or t...
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Ups and downs for mortgages and ministers
Those keen to see the UK property market pick up again - be they homebuyers or investors - will hope that the recent ...
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That was then… - InsideHousing
But that was then - and it’s as though 30 years of economic orthodoxy have been overthrown in the last 30 days, or even hours. Suddenly Keynes is back - with the government ...
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How many cuts?

Today could have been the day that the Bank of England announced its first base rate cut since April. Many expected i...
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A right rural premium
At a time when house prices are falling it may be interesting to note where and in what circumstances they may be bol...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Banking on it
Those keen on investing in property often do not need banking finance to do so. The sale of an existing property or t...
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The price is right - and so is the time
Those thinking of investing in property across the English Channel may be wondering what the future holds for the Fre...
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Inflation deflating

With the last few days seeing widespread government action to bolster banks - a move copied overseas - plus a half po...
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How many cuts?
Today could have been the day that the Bank of England announced its first base rate cut since April. Many expected i...
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-10-14 15:35 UK commercial property values shed 2.9 pct in Sept (Interactive Investor)
LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - British commercial property values fell by another 2.9 percent in September, taking the market's fall since June 2007's bull market highs to more than 24 percent, benchmark data showed on Tuesday. The data from investment property Databank (IPD) was based on a sample of 1,486 properties owned by property fund managers and property firms with a combined value of 39.28 ...
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Watchdogs uphold shorting bans as hedge funds profit - Financial News

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Watchdogs uphold shorting bans as hedge funds profit Financial News, UK - 44 minutes ago However, it said it would only require hedge funds with reportable positions to say if the sizes of these had changed. Its Australian counterpart ... Short selling ban upsets hedge funds HedgeCo.net Hedge funds slam shorting extension The Financial Standard B&B should thank regulator for the ban on short selling The Australian The Canberra Times - The Australian all 84 news articles

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Teetering hedge funds fuel market extremes - Washington Times

Teetering hedge funds fuel market extremes
Washington Times, DC - 18 hours ago
Thousands of hedge funds, which serve mostly wealthy clients and have only recently been required to report their secretive trading activities to federal ...
Coming Week: Buckle Up TheStreet.com
Stocks fall for the day but end week in the green USA Today
It's 3 pm on Wall Street. The hungry bear is on the prowl. International Herald Tribune
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Mactaggart Heritable feels heat of slowdown (The Herald)
Mactaggart Heritable Holdings, the family property business of millionaire Labour MP Fiona Mactaggart, suffered another slide in profits last year as the global economy began to slip into a funk - but the group also said it was waiting for the market to deteriorate further before jumping on the acquisition trail.
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Building a new opportunity
The last few months have been a tough time for the housebuilding sector, with the fall in housing transactions leavin...
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