House prices set for huge growth over the next decade
Stride While the prediction from Ed Harris may signal even more robust times ahead for the rented commercial property market, owners should be wary of the rise and rise of renting over buying and invest in adequate rent protection insurance. … |
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Best investment ever was insured by taxpayer, says Lord Oakeshott
Fundweb Former Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oakeshott has described how his best investment was in a Belfast property, rebuilt with funds by the British taxpayer. Oakeshott is responsible for the property investment management of the closed-end Value and Income … |
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Peer's liberal approach to UK property
Fundweb We eventually sold it to Sainsbury's a few years ago [after the country stabilised] and made about six times our money. It was burned down a couple of times but what we identified is that the British tax-payer does the insurance.” |
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ILP pulls sale of Irish Life insurance arm
Financial Times Ireland faces a €63bn bill for recapitalising its main banks, which have all required state bail-outs to cope with a property crash and banking crisis. The cost of the banking bail-out forced the previous government to turn to the European Union and … |
Cold comfort as austerity bites in Europe
Reuters UK The Guardian newspaper reported a rise in the number of people harming or killing their pets to claim insurance money. Britain's allotments are full with people growing their own fruit and vegetables, but for Antonio, an unemployed father who gave up … |
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Autumn Statement 2011: George Osborne's path out of the UK's economics problems
Telegraph.co.uk A similar state insurance scheme is likely to be unveiled as part of the Chancellor's much-heralded credit- easing programme, alongside longer-term measures to create a bond market for small and medium-sized business loans that would give such … West Midlands businesses send George Osborne a message ahead of Autumn Statement |
Will £400m cash injection stop us from becoming a nation of renters?
The Independent "The only winners in this new initiative are the insurance industry, mortgage lenders, estate agents and sellers," says Angus Hanton, the co-founder of think tank Intergenerational Foundation. "Younger generations will still have to prop up an … |
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Autumn Statement: George Osborne's path out of the UK's economics problems
Telegraph.co.uk A similar state insurance scheme is likely to be unveiled as part of the Chancellor's much-heralded credit- easing programme, alongside longer-term measures to create a bond market for small and medium-sized business loans that would give such … West Midlands businesses send George Osborne a message ahead of Autumn Statement Osborne's autumn statement: Four tax changes to look out for |
Can anyone help, I'm in serious trouble !!!
Expat Forum I built a house in 2005, moved in March 2006, I didn't take out building insurance, I built it myself. My property was put up for sale over 2 and half years ago based on the immobilier valuation. During that time there was some small subsidence to a … |
Three million homes damaged last winter
Which? Nationwide, over a third (35%) of householders who suffered damage to their property saw damage to their roof, while a third (33%) reported frozen or burst pipes. Martin Scott, head of Churchill Home Insurance, commented: 'A huge number of people … Winter freeze damaged 3 million homes Churchill : millions of homes suffered damage from winter freeze of 2010/11 |