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10 05 2012 |
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CML figures show buy-to-let loans in quarter one of 2012 were up by 32% annually, while repossessions have steadied The value of mortgages taken out to fund buy-to-let purchases rose by a third year-on-year to the first three months of 2012, as falling house prices and rising rents made the sector attractive to investors. Some 32,300 loans worth a combined total of £3.7bn were advanced to buy-to-let borrowers, according to figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The value was 5% down on the final three months of...
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10 05 2012 |
HAVE Spain’s policymakers at last woken up? The news that Rodrigo Rato was leaving Bankia came at the start of Madrid’s siesta on May 7th. The abrupt departure of one of Spain’s most prominent bankers came hours after Mariano Rajoy, the prime minister, admitted that he might need to use public funds to shore up the banking system. Two days later, the government nationalised Bankia’s parent. Bankia, a merger of seven savings banks and the largest property lender in Spain, is not Mr Rajoy’s only banking problem, but it is a good place to start. In a report last month the...
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09 05 2012 |
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Council finds people living in everything from massively overcrowded houses to a walk-in freezer – and the problem is getting worse Maria's front door has a house number – 48 – screwed in to the wood and its own letterbox, but it isn't possible for a postman to get here to deliver anything. The healthcare assistant's home is a shed in the back garden of a shabbily converted bedsit property, only accessible via the main building and through the filthy, rubbish-strewn yard. Her thrifty landlord has recycled the front door from...
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09 05 2012 |
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The cost of buying properties in Australia's mining towns is making them a popular target among investors.
This is the opinion of Brett Alegre-Wood, founder of Your Property Club and an investor himself, who explained "affordability is going up" in these settlements, which has resulted in "huge" demand for homes in these areas.
He added there are still viable opportunities to be found in large cities such as Melbourne and Sydney, but stressed it is important to take a long-term view when purchasing real estate in such areas.
According...
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09 05 2012 |
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The Spanish government is expected to announce a package of financial aid for one of the nation's largest banks - Bankia.
Between €7 billion (£5.6 billion) and €10 billion is likely to be ploughed into the firm to help bolster its balance sheet and cover future losses.
Bankia and its parent company BFA are the most exposed lenders to the Spanish property market, holding €31.7 billion of troubled real estate assets, according to Reuters.
Rodrigo Rato, chairman at Bankia, announced he would step down from his position ahead of the...
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