Readers, after posting my first blog yesterday I’m feeling more and more like a hybrid of the BBC’s Robert Peston and CNN’s Richard Quest… a delightful thought.
Anyway, after this mornings Office of National Statistics upbeat review of official GDP estimates, I thought I’d throw together a brief commentary on current economic events.
It goes without saying [...]
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Jan
31
31
Jonathan’s Market Analysis – UK GDP
Jan
26
26
Jonathan’s Market Round Up
OK guys this is my first foray into the insightful world of the PF blog, brace yourself for regular – and not so regular – postings on the hot topics doing the rounds in the industry’s press.
I wanted to open my account by providing readers with an intuitive review of the 2010 market forecasts published [...]
Jan
13
13
The smarter asset class…
Posted By: Christopher Chadd in Countries, Current Projects, Market and Economics, UKLeave a Comment
Since the turn of the year I have spent a great deal of time researching the student accommodation market. I have read loads of articles and collated many links, so I thought I would summarise the interesting bits and if you wanted to read the articles for yourself, they are well worth reading so please [...]
Jan
11
11
Liverpool Student Accommodation
There has been quite a bit of positive press lately about the benefits of investment within the the student accommodation sector. The only problem is it has always been rather hard to obtain good quality stock. I am not referring to individual houses of which there are hundreds of available properties, but actual halls of [...]
Dec
16
16
2010 Predictions on the International Property Investment Market
What an amazing year 2009 has been. Although the world of property and investment seemed to have been turned upside down recently; the final year in the noughties produced a plethora of exciting investment opportunities from amazingly low priced deals in America to Eco bio fuel and forestry opportunities across the globe.
But where and what [...]
Dec
02
02
London Property Still Impresses
With the worst part of the recession and credit crunch now apparently passed, the property market in London is demonstrating a key sign of economic recovery, as the last quarter of 2009 witnessed continued confidence in market sales. Properties for sale- whether apartments or houses- have been coming onto the market much more frequently now, [...]
Nov
15
15
Healthy Signs for UK Property Market – the Country Perspective
The Property Sales market for the southern UK country market has witnessed an increase of power to sellers, with prices being driven up during the Autumn of 2009. With 4 out of every 5 properties coming onto the market being selling, those with property for sale have taken advantage of favourable market conditions.
In fact the [...]
Nov
15
15
The coin has flipped: demand has outstripped supply
Posted By: Christopher Chadd in UKLeave a Comment
UK South Sales News
Although the saying goes ‘never trust an estate agent,’ data cannot lie. And research shows that the market currently offers opportunity to whom is seeking it – and in this case we mean the home sellers. To qualify this: annually our Country offices puts for sale fewer and fewer properties, 32% less [...]
Jun
23
23
The number of sales has increased two-fold since last year
The month of May showed the increasing trust of buyers in the London property market with encouraging increases in property demand. The biggest difference is to be noted between this year compared to the last, with sales doubling both in quantity and quality. This has resulted [...]
May
26
26
News Round Up – Tuesday 26th May
Hello all, I hope all of our readers in the UK enjoyed their bank holiday weekend. This week the papers have been covering first time buyers and in particular Lloyds Bank. The Daily Telegraph leads with a story that two-thirds of first-time buyers say they have given up of EVER getting on to the property [...]