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Tuesday afternoon linkage - all the excitement, captured in picturesGoogle StreetView goes national this Thursday [FindaProperty] Cameron's secret family fortunes [Daily Mirror] House prices to plunge in Chelsea, on news of likely Susan Boyle move [The Sun] Those lousy capital pig nuns [Telegraph] How to start an estate... Shocking statistics from Govt study into London housing affordabilityAccording to the National House and Planning Advice Unit, 90% of couples under 40 with children can't afford to own a home in London. In the south east as a whole, the figure is 76.2%... hardly cause for a... Market report - RICS predicts beginning of the end of the supply problemsRemember, it's been a truth pretty much universally acknowledged, that it's not been the number of renters with good fortunes but the lack of available properties that's been supporting the property market recovery in recent months. February - according... Monday afternoon linkage - Foxtons... fXXXed or fabulous?Foxtons' losses hurt [Citywire] And yet... they plan to expand [Times] A decade of stagnation to look forward to [Observer] iSold.com [Independent on Sunday] Housing policy and the parties [Observer] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati... Phil Spencer advises sell and rentSomewhat bravely - we believe - Phil Spencer is advising homeowners to sell now, buy again later. Clinch a sale at today’s prices, but buy after the election, when values might dip and you can get more for your... Chester Square... it's still a bit richAccording to Mouseprice.com, Belgravia's Chester Square remains on top if the UK house price league, with an average property value of £6.6m, proving a vision of a property-owning democracy worked out well for Margaret Thatcher. Technorati Tags: London, property,... Thanks to PrimelocationIt's time to say a bit "thank you" to our sponsor, Primelocation.com, for both continuing to support this labour of love, and providing a very useful property search function to the Rat and Mouse. We're hope you're using the... Tales from the front line... "a buy-to-let dream"I was out with the pickiest rental client in the world today, seeing a peach of a bachelor pad on the banks of the Thames. He was late of course, him being a very important person and me being... Will the house of cards topple after the election?Everywhere else you look, extraordinary, temporary measures look like becoming standards on which the house price recovery’s being built. A bank base rate of 0.5%? Fine. It would still be historically extremely low at, say 3.5%, but many believe... FinderMonkey finds errant tenantsThey're, like, gumshoes for landlords. FinderMonkey finds your fleet-footed tenants if they're left without paying their rent or after damaging your property. They also work on a no-find-no-fee basis; £35 after a successful result. More here. [via PropertyHawk] Technorati... Thursday linkage - furniture for Posh and BecksFour sentenced after £3m mortgage fraud investigation [Herts Police] Giant landlord unimpressed by current house prices [Business Week] Interview with Greene & Co's David Pollock (the one off the telly) [Digital Property Group] Furniture for Posh and Becks [Trendir]... Outlook: RICS vs Investors' Chronicle"It seems unlikely prices will dip again" this year, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, who point to limited supply and continuing low interest rates as reasons for faith in UK residential property prices. But - according... Wednesday linkage - key workers fear property fire saleLonton property tycoon in massive fraud case [Guardian] Amy Winehouse buys Camden mansion [Digital Spy] London key workers fail crown property fire-sale [Guardian] Knight Frank shows price bump for prime London, driven by foreign buyers [International Property Journal] The... Blackpool tops list of highest-yielding buy-to-let spotsKingston-upon-Thames comes in second, east London fourth (would like to see a breakdown of this), Uxbridge eighth and south east London ninth. More here. Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate... CML: homeownership to continue to shrinkThe Council of Mortgage Lenders expects homeownership to continue to shrink in the coming years, as a shortage of supply prices increasing numbers out of the market and makes private sector renting the norm among the younger generation. It... |