http://www.propertyroadmap.co.uk Property Blog Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:12:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now more than ever is when anyone thinking of making an investment in property should do some ground work before hand, especially after the recent collapse in the property sector. However, as with any fall such as we are experiencing this opens up the door for an investor who is ... http://www.propertyroadmap.co.uk/333-tips-for-property-investors.html The question being asked by potential borrowers in the UK is why after receiving billions of pounds from the government are lenders still not issuing mortgages at a rate that suits buyers. The problem is that even after getting their hands on the governments handouts the lenders are still saddled with ... http://www.propertyroadmap.co.uk/331-existing-loan-books-effecting-market.html It is hard to imagine what living on a private island would actually be like until you have done it. One such person who owns an island is actor Johnny Depp, his island paradise is in the Caribbean. The island is around forty five acres in size and is known as ... http://www.propertyroadmap.co.uk/329-johnny-depp-and-his-private-island.html In 2007, there was an estimated 500,000 millionaires in the UK, but according to recent figures this has now halved to 250,000 and the main culprit is the fall in property values. The research carried out by the Centre for Economics and Business Research found that in 2007, there were 489,000 ... http://www.propertyroadmap.co.uk/327-millionaires-drop-by-half.html Sometimes people use Google search results as a matter of course and the data provided is considered to be the best on the internet, hence the search engine dominance in the market. However, there are concerns that Google’s results have become clouded somewhat through the introduction of monetisation of the search ... http://www.propertyroadmap.co.uk/325-the-top-property-portals.html When the eccentric property developer Nina Wang from Hong Kong died in 2007 it was clear that her will that left her £2.7 billion fortune to charity would stir up some interest from people who would contest it. Nina was born into a poor family in 1937 and was married at ... http://www.propertyroadmap.co.uk/323-battle-over-27-billion-property.html The Times and MyDeco are currently running a campaign that will see public spaces around the country given a makeover by top British designer Sir Terence Conran and interior designer Tara Bernerd. Which is something very special indeed for the local community. These public spaces do not have to be ... http://www.propertyroadmap.co.uk/321-community-spaces-to-get-designer-makeovers.html There has been much spoken about the value of property and how the market could be on the verge of bottoming out, but when it comes to rents there is never much said and yet the rental market is a significant part of the property sector. The average monthly rent is ... http://www.propertyroadmap.co.uk/319-average-uk-rents.html Some stories are just too odd to be true, like this guy in Portsmouth who clearly suffers from arachnophobia has apparently set his home on fire. Fortunately, for the man in his forties his home was not that bad, but it could have been so much different. What is amusing in ... http://www.propertyroadmap.co.uk/317-man-sets-house-on-fire-chasing-a-spider.html These days any improvement to a property is going to be welcomed, it makes no difference if the property is up for sale, for rent or is a family home increasing its value in a cost effective way is an absolute no brainer, you would have thought. The good thing about ... http://www.propertyroadmap.co.uk/315-improving-the-value-of-your-property.html