UK landlords were left feeling rather shaky this week as media speculation mounted over the miserable prospects for the UK buy-to-let market. A set of concurrent circumstances has left landlords at the lower end of the market feeling a definite pinch in their wallets, with all the signs pointing towards that pinch getting even tighter in the near future as buy-to-let financing gets tougher.
Continue reading ‘Is the Buy-to-Let Bubble About to Burst?’

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International Real Estate

As yields shrink it’s time to look overseas [Telegraph.co.uk]
Finding the right financing [The Jerusalem Post]
Bandar Raya rides on The Troika [Malaysia Star]
Over three million relying on property to fund retirement [Moneymarketing]
Panama booms as retirement hotspot for Americans [South Florida Sun Sentinal]
Overseas holiday homes to fall in value as properties flood the market [The Independent]
RAK’s US$1.4bn island project to launch [ArabianBusiness.com]
Abu Dhabi  Fund for Development taps in Sudanese property boom [BI M.E]
Dubai rents set to soar 26.5% [ArabianBusiness.com]
UK’s Rutley unlocks Africa for property investors [Reuters Africa]
Luxury keeps its cool [Timesonline]
Canada aims to be a land for all seasons [Telegraph]
Soaring prices dampen August home resales [globeandmail]

European Housing

AIB raises e200 to set up Polish property investment [Independent.ie]
Gorgeous Natural Area or First Class Ski Resort `[Sofia Echo]
Monarch says adios to Granada [the Olivepress]
Sotogrande v Gibraltar [VOX]
In too deep [Timesonline]
Russia plans man-made Olympic island [The Sydney Morning Herald]
Rezidor new hotels in Romania and Austria [Rezidor]

UK Property

The Property Time Bomb [Telegraph.co.uk]
Household wealth doubled in decade [Reuters]
House price growth slowest in a year [Reuters]
Does anyone live in in buy-to-let-flats [Thisismoney]