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Those Britons who are paying for their energy through a prepayment scheme are losing out on millions of pounds, according to findings by a price comparison website.In a study carried out by moneysupermarket, it was revealed that the typical person meeting the cost of their utility bills via prepayment is paying out an average of 1,026 pounds 46 pence. However, by switching to pay by monthly direct debit, such a consumer would pay 853 pounds 96...more
We are in recession and have just began to chip away at the tip of an iceberg that is credit crisis. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers recently stated, "We are facing the most serious financial stress that the U.S. has seen in at least a generation." I think to call our economic situation a recession and the subprime bubble a credit crisis is a gross understatement.This is just the beginning - an opinion shared by Satyajit Das, a world-renown expert on credit derivatives, who is also the author of 4,000+page reference text on this subject.I believe we are going into a nasty bear market. Why?1. Extraordinary level of debt characterizes a very weak economic state.2. Political leadership with silly intervention proposals.3. Subprime market bubble that is just a key to Pandora's boxÂ…watch out!Massive DebtBush's oil war on Iraq is a $300 billion dollar per year burden on the U.S. economy (by many scholarly and economic estimates). This is expensive by itself, but becomes completely unaffordable when we factor in that the US Government borrows $250-300 billion dollars form China every year above and beyond what it already collects in taxes in spite of tax payers overpaying (i.e....more
Let's admit it; we all want to be more, do more, and have more. When you ask people if they would like to be happier, healthier, or more prosperous financially, you are certain to get an affirmative response. This is because every living thing in nature is programmed with a desire to improve. We are most certainly a part of nature. Since the...more
It has been said often enough in recent times that buy-to-let has two notable characteristics at present. One of these is that there is a determination on the part of most investors to make their investment a long-term one, eschewing the notion of making a quick profit and seeking instead to enjoy the long-term gains the industry can...more
The news earlier this week from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) that the number of buy-to-let mortgages taken out last year was higher in the credit-crunch blighted second half than the roaring first six months may have surprised many. But it appears this has not been the only news indicating that the continued strength of buy-to-let is only too real.Commenting after the release of this news, Nick Clark, the managing director of the Homebuyer and Property Investor Show, said: "The results of the CML survey are a far cry from the doom and gloom forecast of the property and buy-to-let property market and consistent with our own findings." But there was more. The number of people coming to the show itself was a demonstration that things were looking healthy, he suggested: "It is clear that people have retained confidence in the market, we have seen demand for the Homebuyer and Property Investor Show to be as high as ever as people look to invest in the buy-to-let as well as the wider UK and overseas markets, with 11,000 visitors already pre-booked for the show, a figure in line with the previous few years." Mr Clark added that a third of those coming to the show were...more
Portugal has always been a popular destination for Britons wishing to purchase a holiday home abroad or to buy a place in the sun for their retirement. Pure investment purposes have also been behind such foreign property transactions, but according...more
Buy-to-let investment in the UK is set to go from strength to strength in 2008, it has been suggested by one industry commentator.Malcolm Harrison from the Association of Residential Letting Agents (Arla) has claimed that this year could be yet...more
Those who believe the Spanish market is past its best may be barking up the wrong tree. Not because there hasn't been a property market correction, not because there isn't a global credit crisis and not because many investors looking for new hotspots...more
If the talk of the property industry in the last year has been Cape Verde, the issue of how much property can be crammed onto those little volcanic islands in the sun may become an issue before too long.Or perhaps it won't. According to Simon Walker,...more
Those looking at property investment in France will soon be aware that there are many possibilities, as the country is large and offers different attractions to suit numerous tastes. With Alpine ski property, the winelands, the glamour of Paris, the...more
In times of economic gloom, it often seems to be the north which suffers most, with recessions seeing many people in grim northern towns kicking their heels as the factories shut. Stereotyped as this image may be, it contained a kernel of truth, for...more