A report in the UK Financial Times highlights an issue which affects property investment markets around the world - corruption.  This was reported today: "Marisol Yagüe, the mayor of Marbella, and 18 other advisers, lawyers and town councillors were arrested yesterday in connection with alleged corruption and profiteering from ...   more » Trackbacks (4)  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos Tuesday, March 21   Unscrupulous estate agents - BBC Whistleblower by Jet-to-Let Magazine on Tue 21 Mar 2006 19:10 GMT Unscrupulous practices by estate agents, including misleading surveyors about property prices and faking signatures, have been uncovered. Agents put forward false offers to vendors and took backhanders, reporters for BBC One's Whistleblower found. For four months they worked undercover in agencies in the London area. The firms involved are investigating ...   more » Trackbacks (4)  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos Monday, March 13   Property Investment Courses - April 8 and 9 2006 - London by Jet-to-Let Magazine on Mon 13 Mar 2006 12:47 GMT The next Bewarethesharks.com property investment courses will take place in London over the weekend of 8/9 April 2006. For further details telephone 0151 482 5525 or visit the property investment courses website at:  www.bewarethesharks.com      more » Trackbacks (27)  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos Tuesday, March 7   UK Housing Act 2004 - Houses in Multiple Occupation Licences by Jet-to-Let Magazine on Tue 07 Mar 2006 21:13 GMT Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) licences will be needed for all properties of three storeys or more, and for all properties with five or more people forming at least two households. The new law, which comes into effect 6 April 2006, gives three definitions of a multi-occupied property: One which is ...   more » Trackbacks (90)  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos Saturday, March 4   UK Home Information Packs (HIPs) - June 2007 - What's the cost? by Jet-to-Let Magazine on Sat 04 Mar 2006 12:38 GMT Many first time buyers will still have to pay for a full property valuation, despite government moves to ease their burden by introducing Home Information Packs (HIPs).   From June 2007, anyone selling their home has to compile a HIP, costing around £700, that includes local authority searches, work guarantees ...   more » Trackbacks (95)  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos