Property Investment News and Analysis from Jet-to-Let Magazine

We are now back from our August break and looking forward to the rest of the year and all the investment opportunities it will bring. We had a fabulous time over the last three weeks and met some great people on our travels from Johnny Ball to P.D. James ... more »

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Sunday, August 6

We are now on holiday until the end of August

by Jet-to-Let Magazine on Sun 06 Aug 2006 23:35 BST

The team at Bewarethesharks.com are taking a well earned holiday and will be back in late August with all the latest topical issues which affect property investors.

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UK inflation to reach highest level under Brown - 5.5% base rates?

by Jet-to-Let Magazine on Sun 06 Aug 2006 23:14 BST

INFLATION is set to hit its highest level since Gordon Brown became UK Chancellor. Soaring energy costs and university top-up fees are to blame, a leading investment bank is warning this weekend.

The consumer price index (CPI) will hit 2.8% by the year’s end, the highest since December 1995, and ... more »

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Sterling to assault the $2 dollar mark

by Jet-to-Let Magazine on Sun 06 Aug 2006 23:07 BST

Sterling stole the headlines in the currency market this week, surging 1.7 per cent to a 16-month high in trade-weighted terms after a surprise UK rate rise.

Some even saw the pound as primed for an assault on the near-mythical $2 mark, a level last reached in September 1992 prior ... more »

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Councils woo UK buy-to-let landlords with lure of steady income

by Jet-to-Let Magazine on Sun 06 Aug 2006 01:01 BST

Buy-to-let properties have become an important source of supply to the private letting market over the past 10 years. Could they play a similar role in the public sector housing market?

Some buy-to-let owners are reluctant to take on tenants from the public sector, fearing they might be less able ... more »

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Home offices add value to your property

by Jet-to-Let Magazine on Sun 06 Aug 2006 00:58 BST

Running a business from home not only saves on the cost of office rental, it can add value to your property, according to figures compiled by Redbrick, a consultancy for homeworkers.

A comparison of house prices undertaken by Redbrick and Homefinder UK, the property search service, found home offices add ... more »

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Central Banks act to curb inflation

by Jet-to-Let Magazine on Sun 06 Aug 2006 00:55 BST

Reacting to fears of rising inflation, central banks across the world raised interest rates this week.

Australia raised rates to 6 per cent and the Bank of England unexpectedly raised its main rate to 4.75 per cent. Jean-Claude Trichet (above), European Central Bank president, followed shortly afterwards with a move ... more »

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