http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Jim+Barnaby Real Estate Jim Barnaby Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=254048&ca=Real+Estate The overseas property market has plenty of diversity, which may be both a weakness and a strength. For those failing to carry out the right research, the enticement of an investment without a full understanding of the type of person who might occupy it, for example as a holiday let, could end up in... Real Estate Jim Barnaby Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=255918&ca=Real+Estate The country across the channel seems to have been enjoying a rather healthy time of it in the property industry of late. Still second only to Spain in the popularity stakes for UK buyers, the country has seen a strong performance in the past year, with the French National Association of Estate Agent... Real Estate Jim Barnaby Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=252906&ca=Real+Estate Up until today it had not seemed to be a good week for news emanating from the Bank of England. Firstly, we had the news that in March the number of mortgages approved had dropped from 72,000 in February to just 64,000. Then yesterday brought governor Mervyn King's declaration before members of parl... Real Estate Jim Barnaby Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=248964&ca=Real+Estate The last few months have been tough for those seeking to get a mortgage, be it a residential loan for that all important first home or a buy-to-let mortgage. In both cases the supply of products has fallen, while the reverse has been true about the size of deposits. Lending criteria has tightened to... Real Estate Jim Barnaby Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=246489&ca=Real+Estate The French property market has been a hot topic of late as things turn cold in other markets through the effects of the credit crunch. With an apparently stronger market many investors will be keen to see what the best property investment deals are at present. What is not in doubt is that France is... Real Estate Jim Barnaby Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=246490&ca=Real+Estate The house price figures published by Halifax this week may have sent some very mixed messages to those looking to invest in property. While the headline-grabbing figure was an overall 2.5 per cent drop in price in March, the regional variations may have made startling reading for those investing in... Real Estate Jim Barnaby Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=247226&ca=Real+Estate That there has been a drop in house prices in recent months is largely agreed, even if some surveys, such as the Financial Times House Price Index, have consistently indicated a static picture. But the March figure of no change recorded in that survey, plus the February figures from the Land Registr... Real Estate Jim Barnaby Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=245395&ca=Real+Estate With the credit crunch dominating the news in recent months, much of the focus has been on where the property market has seen a decline, with the US and Ireland being two examples of countries suffering heavily, while the UK and Spanish booms are universally regarded as being over. In the meantime,... Real Estate Jim Barnaby Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=245676&ca=Real+Estate Those considering buying investment property who may use a mortgage to do so will most likely have been keeping an eye on the fast-developing mortgage sector in recent times, in which the abundance of choice that was available a year ago has been substantially whittled down. For the UK property mark... Real Estate Jim Barnaby Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=243461&ca=Real+Estate It is now more than three months since the controversial home information packs (Hips) became mandatory for all homes being sold in Britain. For many, this was heralding an age of bureaucracy and extra red tape, a view taken by the likes of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Conser...