A.G.S Investment Property News

No dramatic slowdown in Spain

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:25:18 +0100

Mortgage interest rates for buyers of property in Spain are forecast to rise during 2006

Spanish tax law to offer more certainty

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:17:11 +0100

Property investors in Spain could be hit with some large tax bills

Property investment is the most attractive retirement policy

Fri, 2 Dec 2005 18:52:40 +0100

It has been revealed that 44 per cent of Britons expect property investment to provide the best return for retirement.

Spain's 'land grab' comes to an end

Fri, 2 Dec 2005 18:43:43 +0100

New rules have been unveiled in the south of Spain designed to eliminate the problem of developers to abuse the system

Turkey looks forward to property boom

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:57:43 +0100

Some 53,000 overseas property investors, mostly European, have bought houses in Turkey

Retirement Property in Spain

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:42:37 +0100

Despite a perceived slowing down of the domestic property market in Britain, recent statistics reveal

Spain wakes up to property threats

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:47:02 +0100

Despite numerous surveys and reports suggesting that eastern Europe is the hot destination for the buy to let market, many Spanish property developers

Golfing glory for foreign investors

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:23:47 +0100

A new trend is emerging in Europe, with an increasing number of property purchasers keen to buy second homes on golf courses.

ALL-TIME HIGH IN BULGARIA'S PROPERTY SALES

Wed, 2 Nov 2005 20:13:42 +0100

This year is expected to be the most successful yet for real estate sales on the Bulgarian property market.

Spanish Property Price Inflation Cools

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:47:13 +0100

Spanish property price inflation has begun to soften, the Spanish Ministry of Housing has claimed,

Dubai: Coming to terms with a new market

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:44:45 +0100

Independent lenders have made it easier for the British to purchase property in the region,

Pension rule changes prompt mis-selling fears

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 20:13:55 +0100

Rule changes being introduced by the government next year to allow more people access to Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs) are creating the perfect conditions for a mis-selling scandal,

Southern Italy on the cheap

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:18:52 +0100

The cost of property in Southern Italy can be alarming, not with our latest project

Sipps 12% growth in Spanish property investment

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:47:06 +0100

ASSETZ PROPERTY NEWS SERVICE
Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:01:31 BST
Three major Spanish banks have predicted annual house price inflation of 12 per cent

Agents warn of jet to let loopholes

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:24:22 +0100

Jet to let property investment buyers have been warned to beware of Spanish home owners

Talk of property investment slowdown premature says Bank of Spain

Sun, 9 Oct 2005 17:06:08 +0100

Both the Spanish ministry of housing and the Bank of Spain have denied that there is any overall slowdown in the Spanish property market,

Pension regulation 'gap year' risk

Wed, 5 Oct 2005 21:42:45 +0100

Government plans to regulate people who set up or sell potentially dangerous Self-Invested Personal Pensions (Sipps)

Top Destinations

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:09:10 +0100

When buying a property abroad you must take into account the popularity of the country and location.

House prices in Spain Still Rising

Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:23:39 +0100

According to a new report released by the Catalonian Savings Bank

Spanish property investment: head for the hills

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:08:43 +0100

Property investors looking to catch the next big thing in Spanish property investment

Madrid crackdown on dodgy Spanish property charges

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:01:31 +0100

The regional authority of Madrid is considering tough new measures that will clamp down on notoriously opaque Spanish property contracts

The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept its main interest rate at 2%

Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:00:00 +0100

Eurozone rates kept on hold at 2%

ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet says rates are at the right level
The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept its main interest rate at 2%.
Borrowing costs in the eurozone have been on hold for the past 26 months, despite signs that some of the biggest eurozone economies were stalling.

Sipp investors eye private equity

Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:30:19 +0100

Thousands of sophisticated investors are planning to invest their pensions in private equity funds when new pension rules are introduced next April.

'Property pensions' only for wealthy

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:17:43 +0100

New rules allowing the purchase of property through a pension will be inappropriate for most people, the government admits.

Good times ahead for foreign property buyers in Spain

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:16:58 +0100

British property buyers could be in line to save £millions in capital gains tax when they sell their family holiday home or investment property in Spain

London Traders SIPP Champagne on the Cote d'Azur

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:43:40 +0100

Because of the new SIPP proposals many London traders are already investing their own money in the French Riviera property market rather than buying equities and bonds.

South Cyprus still strong for buy to let

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:59:03 +0100

Southern Cyprus has already established itself as having a strong buy to let property market

Sipp investors anticipating property purchase

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:55:38 +0100

New research confirms that upcoming changes to pensions rules will have a strong impact upon the property market

BENAA to build the world's most integrated Golf City at Dubailand

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:47:47 +0100

BENAA and Dubailand have announced that a vast new complex housing a fully-integrated 'Golf City' will come up at Dubailand.

New pensions won't avoid IHT

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:08:50 +0100

The Government has confirmed that new pension rules which come into force next April will not allow wealthier savers to use pensions as a means of avoiding inheritance tax

Rental rises suggest Dubai house prices will increase this autumn

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:41:06 +0100

In the first half of 2005 annual rents in Dubai have shot up by around 40%; possibly the fastest inflation rate in the world for accommodation. Yet house prices, particularly in the secondary market, have advanced more modestly. How will this conundrum pan-out this autumn?

Britons in Spain get £200 winter fuel payments

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:01:00 +0100

The winter fuel payments scheme instituted by Gordon Brown has handed out around £7 million to pensioners living in Spain and other southern European countries.

Spanish Land grab

Sat, 9 Jul 2005 14:43:29 +0100

SPAIN'S notorious land grab law, under which thousands of expats have lost their homes on the Costa Blanca, is set to be scrapped in three months. Faced with the prospectof being hauled before the European Courts of Justice, Spanish provincial legislators have pledged to redraft the property laws by September and work out a compensation package for homeowners and those who have already been affected by

Spanish Property Loosing its Appeal

Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:31:42 +0100

According to a recent report in the English language Spanish CB Friday newspaper, property developers in Spain are beginning to worry that Spanish property is losing its appeal overseas.

Using a UK mortgage to buy Dubai property?

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:45:56 +0100

For those with real estate in the UK raising a mortgage there to buy in Dubai might appear a perfect solution. But beware the foreign currency exchange risk that you unwittingly undertake.

Cap Cana, up-and-coming world class international resort

Mon, 16 May 2005 09:10:12 +0100

Cap Cana is a master planned resort community located on the eastern most tip of the Dominican Republic. Widely tipped to become one of "the" new destinations of choice and a property hotspot.