Pricing a Property Based on Comps is Still the Rule—Unless It’s Incomparable

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When pricing a residential single-family listing, most agents’ first step is to look at the recent sales of comparable properties in the same neighborhood; about the same size; on a similar piece of land; and with similar features, like views,…

Palladium: The Best Precious Metal Investment

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Thesis Palladium outperforms the other precious metals because it benefits from a very niche automotive demand. Technology is driving improvements in automotive catalyst designs, allowing machinery parts that were once fabricated with platinum…

SA property investors find value in 25 countries

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The South African listed-property sector has seen a dramatic shift offshore with about 46% of its value in overseas markets, including eastern and western Europe. South African property stocks’ offshore exposure has more or less doubled…
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FTSE 100 history: how the index has changed over 33 years

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The FTSE 100 index has just seen one of its quarterly changes with security firm G4S and real estate investment trust Segro promoted to the top 100. Although perhaps small in themselves, these regular events have changed the face of the UK’s…

Alternative investment platforms – the changing role for EIS and VCTs

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Neil Martin talks to Daniel Rodwell, Managing Director at GrowthInvest, about the changes to pension allowances and how EIS & VCTs can take on an important role. The predicted capacity crunch on VCT and EIS offers that took place in the…

Is the UK housing market immune to political chaos?

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After much wrangling, a torrid few weeks for Theresa May, and a controversial one billion pound sweetener to Northern Ireland, the Conservatives have struck a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party and remain in power. While the UK General…

Golden Investment Rule: Check Before Investing in Gold, Silver, Precious Metals

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(Sponsored content) People don’t like to think they could fall for investment scams. We’re too smart, too savvy. We were diligent about our research. But the truth is fraudsters invest a lot of time in manufacturing a convincing façade.…

ANALYSIS: Is it the right time to be piling into bonds?

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Portfolio advisers have been looking at equity market valuations rather nervously for some time, tilting towards less risky assets, taking profits and holding more cash. But has broader sentiment now caught up? The UK's Investment Association…

UK property market slows, annual growth at lowest since May 2013

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House prices in the UK fell by 0.1% in the second quarter of 2017 and annual price growth fell to 2.6%, according to the latest lender index. Prices also fell month on month in June, taking the overall average to £218,390, the data from…

How to inspect an off-plan property overseas

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Q: My off-plan property in Malaga is due to be completed in the next few months, and I will be inspecting the property soon. What should I look out for, and what are my rights if I find any defects? J Harrison, by email A: Before making the…

UK investors pile into bonds and sell down UK equities

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Investors piled into the IA Sterling Strategic Bond sector in May, while UK equity funds experienced a net retail outflow of £479m ($642m, €566m), according to the latest IA statistics. Rising from fourth in the net retail sales charts…

Aldermore reveals portfolio buy-to-let approach

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Aldermore has revealed how it will approach lending to portfolio landlords when new Prudential Regulation Authority underwriting rules are rolled out in September. Aldermore will split portfolio landlords into two categories to determine what…