Do TV and Film Investments Make Money?

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Trends in television The introduction of video-on-demand (VOD) services including Amazon and Netflix has revolutionised the way we watch TV. They are each gaining millions of new subscribers each year and produce ever more of their own award-winning…

Halifax House Price Index: UK house prices up 8.5 per cent since last year

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UK house prices rose by 1.8 per cent during the second quarter of this year, bringing the average cost of a UK property to a record £215,582 from £211,868 in the first quarter. And according to the Halifax House Price Index, prices were up…

Buy-to-let assets hit £1.2tn as rent income reaches record level

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Britain’s zeal for buy-to-let has been underlined by research revealing that the value of landlords’ property assets rose by £156bn in the past 12 months to £1.2tn — equivalent to more than half the total market value of companies on…

Wherever you hang your hat: the allure of overseas property

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Never mind the plunging dollar. Australians continue to buy property overseas — whether it’s a one-bedroom apartment fronting Lake Orta, north of Milan, a castle in Tuscany or, closer to home, a million-dollar mansion in Bali. “Work…

Many Buy-to-let Property Investors not Put Off by UK Tax Changes

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Most property investors in the UK are undeterred from buy to let despite 2016 tax changes and 56% are planning on purchasing within the next 12 months, new research shows. With changes in tax approaching some 40% plan to set up a limited…

The Week Brexit Got Real for Investors in Property Funds

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When reality dawned, the reaction was swift. For one corner of the U.K. investment industry, it’s not clear where it will stop. Funds investing in commercial property, among the most popular last year, had started to show vulnerability in…

New property tax on foreigners buying homes in Sydney takes effect next week

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Foreigners buying homes in Sydney will face a new property tax from next week when New South Wales becomes the second state in Australia to impose such a duty as soaring demand from China helps drive record prices. Australia's most populous…

Brexit aftershocks hit UK’s property sector

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LONDON — The aftershocks of Britain’s decision to leave the EU have hit the property sector over the past week, with a foreign bank freezing loans for buyers and some investors pulling out of commercial deals. Some foreigners, however,…

Brexit: Student accommodation specialist says higher education sector ‘will prove resilient’

Company says the UK’s universities are 'not dependent' on EU students A student accommodation specialist has insisted the sector, along with the higher education sector, “will prove resilient” in the wake of the Brexit result. Empiric…

Property Market On The Ropes Following Brexit Vote

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London had already been eclipsed, but following the vote to leave the EU, the rest of the country could be about to see house price falls Annual house price growth will rapidly slow down towards the low single digits across the UK's major…

Property-Sector Profit Warning Highlights ‘Brexit’ Risk for U.K.

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Series of trading suspensions highlight concern over sector. Shares in U.K. real-estate firms—from office landlords to property brokers and home builders—were hammered Monday after Britons last week voted to leave the European Union, a…