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First-time Buyers: Take That First Step With a Spanish Property

Over recent years the substantial growth in UK property prices has outstripped the income generated by people in their mid/late twenties. For single people, finding a deposit is certainly difficult enough, and with the need for a substantial mortgage, repayments are not within their income realm.
Will this phenomenon continue? Forecasters are concluding that although there [...]

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Average Age of First Time UK House Buyer Reaches 34

It is often said that the first time buyer is the lifeblood of the housing market. They buy the houses at the bottom of the housing ladder, allowing previous owners to buy at the next level up and so on. Without first time buyers, the housing market would slow down dramatically – a [...]

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Buying a Property in Spain – Making the First Move Toward a Place in the Sun

Over the past 20 years, thousands of UK residents have acquired a property in Spain, and a consistent and substantial growth in UK property prices has provided the opportunity for many people to achieve their dream of owning a second property. Reasons for considering a purchase of property in Spain can vary greatly. Some [...]

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Volunteer in Spain and Find Out That First World Countries Also Need You

Spain is one of the most developed countries in the world where poverty, crime rates and social problems in general are much lower than in other parts of the world. So probably to volunteer in Spain may not sound as interesting and rewarding as you would like to. But you will be surprised to find [...]

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Annual increase in UK residential property for first time in 16 months

UK residential property prices rose on an annual basis for the first time in 16 months fuelled by a lack of supply, according to figures released today by Rightmove.Asking prices increased year on year by 0.2% and by 2.8% this month, the biggest monthly increase since February and the largest for the month of October [...]

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Signs of recovery emerge as first monthly rise in UK commercial property prices

Retail warehouses saw the largest hike in values in July, up 1.2%, with returns close to 2% that month.July’s rise in prices comes after a 0.8% fall in June, when CBRE said UK commercial property prices were nearing an inflexion point, and follows several high-profile companies saying the sector may be improving.The all-property total return [...]

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Why New Houses UK Schemes Can Help First Time Buyers

As a UK citizen, I want to eventually be able to afford my own detached house with a garden and a lovely front lawn completed with white picket fences. However, in this day and age one cannot but dream and find that the dream will not come as a reality if the economy does not [...]

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