News Review - March 11th 2009 |
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Property Boffin 2009 - a Comic Relief special event where leading figures from the property industry will be battling it out to be crowned Property Boffin Champion by answering questions posed by the public in a University Challenge style quiz! Sounds a bit bizarre, but why not do your bit for Comic Relief and submit your own question, or go to the event next Wednesday in central London. Rick Otton of lease option fame, is in the UK next week running a seminar in Maidenhead talking about how to control property and generate great cashflow without the hassle of applying for a mortagage. Click here for more information Upmarket HMO landlords Nice Group went into administration this week. Their strategy was to buy large family homes, redesign them to provide the maximum number of lettable rooms, and then rent them out to young professionals on a shared occupancy basis. The mortgage fraud at the heart of the property boom. Continuing on from this, a short Mortgage podcast from the Guardian is available here with a quick explanation of the widely reported Bradford and Bingley mortgage fraud arrests case. Buy BMV in the USA. Our new, fully-managed US foreclosure property investment service is now up and running. Offering a 30% annual return on cash (before you even consider any equity), it's proving incredibly popular so far - most popular investment property on one of the largest property portals in the UK. We also now have up to 60% LTV finance available which brings the cash investment down to just £14,000. Useful LinksUseful Q&A section on the Residential Landlord site covering a whole host of topics for landlords. |