Off Plan Property Exchange

Real estate 'slide' becomes a reality

Mark Pollak — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:11:20 +0000

photo credit: mattymatt There’s been a lot of talk lately about how the real estate market is on a downward slope, but it’s not meant literally. Unless you’re Kathleen Hendrickson that is. A home owner in Orgeon, US, the woman recently experienced a pretty sharp decline in her property investment, as it, well, slid down a [...]

UK property tax problem to come home to roost

Mark Pollak — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:38:55 +0000

photo credit: Harbor Area Designs You know that old phrase ‘in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes’? Well Benjamin Franklin was a wise man, because the UK tax man cometh. Buy-to-let property investment pros watch out, according to Target Chartered Accountants, from April 2009 the tax man might just be stopping by unannounced [...]

Plot your recovery in a property investment bunker…

Mark Pollak — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:30:55 +0000

photo credit: secretlondon123 The recession sirens are sounding, the economic apocalypse is upon us. But fear not, you can hide from credit crunch chaos by investing in a new home with a difference. At an auction to be held by estate agent Savills this month, a property with ‘extensive underground accommodation’ is up for grabs in [...]

Real estate auctions get political

Mark Pollak — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:21:53 +0000

photo credit: Dare*2*Dream Anyone who has ever been to real estate auctions will know some pretty odd things can crop up once the deal is sealed. Houses can turn out to be not all they seemed cracked up to be – or more than cracked up, in the case of barely-noticeable subsidence. Furniture may or may [...]

The $1.75 house for sale by owner

Mark Pollak — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:30:40 +0000

photo credit: Waldo Jaquith Buying strange things on eBay isn’t a new concept. A friend of mine once took delivery of an eight-inch statue from Japan which he paid £70 for while drunk. Once it had turned up on the doorstep it took him a day to remember when and how he bought it. But [...]

House for sale – plus masses of horse power

Mark Pollak — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:30:14 +0000

photo credit: Lodian Last week we had the American couple who got so fed up with the slow pace of the houses for sale market in the US that they slapped an asking price on a dolls house and offered to throw in their real home for free. Now we’ve got the entrepreneur who claims he [...]

Designers turn real estate project on its head

Mark Pollak — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:58:35 +0000

photo credit: roland I suppose some might argue it’s one way of trying to make sure the value of your new home for sale doesn’t go downwards, but conducting viewings might be a bit on the tricky side. This house in the German island of Usedom has been constructed completely upside down and has been drawing [...]

NOT the smell of investment opportunity

Mark Pollak — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:59:04 +0000

When it comes to getting rid of problem tenants, investment property landlords across the globe generally like to follow the traditional rules of the game. Firm but polite warnings can lead to court hearings and orders, depending on the laws of the country concerned.

American builders face slump in sexiness of new homes for sale

Mark Pollak — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:45:53 +0000

Well, why splash out $200,000 a piece on new homes when a) you probably can't get a mortgage and b) if you could you might just buy one of America's vastly discounted foreclosed homes.

Real estate investing – a filthy business

Mark Pollak — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:14:15 +0000

photo credit: oztenphoto Thanks to hurricanes in America and a global financial wobble, property investment professionals have plenty of physical and cash-related mess to worry about. But what one landlord in Texas found in one of his rented apartments makes a world meltdown seem like a welcome fate. Australia’s Daily Telegraph reports the unnamed landlord had [...]