You are currently browsing the RSS Financial weblog archives for July, 2008.
If you're new here, you may want to check out our main info pages starting here. Thanks for visiting!
How Retirees Can Survive the Bear Market
Wealth managers keep steady amid the turmoil
Wealth managers have shielded their clients from the worst of the market turmoil this year, according to the latest Private Client Indices (PCI) produced by Asset Risk Consultants (ARC).
Investors secure huge discounts on properties
Residential property investors are securing discounts of up to 30 per cent on prime new-build developments as housebuilders rush to offload stock before prices fall further.
Dwindling house stocks to lift prices
Dwindling housing stock in the UK could lift property prices within the next two years, according to property experts.
Lock in now to high rates on cash Isas
Savers are being urged to take advantage of strong competition for cash Isas, which has pushed tax-free rates as high as 6.5 per cent.
Sales - Money markets sales to European institutions : London
It s not easy being a retiree in an unsettled market
Non-doms and retirees keep bonds alive
Insurance bonds are still very much alive, dashing the predictions of observers who said that changes to the taxation of capital gains would finish them off for good.
Tax windfalls for Brits who sold their place in the Spanish sun
For those who have sold a property in Spain, good news has emerged in the form of a tax rebate that could add up to a staggering 86m
More a regulatory order than a market order?
Buying still beats renting
Falling house prices and rising rents mean that first-time buyers are better off entering the property market than continuing to rent long term.
Estate agents losing out in sleep stakes
LONDON (Reuters) - Estate agents top the list of sleep-deprived professionals due in part to credit crunch worries and a weakening housing market, a survey of workers has found.
Buying still beats renting
Falling house prices and rising rents mean that first-time buyers are better off entering the property market than continuing to rent long term.
House prices fall again
LONDON (Reuters) - House prices fell for an eighth straight month in June to stand more than 7 percent below the peak hit last year, a survey showed on Tuesday which is likely to fan fears the market is on the verge of a crash.