Property Investment

Property and shares are the two "inflation-beating" products in which investors have been advised to put their savings for long-term profits. Speaking to the weekly Property Week podcast, David Kuo, of The Motley Fool website, has claimed that it is important for individuals to protect their savings from inflationary pressures....

It's been a while since we ran a poll on IPINLive, the last one being the future of the Euro after the uproar concerning the bailout of Greece and Ireland - the results of which are surprisingly close...

Investing in property using a SIPP (Self Invested Personal Pension) has a number of tax benefits and can be a flexible pension investment option

The latest European Fair Value Index (FVI), published by DTZ, has suggested that property markets in the region now offer less attractive returns for investors than they did in the third quarter of 2010....

Demand for gold in China has surged as investors turn to the precious metal amid rising concerns surrounding inflation in the country. Gold's bull market stumbled in January, with the price sliding more than seven per cent from its all-time high...

Encouraging growth in the UK's residential and commercial property markets should be a primary concern for the coalition government, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has said....

Property investors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are increasingly turning to the Dubailand area when seeking to buy or rent apartments in the emirate. According to new figures from search website Propertyfinder....

Property has been named as the best place for individuals to invest their cash in 2011. Results from the latest confidence tracker survey by Worldwide Property Group have found that a massive 72 per cent of respondents believe it to be the number one investment option....

Australia, Singapore and China are leading the commercial property market in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of direct investment, new figures show. According to figures from Jones Lang LaSalle, there is likely to be a further increase of buyers to the end of the year....

International investors have continued to support the prime central London property market, the latest report claims. As a result of a hiring spree in the financial and professional services sectors foreign buyers are still flocking to the UK capital, the September 2010 market update report from Black Brick said....

The latest data from Rightmove and Moneycorp suggests that investors have been following the sunshine when it comes to searching for property. Indeed, the organisations reported a 12 per cent growth in searches for homes compared to July....

A booming and stable economy has long been associated with a strong property market. Indeed, more often than not trends in house prices and commercial rents tend to mirror the performance of the economy, with the buoyancy of the housing market closely associated with the strength of domestic demand....

Many investors like to stick to the principals of investing in developed markets such as the UK and the US, where regulation and transparency work with investors to provide a relatively stable environment....

The unpredictable currency markets over the past month have kept traders entertained and many economists are predicting that more volatility is to come. The euro in particular has been attracting much sceptical feeling, with fears that some European leaders are not fully supportive of the recent bailout measures....

The most recent information relating to the property market in Dubai has hinted that recovery may be on the cards. Colliers International has reported that real estate values in the region climbed four per cent in the first quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter, but what does this mean in real terms for real estate investors?