Tag: Financial Crisis
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The Evolution of MOV8 Real Estate
Seven years ago in September, I went down to Leith and opened the doors on an office for the first time, said hello to a couple of new colleagues, hoped that everything I’d been setting-up through the night for several weeks would actually work, then we all picked up the phones and started spreading the…
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January 2010 – Edinburgh and Lothians Property Market Update
Green Shoots It’s been quite a start to the year and one that we didn’t expect. Breathe it softly but…the property market in Edinburgh at least seems to be returning to some semblance of health. If you’ve been following my updates for some time now then you’ll know that I have been fairly unoptimistic about…
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December 2009 – Edinburgh and Lothians Property Market Update
It’s the end of 2009 and I thought that I’d stick with tradition and make my predictions as to what will happen in the property market in 2010. Since these are only predictions and not rocket science, and I’ll be the first to admit that I could be completely wrong with any predictions that I…
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Monthly Scottish Property Market Update – October 2010
October, October, why have thou forsaken me? In August we were reporting the busiest month that we’ve ever had and I was questioning whether the old wisdom about spring and autumn being the best months in the property market really applied any more. And then October happened…oh, October.
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September 2010 – Monthly Scottish Property Market Update
As always, I’ll give you a little indication of what I’m personally seeing happening in the property market at the moment and then an overview of what the wider Press is reporting has been happening. I’ll start with what I’m actually seeing, based on my experience as the owner of a solicitor/estate agency firm.
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Bank Chief Warns of Repossession Tsunami and Recommends ‘Tough Love’ Approach – Who’s Getting the Tough and Who’s Getting The Love?
The Chief Executive of one of the UK’s largest lenders has warned that, when interest rates go up, the number of repossessions could become a ‘tsunami’. All this just a day after the Bank of International Settlements (which I’ve seen described as ‘the Central Bank for Central Banks’) said that the policy of the Bank…
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July 2010 – Monthly Scottish Property Market Update
What’s the Property Market Like at the Moment? Summary: It’s a Charlotte Church Property Market ‘What?’, I hear you gasp, ‘I do hope that he’s not being mean to National Treasure and no.2 only to Cheryl Cole in the nation’s collective affections?’ No, of course I’m not being mean to her. I think she’s a…
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Monthly Scottish Property Market News and Comment – What’s Happening in the Property Market and Property Prices in Scotland? September 2011
After a predictably slow August, we were of course hoping to see September come roaring back. And from our point of view it has, returning to the types of volumes that we saw at the busiest times of this year. During the month there has been a lot of negative Press around concerning the property…