Property Investment

A majority of British people believe buying property is now a safer place to put their money than saving with a bank or building society. Research for the BBC Two series, The Truth About Property, found 53% of respondents believed owning property was safer than cash. The poll took place in the aftermath of the Northern Rock crisis, the first run on a British bank in nearly 150 years. The findings come despite mounting evidence of a slowing housing market. ‘Extreme measures’ Prices have fallen in many parts of the UK in the past few months, prompting some analysts to question whether the decade-long ... Read Full Story

The search for vacation homes on the New Jersey shore may seem arduous at first, but with a few common-sense ideas in mind it’s not too hard to find that special place. There are nation-wide websites that cater to home-buyers, like Realtor.com , that allow the prospective vacationer to zoom into specific areas and check out the variety of properties available. This is good for getting an overview but it is often better to work with local agents, such as us here at seawindsofseaisle.com because you will be guided towards a property that is perfectly suited to your tastes, by people who actually know ... Read Full Story

Anyone thinking about visiting the South Jersey Shore for vacation should consider Sea Isle City, NJ. Not only does Sea Isle have a tremendous amount to offer visitors, it is also centrally located to tourist attractions North, South, and East. Located only seventeen miles north of the southern most point in New Jersey, Cape May, visitors can hop on the Parkway and visit Victorian Cape May within twenty five minutes. About five to ten minutes closer to Sea Isle, you have Wildwood with all of the boardwalk, rides, and entertainment a family with children could imagine. Immediately to the South of Sea Isle, you ... Read Full Story

First a little story about buying investment property. My wife and I stayed at a motel in Tucson for a week one winter. Our bill was for twice what it should have been, but since I already paid the correct amount in cash, I thought nothing of it. During our stay, we noticed that the lobby and swimming pool were unheated, and passed it off as frugality. A year later, however, when I read a news story about a new owner struggling to make the motel work, I realized what was really going on. To prepare the motel for sale, the owner had been ... Read Full Story

The confidence of landlords does not seem to have been completely crushed by the recent global credit crunch, according to a press release by the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA). The ARLA is the professional body concerned with the self-regulation of letting agents. Members are seen as being at the forefront of the private rental sector   Figures from their findings show 71 per cent of landlords had no intention of selling their property. Ten per cent of members reported that they were currently buying more properties. This confidence is supported by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), which in a report found ... Read Full Story