Property Investment

CLOSE Investments is considering opening up the Latvian and Lithuanian property markets to UK investors through its new fund.

PROPERTY funds have taken "unprecedented" inflows in 2006 particularly during Q3, according to IMA quarterly figures.

THE global REITS market is expected to receive a healthy injection of funds which will see it soar to the $1trn mark when introduced into the UK in January.

ASSUREWEB has linked with a Home-Loan Partnership to provide an online protection panel to the mortgage network.

IFA firm Lowes Financial Management has raised questions over the growth potential of Abbey's five year residential property bond.

ONLY committed holiday-home buyers and long-term investors would consider buying property in Bulgaria in the current climate, according to Assetz.

THE IMA has reported the "best September on record" for net retail sales, which soared to £1.5bn compared to £809m in the same month last year.

THE trend of giving investors exposure to the European property market and global real estate securities will continue, according to a new report from Dresdner Kleinwort.

THE ‘sub-prime' UK commercial property market is maintaining high yields in the face of falling returns in the higher end sectors of the market, according to Tilney Investment Management.

NEARLY eight million people in the UK plan to use their house as their second source of income for retirement after their pension, a new survey has revealed.