Focus: residential
Focus: residential
- 2004
- Estates Gazette (0418) 10 July 2004, 115-135(7) .
Group of three articles on aspects of the residential market in the UK and abroad. "Tangled up in red tape" reports on how a raft of current and forthcoming legislation on Stamp Duty Land Tax, money laundering and home information packs is increasing estate agents' workloads. "Homes off the peg" describes how Barratt Homes has started marketing prefabricated homes to address the housing shortage in the UK. "Same song different notes" sees residential markets in a number of countries manifesting the same problems and dealing with the same issues as in the UK. Concludes that across much of the world, although personal borrowing for home ownership is rising and property prices are rising in a more sustained manner than before, stable economic conditions will prevent markets overheating.
MONEY LAUNDERING
HOME INFORMATION PACKS
STAMP DUTY LAND TAX
ESTATE AGENTS
PREFABRICATED HOMES
OFF-SITE MANUFACTURING
NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA
DUBAI
SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
AUSTRIA
DENMARK
GERMANY
SWITZERLAND
SPAIN
FRANCE
SWEDEN
ITALY
UNITED STATES
CHINA
RESIDENTIAL MARKET
HONG KONG
RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT
Group of three articles on aspects of the residential market in the UK and abroad. "Tangled up in red tape" reports on how a raft of current and forthcoming legislation on Stamp Duty Land Tax, money laundering and home information packs is increasing estate agents' workloads. "Homes off the peg" describes how Barratt Homes has started marketing prefabricated homes to address the housing shortage in the UK. "Same song different notes" sees residential markets in a number of countries manifesting the same problems and dealing with the same issues as in the UK. Concludes that across much of the world, although personal borrowing for home ownership is rising and property prices are rising in a more sustained manner than before, stable economic conditions will prevent markets overheating.
MONEY LAUNDERING
HOME INFORMATION PACKS
STAMP DUTY LAND TAX
ESTATE AGENTS
PREFABRICATED HOMES
OFF-SITE MANUFACTURING
NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA
DUBAI
SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
AUSTRIA
DENMARK
GERMANY
SWITZERLAND
SPAIN
FRANCE
SWEDEN
ITALY
UNITED STATES
CHINA
RESIDENTIAL MARKET
HONG KONG
RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT