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£570 million paid out in PPI claims in April

25/6/2012

 
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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced today that Lenders paid out £570.5 million in compensation during April to victims of payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling. 
This is the largest overall monthly pay out and pushes the total paid out since January 2011 to £4 billion. But with an estimated £9 billion of compensation due in total, the process is far from over.
Last month, Lloyds Banking Group, RBS and HSBC set aside £800 million extra between them, on top of their original pots to pay out from. Barclays also set aside an extra £300 million in April.


Millions will see pensions slashed by up to 20% as new EU rules are set to send annuities plummeting

22/6/2012

 
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MORE bad news on pension's!! TIME TO ACT!

Millions of people could see the value of their pensions slashed by up to 20 per  cent because of new EU rules.
Those with a £100,000 pension fund could be  more than £1,100 per year worse off in retirement because of the reforms,  research has shown.
The Solvency II rules, which are due to come  into effect in January 2014, will force pension funds to hold a higher  proportion of 'safe' Government bonds.
As the bonds - called gilts - have such low  rates of return it will drive down the returns on retirement fund annuities,  which are used to pension income.
The reforms are designed to make pension  funds safer and reduce the risk of them going bust.
Annuities, which set retirement income for  life, have already fallen to historic lows because of the impact of quantitative  easing.
At present, a pension annuity fund may invest  20 per cent in low-yield gilts and the rest in riskier corporate bonds which have a higher rate of return.
But under the new EU rules, annuity funds  will be forced to hold a higher percentage of gilts.
New research by Deloitte suggests annuity  rates will plunge by between five and 20 per cent when the directive comes into  force in January 2014.

A £100,000 pension pot currently gives an  income of £5,837, but once the regulations come into effect they will be between £292 and £1,167 a year worse off.

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A new concept in affordable housing – Generating high net yields for investors.

21/6/2012

 
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                           A new concept in affordable housing
 
– £44,950 purchase price
– 30.84% below market value
-- £20,000 instant equity

-- 8% net yields
-- SPECIAL OFFER - BUY 5 for the Price of 4.5 - Saving £22,475


Beacon Apartments encompasses an exciting new living concept of one-bedroom
UrbanPads for key workers and young professionals and are ideal for first time
buyers and investors alike.
Located near the centre of Gateshead in the North East of England, Beacon
Apartments will be the ideal location for young professionals and those working
in the nearby towns and cities such as Newcastle and Durham.
The property is situated in close proximity to main motorways and transport
links and provides quick and easy access to business centres.
Beacon Apartments sits near to the A167 Gateshead Highway, which provides
surrounding areas and also the A1 via A184 and the A19 for those commuting to
places of work.
A converted 1970s building with fully renovated interiors and exteriors,
Beacon Apartments is a modern property and provides an attractive option for
people looking for central living spaces.
The new concept development will be converted into 112 Urban Pads. They are
30m2, one bedroom suited for urban living preferred by young professionals. Each
pad will consist of a living and kitchen area, a bedroom and a bathroom.
Highlights of Beacon Apartments
 -              Close to areas of interest such as Newcastle and Durham.
 -              Urban Pads concept providing 112 urban pads with rents from £395 pcm.
 -              High Net Yields.

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Student property delivers high returns

18/6/2012

 
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Student accommodation will continue to offer attractive investment returns in spite of upcoming changes to tuition fees, this is according to all the major market analysts.

Private investors have been attracted to student property as an asset class due to the relatively high yields on offer, driven by the imbalance between the supply of accommodation and the high demand for university places.

With an offer on at the moment of buy five get one free there has never been a better time to buy into this market especially when you consider that the current value for student accommodation is £45,000 per unit whilst the deal offered nets the properties down to £25000 per unit.


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Euro MPs kick out EU buy to let mortgage regulation

8/6/2012

 
Buy to let mortgage lenders are sighing with relief after the European parliament voted to exclude landlord loans from tough new lending rules.
The UK’s Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has campaigned long and hard for
buy to let to be treated as a commercial loan rather than a residential mortgage, which was the initial thrust of the European directive on credit agreements relating to residential property (CARRP).
After intensive lobbying, the European Parliament’s ECON committee voted to
leave buy to let lending outside of the directive.
“We’re pleased to see that many of the long standing issues we have been
lobbying on have reached a positive outcome for the UK. So for example, the UK
would be able to exempt buy to let from the directive,” said a CML spokesman.
“However, some provisions have been included which only emerged at a late
stage of negotiations but which may not have had their full implications considered and we will continue to work on these issues as the directive goes into its next stage of discussions.”
CARRP is aimed at implementing a Europe-wide mortgage policy, but UK lenders
claimed this was unfair on buy to let landlords as the UK market differs significantly from the rest of Europe.
In most European countries, the buy to let market is either fledgling or developed through lending to companies rather than individual investors.
UK residential mortgages will come under the CARRP rules.
As a result, mortgage lenders will have to strengthen underwriting for loans, offer a cooling off period to borrowers and will have less power to repossess properties if homeowners fall in to arrears on mortgage repayments.
“Parliament has given a qualitative breakthrough regarding the initial text. We now have more ambitious legislation which establishes the international golden standards bringing in the principles recently adopted by the Financial Stability Board”, said the directive’s main champion Antolin Sanchez Presedo after the vote.

“We introduced a new chapter on financial education, strengthened information
to consumers, established a reflection period and the possibility to receive
good advice as well as fair principles for crisis situations.”

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