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PROPERTY INVESTMENT
Buying to Rent by Nick Rampley-Sturgeon
With share markets in the doldrums, property investment is attractive to many people. It certainly has advantages, but it also poses dangers for the inexperienced, which makes this book all the more essential. The author explains the 'rules', the financing options, how to be a landlord, the common mistakes newcomers make, and the factors which make the difference between a safe income-generating investment, and a sinkhole.
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Buying Bargains at Property Auctions by Howard Goodie
Hundreds of residential and commercial properties are sold every week at auction. If the market goes into reverse, and buy-to-let landlords start bailing out, many more will be sold at knock-down prices, often on the instruction of banks. This book explains how property auctions work, where to find out about them, and how private individuals can participate.
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Property Hotspots: Buy-to-Let Insider Guide to 100 Best Locations by Nick Rampley-Sturgeon
Buying-to-let can be a profitable investment but good information is crucial to making it a success. This book tells you the 100 best UK locations for buy-to-let investment, with guide prices, rental figures and yields for all kinds of properties, plus vital information on transport links, population, household and migration statistics, a list of ARLA letting agents and NAEA estate agents, average void periods, crime rates, and an overall score out of 10 for each area.
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BUYING PROPERTY ABROAD
Live and Work in France by Victoria Pybus
Half a million Brits have a house in France, and the number grows every year.
Attracted by the weather, the food, the lifestyle, and the cheap flights, it
has become a practical option for not just retired people, but for those in
work too. This is the 4th edition of a bestseller on the subject, packed with
practical facts and advice for both second-homers and those who plan on emigrating
for good.
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French Property Buying Guide 2003
Thinking about buying a house in France? With more than 380 pages, French Property Buying Guide 2003 is packed with buying advice, region and price guides, case studies and maps to make your search for a home in France as simple as possible. It will help you work out what you can afford, decide where you want to buy and what type of property suits you.
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Live and Work in Spain by Jonathan Packer
'Live & Work in Spain and Portugal' is part of an excellent series on living abroad, providing a mixture of up-to-date factual information and practical advice. Creating a new life in the sun is part of everyone's dream. With this book, you may be able to turn the dream into reality.
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SELF-BUILD
The Housebuilder's Bible by Mark Brinkley
One of those cult books that sells thousands of copies a year to Britain's growing army of selfbuilders - people building new homes or renovating existing ones. It contains a wealth of information on the costs of building, choice of construction materials, building regs., and so on, and backs it up with practical advice for non-professionals. Whether you plan to get your own hands dirty, or you plan to get builders in, read this first and you will save yourself a vast amount of time, money and nervous energy.
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Building Your Own Home by David Snell
Written by an acknowledged expert in the self-build field, Building Your Own Home has for twenty-five years been the readers' essential reference, helping them through a minefield of conflicting advice and legislation. It helps you to find the right plot, choose the right design, make the right financial choices, sort out planning consents, and deal with builders and contractors.
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French Property Buying Guide 2003
Thinking about buying a house in France? With more than 380 pages, French Property Buying Guide 2003 is packed with buying advice, region and price guides, case studies and maps to make your search for a home in France as simple as possible. It will help you work out what you can afford, decide where you want to buy and what type of property suits you.
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Live and Work in Spain by Jonathan Packer
'Live & Work in Spain and Portugal' is part of an excellent series on living abroad, providing a mixture of up-to-date factual information and practical advice. Creating a new life in the sun is part of everyone's dream. With this book, you may be able to turn the dream into reality.
Buy now
SELF-BUILD
The Housebuilder's Bible by Mark Brinkley
One of those cult books that sells thousands of copies a year to Britain's growing army of selfbuilders - people building new homes or renovating existing ones. It contains a wealth of information on the costs of building, choice of construction materials, building regs., and so on, and backs it up with practical advice for non-professionals. Whether you plan to get your own hands dirty, or you plan to get builders in, read this first and you will save yourself a vast amount of time, money and nervous energy.
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Building Your Own Home by David Snell
Written by an acknowledged expert in the self-build field, Building Your Own Home has for twenty-five years been the readers' essential reference, helping them through a minefield of conflicting advice and legislation. It helps you to find the right plot, choose the right design, make the right financial choices, sort out planning consents, and deal with builders and contractors.
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