Move to boost American bank deposit protection
Times Online, UK - According to the S&P/Case-Shiller index, considered the best measure of US house prices, residential property values sank at their fastest annual rate ever … |
Tullibody couple are fed-up waiting on property bosses
Wee County News, UK - “We realise that quite often these sorts of insurance claims can take a lot of time to go through but this is our home and it’s been five weeks since the … |
Mortgage Protection Insurance Warning
QCK, UK - As redundancies loom across the troubled property and financial sectors, a sharp rise in applications for payment protection insurance (PPI) is predicted. … Beware PPI declarations |
CAA Expands Rapidly to 37 Members With EFGI Insurance & Bonds
Earthtimes (press release), UK - In 2007, CAA generated over $387000000 in combined property and casualty annual premiums, and works with 18 of the largest insurance companies in the nation … |
A fifth of homeowners plan to make structural changes
Easier (press release), UK - Sainsbury's Home Insurance reports that a fifth (21%) of British homeowners plan to undertake major structural changes to their properties between May 2008 … |
Advisers could face legal action over Sipps advice
FT Adviser, UK - Tim Fox, head of compliance at Merchant Investors, said: "There are a lot of people - around 13500 - using Sipps for commercial property - usually their own … |
Chinese property prices could slump
Homes Overseas, UK - Residential property prices in China could plummet by as much as 50% over the next decade, a lead property researcher has projected. … |
Backpackers without proper insurance 'risk parents' home and savings'
Money News, UK - According to a YouGov poll, eight million British holidaymakers have had personal property stolen in the last five years. In addition, 12 per cent would put … |
Analysis: property’s new owners - that’s you - likely to lose a …
Times Online, UK - But, if it makes you feel any better, the losses will be shared with Britain’s biggest banks and insurance companies. Bradford & Bingley was a leading … Meltdown on Wall Street: Worse share plunge in history as $700bn … Government buys Bradford & Bingley |
Citigroup bails out another struggling rival
guardian.co.uk, UK - A slump in the US property market has made it impossible for many customers to switch to more sustainable mortgages, leaving Wachovia facing huge losses. … Citigroup buys Wachovia Wachovia agrees to Citigroup takeover |