CONTENTS AUGUST 2011
10 NEWSbeat Banging on about the things that matter in the property world.
Newsbeat gets to the heart of it all.
14 PROPERTYdrum National Conference More exciting speakers confirmed for the PROPERTYdrum National Conference for residential property professionals. Keynote speaker is Michael Portillo, plus futurologist and broadcaster Dr James Bellini, RICS President-elect Alan Collett and the bosses of the three major portals. This is the networking opportunity of the year – join us!
18 31 Helping
community charities
really seems to cheer you up.
18 Mortgages – boom and bust Intrepid financial journalist Andrea Kirkby gets to the bottom of the
Yes,
mortgages do still exist.
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What is a REIT and how can
they help us all?
COVER FEATURE
mortgage maze and discusses the past, the present and the future of lending in the UK.
31 Agents in the community There’s playing polo and pedalling to Paris, then there’s painting the office
pink, is there a ‘P’ in the month or is it just a constant push for charity?
34 The Property Ombudsman Trivial complaints damage business, says the Ombudsman, so he suggests that you avoid them happening in the first place.
36 Counting the cost of home ownership Property prices may be too high – or not. Coutts says that the way we
calculate affordability isn’t quite right, so they have devised a new way, that is right.
38 Primetime at Digital Property Group It’s ten years since Primelocation was launched and three years since
the Digital Property Group was formed as a parent company for it and Findaproperty. We talk to the directors about the company’s success and what lies ahead.
41 Join the dots: QR Codes are here QR Codes were invented in Japan seventeen years ago, but some things
take a while to catch on; they are going to be big in estate agency though... if you can crack them.
44 Relocation – talking to the experts A growing sector within the property world, but who uses them? And why?
We find out how the process works and why some estate agents think the world of these global players.
Finding homes for far flung people is a challenge!
44 8 AUGUST 2011 PROPERTYdrum
Dipping into bricks and mortar.
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