In Shakespeare’s era, moneylenders had a real image problem. As witnessed in the popularity of the play, The Merchant of Venice at the time – a play in which the evil money lender, Shylock intends to exact revenge on the poor Antonio, only get his own comeuppance at the end of the play. Today,...
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Having defied common sense and gravity, the housing market took a strong downward turn this morning. Treated like a fallen-from-grace d-listed celebrity, the headlines have jumped into the discomfort and ‘turned on’ the housing market with a united vitriolic zeal. Whilst its too early to say we told you so, we feel that it...
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Seasoned landlords are offloading their exposure to risky portfolios just as new buy-to-let beginners are jumping into the market in droves. Some say it’s like watching ‘Lambs to the slaughter’ – never has such a phrase summed up the abject state of the ‘buy to let market’ so succinctly. For some time commentators, this...
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We noted in our article on property yesterday that at the peak of markets it is generally the more vulnerable that are affected when markets turn. We’ve included below some articles that seem to bear out our ‘top of the curve’ theory – we’re starkly reminded of the heady days just prior to the...
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There’s a scene in Monty Python’s satire ‘Life of Brian’ where the protagonist drops a shoe, the crowd following him takes this as a ‘sign’ and everyone holds up one shoe. We’re beginning to think that in the property market life may be imitating art. During the last few months we have reported that...
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