New interest rate cut savages savers

With the bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates to a record low, savers will be particulary hard hit with income from savings taking a huge hit in the last few months. With even ISA’s not looking very appealing to savers it is increasingly becoming more attractive for savers to move their money into low risk investments with higher yields. For those investors with a good understanding of the property market, and a good handle on their personal finance some great deals can be found in the buy to let market.

With asset prices reducing, some investors with cash to hand are moving their money from savings accounts to property. Some of our readers have informed us that great deals can be found giving an opportunistic investor great yields.

If you’re a saver and have a personal story to tell us about how you plan to beat the low interest rate get in touch   

Growing concerns over property defaults

There recently has been a growing risk over defaults commercial property loan this year. In a trend that could knock down real property estate values and create more jitter in the credit world, city analysts and bankers have warned.

Us property firms in particular have took big-short term loans to finance acquisitions in recent years at very low-interest are now struggling to refinance this debt, as banks curb lending and continued commercial property falls. Read more