Rents have moved up much less than prices in China over the past few years. As a result, in 5 cities in China – Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen – gross rental yields are now a modest 4.42%, based on a sample of high-end used apartments (www.globalpropertyguide.com). Shanghai’s gross rental yields average only 3
Archive for April, 2009
Property Title Insurance in the Offing
Bajaj Allianz, ICICI Lombard in talks with American company to launch the product. Property transactions in India will soon have an insurance cover to fall back in case something goes wrong in the deal. The country’s two large private sector insurers, ICICI Lombard General Insurance and Bajaj Allianz General, are planning to launch title insurance [...]
Life Insurance for Those That Need It
For example, if you die within three (3) years of transferring ownership of your existing policy, the life insurance policy will be taxed as part of your estate. The things that are second nature to you, whether it’s how to purchase life insurance if you’re a broker; how to write a press release if you’re [...]
Foreign Currency Direct, the leading UK currency broker, has launched a new overseas property portal for UK buyers looking overseas. The portal is at www.Propertyline.co.uk and is part of the Eataz Network, with traffic of over 300,000 users per month and 17,000 properties around the world already online. Unlike most property porta
A lot has been written about whole life insurance. Is it a good or bad type of insurance? It is not so easy to say that. We can now look at some of the bad about and benefits of whole life insurance. What is whole life insurance? Whole life insurance may also be recognized as [...]