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08/02/07 - Don�t delay these will fly away

'gsm' are pleased to announce a fantastic 15% off two houses from housebuilder Morris Homes at their development in Bestwood Village near Nottingham. read more ...

10/10/06 - Luxurious Leicestershire Living

'gsm' are pleased to announce the availability to the membership of Castledine Court in Syston, Leicestershire. 22 superbly designed apartments in a variety of sizes, styles and layouts offer luxurious new homes to suit every lifestyle. read more ...

07/06/06 - On the move ...

gsm would like to draw your attention to our new address and telephone numbers.

Address: Harcourt House, 128 Musters Rd, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7PW
Tel: 0845 230 3660 or 0115 981 3083
Fax: 0845 230 3770 or 0115 981 3105

Click Here for a location map from Multimap.

16/03/06 - Keeping you in the picture.

We at gsm, The Residential Property Investors Group, launched Lace Market Properties latest development and an introduction to the Nottingham�s Southside Regeneration Masterplan during a recent investors evening. read more ...

23/03/06 - The news is that renters are back with a vengeance

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) says its members have been reporting record letting figures over the past six months. The revival, says ARLA, is down to the recovery of stocks and shares, a high-performing City with record bonuses and a national resurgence of market confidence. read more ...

16/03/06 - Household growth boosted by people living by themselves

An increase in people living by themselves will account for 72% of annual household growth up to 2026 says the latest household projections published today by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. read more ...

10/03/06 - Should we start buying again?

A lot of comment has been floating around the news media over the last year about the property market crashing. We need to understand that there are three basic premises that undermine the discussion of a property crash. read more ...

8/03/06 - Lace Market Properties keeping you in Picture.

Lace Market Properties officially launched their latest development PictureWorks and an introduction to the entire Southside Regeneration Masterplan at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground recently at an Investors evening held by gsm - �The Residential Property Investors Group�. read more ...

13/02/06 - Interest rates unchanged.

Following the Bank of England�s decision to leave interest rates unchanged at 4.5% in February for the sixth month in a row, the Council of Mortgage Lenders says it expects interest rates to remain unchanged for the next few months at least. read more ...

23/01/06 - Rental yield rise suggests positive growth fro BTL landlords in 2006.

Figures from Landlord Mortgages reveal overall rental yield figures in England rose from 5.87% in Q3 2005 to 6.03% in Q4 2005. Experts say the rise in yields is an early sign that the buy-to-let market is on the road to recovery. The outlook for 2006 is reasonably good with strengthening rents and tenant demand. read more ...

23/01/06 - Interest rates on the way down?

Ray Boulger, senior technical manager at John Charcol, believes that house prices are unlikely to move sufficiently this year to concern the Bank of England and below par growth in the economy will inhibit inflation. read more ...

16/01/06 - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister says house price inflation has increased. The pace of the UK house price inflation has accelerated, according to Government figures out today.

The UK annual house price inflation rate for the 3 months to November 2005 was 2.5% and 1.2% in London. In the capital, annual house prices rose 2.2% in Novemeber, up from a depreciation of 0.5% on October. The average price of a house in the UK in November stood at �186,431, up from �185,398 on October. (Money Marketing)

16/01/06 - A&L; Survey Reveals Renters Cannot Afford To Buy. The Alliance & Leicester moving/improving index states that a quarter of married couples find it hard to get on the housing ladder because they cannot afford to buy. Couples currently renting continue to wait to get on the housing ladder.

Singletons are also finding it hard to get on the housing ladder with 26% unable to afford to buy a home. They are most likely to be renters in Britain with only 20% owning their own home and 37% preferring to live at home with their parents instead.

But those in their 30's are finding it most difficult to get on the property ladder with 39% wanting to buy but say they cannot afford to. (Mortgage Strategy)

16/01/06 - Rental Yield Rises. Quarterly rental yeild figures released by Landlord Mortgages show that overall rental yield figures in England have rised from 5.87% in Q3 2005 to 6.03% in Q4 2005.

This puts an end to the steady decrease in rental yields over the last six months. (Mortgage Strategy)

8/12/05 - Treasury U-turn on SIPP's. In Monday's pre-Budget report Gordon Brown announced that SIPPs will be now be prohibited from obtaining tax advantages when investing in residential property from April 6 2006. This is a dramatic u-turn on planned changes to the pension rules.

24/10/05 - gsm are pleased to the launch of a new associate membership scheme. Click Here to find out more.

14/10/05 - AUTUMN GATHERING. Our now traditional autumn meeting/social/business bash is upon us again. This year however we thought we'd leave our nautical exploits behind us and return to our favourite venue of the Long Room at Trent Bridge Cricket Centre.

So come on down at 6.30pm on Thursday 20th October an enjoy what promises to be another memorable night.

19/07/05 - We have been able to negotiate the following "bin ends", which we consider an excellent opportunity in today's tough market place. The Habitat in Nottingham and Fosse Rd South in Leicester.

We are not able to wait to present these at the next meeting. Because of the value of both developments these will sell out very quickly and will be dealt with on a first come first served basis.

12/05/05 - Thank you to all our members and guests who joined us to celebrate our 5th Birthday - View Photographs.