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...Participation surged in southern Spanish cities such as Marbella and Seville after an entrepreneur brought the game to the region....
...In the second quarter of 2022, homeowners released £1.6bn bringing the total for the first six months to £3.13bn, according to the Equity Release Council, the industry association....
...“Nearly every week I meet new Americans at expat gatherings like my book club,” she says. “Many are buying homes. The weather’s great, there’s low crime and superb healthcare.”...
...Last week pension managers shared horror stories over cocktails at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association Conference in Liverpool....
...In the last quarter of 2021, real house prices across the 38 countries of the OECD, the club for rich-country economies, were up 16 per cent in two years....
...Marbella’s “Golden Mile” is still home to the Marbella Club, as well as the luxury Puente Romano Beach Resort. But increasingly the money washing ashore is big and foreign....
...Back in 2011, homeowners could sign 25-year contracts for “feed-in tariffs” (FITs), tax-free payments for supplying the national grid....
...First, he lost his job helping with Sunday buffets at the country club near his home in Hertfordshire; then the London street stalls where he freelanced on other days closed....
...And homeowners coming to the end of fixed-rate mortgage deals are likely to be offered new deals with interest rates that are at least 300bp higher than their old ones....
...But what about those who never manage to buy a home, or lose their status as a homeowner through divorce?...
...“Whether a guarantor is needed is very much dependent on credit referencing,” says David Cox, chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents....
...Owners pay service charges (or homeowners association fees) that can often be offset by putting the residence into the hotel rental programme and earning an income — Rosewood residences at Baha Mar command...
...According to the Building Society Association, most societies expect Bomad to get bigger over the next five to 10 years....
...The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club began throwing coconuts in 1910 but by 1987, the Zulus were facing so many lawsuits from coconut-related injuries that the practice looked doomed....
...Any proceeds from grape sales go back into a homeowners’ association....
...Today, the estate’s 440 homes are sequestered among pine trees and towering walls of rhododendrons, as well as a lawn tennis club and a notable golf course....
...Yichang now has a vibrant club for serious cyclists; salesman Xiong Tao said he is selling 50 per cent more high-end bicycles, costing over Rmb20,000, than he did last year....
...Each one, however, has its own business fan club....
...Noble Francis , economics director, Construction Products Association Not really....
...Like the timber of the Persimmon tree, which is mostly used for making golf clubs and long bows, the builder is comparatively expensive and may be prone to cracking. kate.burgess@ft.com...
...’ association in the Potrero Hill district of San Francisco....
...In the same vein, World Padel Club in Sydney is hopeful that padel will eventually fall under the auspices of the country’s local tennis association, Tennis Australia....
...Some homeowners and companies, as well as the Sierra Club, an environmental group, have taken legal action against energy companies....
...Howard Archer, chief economic adviser, EY ITEM Club 2017 was certainly a very challenging year for UK consumers but the situation they face should improve as 2018 progresses....
...He said it could be difficult for homeowners to get compensation in the courts if their homes were damaged because developers sometimes used shell companies and offshore structures....
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