The way to deal with the rental crisis? It's not capping prices | Vidhya Alakeson
Lack of supply is the root of the problem renters face. Why don't pension funds and life insurance companies invest in new stock? A simple set of trade-offs used to apply in housing: if you rented, you had less security and had to put up with someone else's furniture, but it was cheaper than buying; if you were a homeowner, you had a place to call your own but it cost you more for the privilege ...

French Property Now 10% Cheaper, According to Offshoreonline.org
LONDON , January 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Slowly but surely, the tide has been turning in favour of sterling over the past few months, with the euro now significantly weaker against the pound than it has ...

CIMCON Software Reaffirms Market Leadership with Strong Revenues and Major Customer Acquisitions in 2011
BOSTON and LONDON, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CIMCON Software Inc., the Pioneering Market Leader in Spreadsheet Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), announced that it finished 2011 with a strong financial ...

How can I safeguard our house for my wife after I die?
Q I have a fixed-rate repayment mortgage in my name only on a house I bought in 2007, and in which my wife and I live – my mortgage broker found a product that was cheaper in my name only. I have a terminal illness and am worried about the transfer of ownership of the house to my wife on my death. I have been medically retired since 2002 and my wife has just reached retirement age. We both have ...

Studying abroad? Why you MUST insure your education loan
While the murder of an Indian student in UK in December 2011 can never be condoned the incident brings to forefront as to why Indians going abroad for expensive higher education must insure their education loan.