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UK Property

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Therewith the UK real estate properties is a safe investment and even though you do not want to live there, property in the UK are considered to be a successful investment. In the UK there are two basic types of tenancy: leasehold and freehold. In the first instance you can sell your home and land. In the latter case you can find property and your right to use the building is limited to a certain period.

The prices of sold houses in leasehold directly depend on the remaining period of leasehold and this period can be even more than 100 years. Of course, freehold is more profitable than leasehold. But the problem is lack of property for sale in the UK. If you want to find homes for sale, you have to take into account accompanying costs. They are a stamp duty, which varies from 1 to 4 per cents of property price, contract notification, legal fee, property finder’s fee, etc. If you look for property to rent, be ready to pay taxes, too. Foreign citizens have the right to buy and rent any type of property. Legal system of UK does not impose any limitations on foreigners buying property there.

If you decided to buy or rent real estate, your first step is property search. With this end in view you can use Internet and specialized publications or visit thematic exhibitions. The best way is to make use of property finder services.

The status of the capital city of one of the most affluent countries in the world results in high prices. Thus, in the best parts of London the price per square meter varies from £ 8 thousand to £ 30-40 thousand. If you do not want to buy real estate in the capital of the United Kingdom, there is wide variety of flats to rent in London. But competition among tenants is severe. That is why, your advise experts not to be slow, if you found the property of your dream. If there are no candidates to rent it, this points to the fact that price is too high or something is “wrong”.

The Most Dangerous Jobs in the UK

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Getting out of your warm bed and waddling into work is difficult for the majority of us, but how about those who risk their lives for their job (and not always a great pay packet)? It has been said that for the bulk of the British public the most dangerous part of their job is commuting to and from it every day, so how about being paid to perhaps be one of the 52 deep sea fishermen in 10,000 that die every year.

The most dangerous job is to be one of the risk taking deep sea fishermen. As stated above a staggering 52 die every single year! Many people choose to go to this career due to the fantastic pay packets but of course the risk involved and the fact that once you’re out there you’re stuck, means you need to have a good hard think about before you sign up!

Next on the list of dangerous jobs are bomb squad agents and land mine removers. For a somewhat lowly thirty grand a year these guys risk life and limb to defuse arms and explosives and even risk themselves in war zones where they also risk simply being fired at.

The next position on the list is construction workers. Last year in the UK at least 77 people died from injury and accidents related to construction work. Another way of looking at it is that injuries and deaths in this industry makes up a massive 30% of all those a year within the UK. Bad news for those who work within construction, especially as it has been estimated to go up dramatically as work commences for the 2012 Olympics.