Kicking the Property Ladder

Kicking the Property Ladder
Author: Robin Bennett
Publisher: Harriman House Limited
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857192817

Is property investment all it is cracked up to be? Buying a house has become a byword for financial security; renting is dismissed as a lacklustre alternative to a mortgage and the bounties of ever-rising property prices. But what if it's not true? What if renting represents far better value for money - and the best financial decision you could ever make is NOT buying your own house? Did you know that half of all people living in poverty in Britain today are home-owners? In this compelling and witty exploration of home ownership in 21st century Britain, author and entrepreneur Robin Bennett reveals the startling truths behind the modern property myth beloved of certain newspapers and estate agents - and why far from guaranteeing profit, buying a house might be an unnecessary drain on your financial wellbeing. He then shows what you should do with your money instead - exploring firsthand how to secure your future with effective investment in stocks and shares, gold, stamps and more. Jargon-free, hilarious and wise, 'Kicking the Property Ladder' is a must-read for anyone despairing of ever getting their own house, wondering what it might mean to rent instead, or puzzled by the impossible promises of an ever-expanding price bubble.

Kicking Away the Ladder

Kicking Away the Ladder
Author: Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2002-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857287613

How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary for economic development. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to 'kick away the ladder' with which they have climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing countries from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves have used.

How to Get on the Property Ladder

How to Get on the Property Ladder
Author: Ajay Ahuja
Publisher: How To Books Ltd
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781857039320

It has never been harder to get your foot on the property ladder. With house prices spiralling upwards, fewer properties available and wider economic uncertainty many people simply can't buy a home. However, by knowing how to increase your buying power, by sticking to certain disciplines and by increasing your awareness of the financial products out there, buying your home will no longer seem an impossibility. status; How to enhance your status ranking; The definition of buying power and ways to increase it; How mortgage companies really work; How to increase your credit worthiness; How to raise your your first deposit quickly; All the mortgage companies, with their criterias for First time buyers including 125 per cent LTV and high income multiple mortgage lenders; How to get value for money in property; How to deal with estate agents and negotiate effectively with them; Where else to look for that bargain property; How to increase your salary!

150 Ultimate Business Secrets

150 Ultimate Business Secrets
Author: Dan Matthews
Publisher: Harriman House Limited
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2013-05-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857193228

'150 Ultimate Business Secrets' is a distillation of the experience and wisdom of successful businesspeople into a concise, easy-to-follow set of rules that makes it easy for you to access top tips and insider secrets that lead the way toward business success. Britain's elite entrepreneurs reveal how they started, what helped them develop while others failed and, hard work aside, what special thing or things made their creation transform from a hopeful, tentative start-up into a flourishing and admired business. There is plenty of practical business advice that you can put into action to get your business moving. Rules are included on the following topics: starting a business, customers and competitors, family business, luck, leadership... And lots more! Pick up '150 Ultimate Business Secrets' now and take the first step to putting your business on the road to success.

Lessons From Expert Traders

Lessons From Expert Traders
Author: Azeez Mustapha
Publisher: Harriman House Limited
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2013-05-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857192949

Following on from a popular blog on ADVFN.com, in Lessons From Expert Traders Azeez Mustapha brings you concise and digestible lessons from 20 of the world's most successful traders. By learning what these super traders did well, what techniques and attitudes drove them towards success, and the mistakes that they have made, you can take a step forward in your own trading. For each personality profiled here, the author includes a short biography, the primary lessons that can be learnt from this trader's career, and words of wisdom from the traders themselves. Traders featured include: Alexander Elder, Benjamin Graham, Anton Kreil, Jesse Livermore, Adrian Manz and Lex van Dam. Approach your trading by first discovering how the most successful people in the field have operated - you are sure to pick up some invaluable lessons to improve your method.

How to Make a Good Living Running Your Own Business

How to Make a Good Living Running Your Own Business
Author: Robin Bennett
Publisher: Harriman House Limited
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2013-01-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857192841

This is a brilliantly revealing, often laugh-out-loud guide for every dreamer, college-leaver and second career-er who has ever thought about starting their own business but fallen asleep in the first chapter of a typical business book. Based on what entrepreneur Robin Bennett has found to work over the last 20-odd years in business, it is a frank, witty and revealing look at exactly how to become your own boss without going mad or broke. Discover: - what a real USP looks like (and why it doesn't have to change the world, unless you want it to) - the simple secrets of effective business planning (from a man who has started more than ten businesses) - all the places you can get money to start your business (often for free) - the ultimate guide to sales and negotiation (and how to deal with others haggling your prices down) - how to hire the right staff and get the best out of them (without coming across like David Brent) - how to run a business every day whilst keeping a beady eye on the future (so that you don't go broke, your competitors don't put you out of business and you can grow healthily). This book is a detailed description of how to start a small business from scratch, with relatively little money, and how that business can give you a comfortable standard of living with little or no risk in the long term. Read it and find out how you too can make a good living and still live the good life!

Africa's Economic Moment

Africa's Economic Moment
Author: David Mataen
Publisher: Harriman House Limited
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2013-05-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857193201

On a number of occasions in the past 50 years, forces for expansion, growth and economic empowerment in the African business environment have seemed to appear, only for the opportunities to fade. This time is different. As David Mataen explains, it is now Africa's moment to take its place as the ultimate source of long-term business and investment opportunities. Meeting a demand for information on what is happening in the African business landscape and where the most exciting investment opportunities lie, Africa's Economic Moment elucidates Africa's robust investment case in a structured manner. It provides a concise, current analysis of the latest market dynamics; a description of the fundamental framework underpinning the growth of African markets; and the primary investment themes and strategies within seven key consumer sectors for the immediate future and the long term. This primer on the current state and future trajectory of the African economic situation will leave you more informed about the key themes and most important investment areas in the continent. This is Africa's economic moment - don't miss the opportunity.

Kick Back

Kick Back
Author: Val McDermid
Publisher: Bywater Books
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2006
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1932859195

Manchester's answer to Kinsey Millhone investigates what happens when an Englishman's home is not

Dead Beat & Kick Back

Dead Beat & Kick Back
Author: Val McDermid
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2018-07-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 080214618X

Diamond Dagger Award-Winning Author: Two mysteries introducing a Thai boxing, rock-and-roll female private detective from Manchester, England... As a favor to her rock journalist boyfriend, Kate Branningan agrees to track down missing song-writer Moira Pollock, a search that takes her into some of the seediest parts of Leeds and Bradford. But little does she realize that finding Moira is only a prelude to murder. Juggling her other cases, including a search to uncover the source of counterfeit luxury goods, Brannigan finds herself for the first time on the trail of a killer. In Kick Back, Kate Brannigan investigates the bizarre case of the missing conservatories. Before long she’s up to her neck in crooked land deals, mortgage scams, financial chicanery, and murder. But when a favor for a friend puts Kate’s own life in danger, bizarre is not the first word she thinks of... “One of crime fiction’s most eminent writers.”—Entertainment Weekly

The Ideology of Home Ownership

The Ideology of Home Ownership
Author: R. Ronald
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2008-05-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230582281

Demand for owner-occupied housing has expanded dramatically across modern-industrialized societies in recent years leading to volatile increases in residential property values. This book explores the rise of modern home-ownership as a cultural, socio-political and ideological phenomenon.