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Welcome to our March 2010 Newsletter

I am delighted to launch our new website www.brucerae.co.uk. We have introduced different services over the years as requested by our clients and these services are now detailed in the Website. Please take a look at the site and give me your feedback. If I can be of further assistance to [...]

£112m to make Forth Road Bridge ‘world’s most expensive bus lane’

A FURTHER £112 million is set to be spent retaining the Forth Road Bridge for just 300 vehicles a day, it has emerged. Bridge bosses have committed to a huge programme of improvements over the next 15 years on top of expected annual running costs of around £5m – even though just a few hundred [...]

Conclusions of the Year End Review 2009 Edinburgh Housing Market Monitoring Report

There was a period of stabilisation in the Edinburgh residential property market towards the end of 2009. Volumes remained around 420 – 440 a month towards the end of 2009 after a fall over 2008. Prices rose slightly after falls in 2008. New mortgages approves have been rising, albeit they are at a [...]

Surveyors report continued rise in house prices

House prices across the UK have risen for the fourth straight month according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The net balance of surveyors reporting rising rather than falling house prices over the preceding three months rose to 35% in November – the strongest reading since November 2006.
The rise in prices was fuelled [...]

RBS 6 Nations 2010 Scotland Fixture Dates

Scotland v France 7/2/10 kick off Murrayfield at 3 pm
Wales v Scotland 13/2/10 kick off Millennium Stadium 2 pm
Italy v Scotland 27/2/10 kick off Stadio Flaminio 2.30 pm
Scotland v England 13/3/10 kick off Murrayfield 5 pm
Ireland v Scotland 20/3/10 kick off Croke Park 5 pm

Source: www.scottishrugby.org

Current Health of the Edinburgh Property Market

Elspeth Rae of BruceRae Property Management will be in Hong Kong from Friday 6 November to Thursday 12 November and will be available to meet anyone interested in the Edinburgh property market.
BruceRae services available include:
- Property search for investment
- Home search for families relocating to Edinburgh and surrounding areas
- Local knowledge of where and where [...]

Contemporary Stockbridge flat available

Modern and contemporary fully furnished basement flat in highly desirable Stockbridge location. This place was seen, was believed and was let – very fast! It must have been the unique Bruce Rae insight into property in Edinburgh – an eye for detail.We put a wonderful modern and contemporary Stockbridge flat online. It’s one of those [...]

Property Investment Opportunities in Edinburgh

An opportunity has arisen to buy a small development in the prestigious Edinburgh suburb Balerno lying to the south west of the city adjacent to the Pentland Hills. This is a distressed sale and agents Savills are offering at a significant discount. The prices are set out below

The preferred method of purchase is [...]

Time to buy

If you are thinking of purchasing an investment property please contact me to discuss your requirements. I am being regularly offered distressed properties which can give rental yields of a minimum of 4.5% there are higher yields available depending on the poperty. Elspeth.Rae@brucerae.co.uk

Energy Performance Certificates

On 4 January 2003 the EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings came into force. One of the requirements of the Directive is the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates that must be made available whenever a property is constructed, rented or sold.
Energy Performance Certificates give energy ratings for homes similar to the energy ratings [...]