{"id":64838,"date":"2009-06-20T06:01:46","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T23:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/repossessions-a-chance-to-buy-at-a-reasonable-price-or-profiting-from-others-misery\/"},"modified":"2017-08-29T11:05:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T04:05:25","slug":"repossessions-a-chance-to-buy-at-a-reasonable-price-or-profiting-from-others-misery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/repossessions-a-chance-to-buy-at-a-reasonable-price-or-profiting-from-others-misery\/","title":{"rendered":"Repossessions: A chance to buy at a reasonable price or profiting from others' misery?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRepossessed homes are big business and a new website gives investors the chance to snap them up. Rupert Jones reportsA short cut to a bargain home, or a way of profiting from other people’s misery? It is a debate that will rumble on after a new website was unveiled today that allows investors to snap up repossessed properties at competitive prices.The launch of PropertyEarth comes three months after the arrival on these shores of controversial US “repo” auction\u00ad company REDC, which specialises\u00ad in selling off homes seized by banks and building societies. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Repossessed homes are big business and a new website gives investors the chance to snap...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-gRM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":156483,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rules-that-protect-uk-homeowners-from-repossessions-may-be-scrapped\/","url_meta":{"origin":64838,"position":0},"title":"Rules that protect UK homeowners from repossessions may be scrapped","date":"June 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r FCA boss says mortgage charter up for review amid pressure from the chancellor to remove red tape for firmsBusiness live \u2013 latest updatesThe City watchdog is considering scrapping rules meant to protect struggling homeowners from having their homes repossessed, in the latest sign of regulators reacting to pressure from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8402,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tony-blair-has-turned-profiting-from-others-misery-into-an-art-form\/","url_meta":{"origin":64838,"position":1},"title":"Tony Blair has turned profiting from others\u2019 misery into an art form","date":"March 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The Blairs are yet another example of people jumping on the property gravy train. 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