Britain's deflating buy-to-let bubble

Story date: 2007-10-10 05:59:00
Added on: 2007-10-13 12:00:25

BBC News - Many buy-to-let investors have made fortunes as house prices increased and mortgage rates remained low. One such investor is Raj Shastri who has seen his initial £950 investment grow over the last five years into a portfolio worth £8m. Rising ...


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