| House prices have taken a ridiculous turn of late with | | | | these types of residences, and who normally only use |
| prices soaring way beyond the means of the average | | | | them for part of the year due to them having several |
| pay packet. Mortgage brokers certainly have their | | | | homes around the world, would have no need for a |
| work cut out at the moment, trying to get good | | | | mortgage broker. This is not so. They don't get rich by |
| property deals for the mortgagee. | | | | throwing their money around. Mortgage advice to |
| Bishops Avenue in Barnet, London, dubbed Millionaires | | | | secure a good deal on a property of any size is |
| Row has now been promoted to Billionaires Row | | | | essential. |
| because of the elevated prices buyers are having to | | | | When an 86 year old war pensioner was looking to |
| outlay. The Sultan of Brunei and the Saudi Arabian | | | | buy his property on Sandbanks on the Dorset |
| royal family are among the prestigious owners of | | | | Peninsula 35 years ago you can be sure he took |
| residences here. | | | | advice from a mortgage broker. At 60,000, pounds this |
| A Turkish businessman who is the proud owner of a | | | | was quite a princely sum to pay out for any property |
| mansion on Billionaires Row has had his house on the | | | | back then. Now, however, he is simply laughing. |
| market for some time now. During that time the price | | | | This natural harbour has become the fourth most |
| has increased from 30 pounds million to a whooping 50 | | | | expensive place to live in the world behind such |
| pounds million. This house was constructed on an area | | | | prestigious places as Hong Kong, Tokyo and Belgravia. |
| of land that was left empty after squatters burnt | | | | Situated between Poole Harbour and Bournemouth, |
| down the previous building. Two houses were built on | | | | this small area of land is sought after by the rich and |
| this piece of land, each of the size that could | | | | famous, with residents like the above mentioned |
| accommodate half of Eastern Europe with grounds | | | | gentleman getting a little fed up that it's turning his mini |
| enough to hold an Olympic stadium. | | | | paradise with incredible views into a celebrity |
| It would certainly take some negotiation on the part of | | | | playground. |
| the most experienced mortgage broker to secure a | | | | The 60,000 pounds house is now worth 10 pounds |
| worthwhile deal on that, or the property just along the | | | | million and the owner refuses to sell. Understandably, |
| road. A neo-Classical creation with Grecian style pillars | | | | he says what would he do with all that money? He |
| and a green copper roof certainly stands out from the | | | | could travel the world in his old age but nowhere else |
| crowd. Housing a 30' dining table (back to the Eastern | | | | would he feel so at home and nowhere else would he |
| Europeans!) a Turkish bath for 20 people, a swimming | | | | get a view like that. |
| pool with glass bridge and a staggering four kitchens, | | | | Let's just hope global warming and localised flooding |
| this 'house' sounds more like a hotel. | | | | doesn't reach this tiny island. |
| It would seem logical that people who can afford | | | | |