Fergus and Judith Wilson, a couple of maths teachers from Kent, became the unlikely pin-ups of the buy-to-let industry during the property boom years.

The 12-year-old son of the Azerbaijan president has gone on a multi-million pound property spending spree, buying up a series of luxury Dubai waterfront mansions.

Every time I write about house prices, people ask why it matters if prices fall. After all, they’re far too high. So the lower they go and the faster they hit bottom the better – right? Yes and no.

Wealthy private investors are increasingly lending their money to small property development schemes in London and the south-east, attracted by double-digit returns.

About one in 20 houses in the UK lie empty. Nearly a million homes haven’t been occupied for the past six months or more, often to the detriment of the property itself.

September proved to be a reassuring and important month for the housing market as it showed that the first indicators of recovery were strong enough to survive the seasonal decline in activity.

Most people who are very wealthy today didn’t get there by earning every investment dollar themselves. If they would have had to save up every cent before starting a venture, they probably never would have been able to build an empire at all.

As you more than likely already know, investment in rental property can be extremely lucrative. However, many people don’t really know enough about it in order to use it.

I know that you think property investment in the current climate is madness! Yes it is if you expect an immediate return on your investment, but that isn’t what property investment is really about.

This article will give you four tips that can help take you from barely making any profit from property to making huge amounts of money.