Thousands in Leeds left out of pocket by the buy-to-let crash
Times Online - UK
A recent riverside development of 50 flats — each with an agreed buyer who had paid a 10 per cent deposit of £20000 — is empty because every purchaser has ...

Half a million empty homes in Portugal
Portugal News - Lagoa,Algarve,Portugal
Various situations have given rise to the number of empty houses, such as housing available for sale or rental and houses to be demolished. ...

The credit crunch has hit buy-to-let investors, but only up to a point
Times Online - UK
There will also be renovation of the capital's 84205 empty homes, less building on back gardens, more preservation of historic views and more ...

Convicted lottery winner 'must renovate house'
Telegraph.co.uk - United KingdomMichael Carroll, 25, who scooped a £9.7 million jackpot in 2002, has been told that officials may use new legislation to take control of the empty property ...