I've never been to Dubai although I know a few people who have and all have remarked on how beautiful it is. Wall to wall sun, nice people, good golf, very Western .

Just browsing about this morning, I came across this Dubai Property site  and was surprised to learn how relatively cheap the properties are. Did you know you can buy a 1 bed apartment from as little as £57k or a 2 bed from as little as  £114k. Compared to places like London which has guaranteed rain and grumpy bastards, I thought this was a pretty good deAL

 A further look into that domain itself revealed that on average investors could look at a return over 3 years of  8%, guaranteed!

Time to get those pennies out of the bank perhaps.

I'm looking to buy a van but before I did so, I wanted to check out the van insurance market. The link I just reference is to a company named Motor direct.

Here's what they say on their website.

 Motor Direct is a specialist motor vehicle insurance centre of A-Plan Insurance, a leading UK insurance intermediary, offering individual solutions for a wide range of car insurance, van insurance, commercial vehicle insurance and minibus insurance requirements.

Whatever your car insurance or van insurance requirements, we have access to a wide range of schemes from some of the UK’s leading insurers and the specialist knowledge required to find you competitive motor insurance quotes.

We understand that selecting the right motor vehicle insurance is about more than finding the cheapest premium. We consider your individual circumstances before recommending a policy. You will appreciate the care we take when selecting your insurer if you ever need to make a claim.

 I'm not sure, like I said it's a new thing for me, maybe some of you guys here had an idea on the topic?

Cheers