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With the UK predicted to be the only major economy in recession, the 2008 Southampton Boat Show is believed by many as merely a showcase of new models and technology - the sales might be quite another story.
Bailey said that yacht sale in general,louboutin, which target mainly comparatively higher-income class, is naturally going down with the economies around the world experiencing a down turn.
Yacht is seen as another luxury after big houses and big-brand cars, with new words even coined for the City of London - the "have-yacht" and "have-nots."
Lomabard's turnover rise has been based on the cost of some major players' withdrawal from the field, Ian Braham, head of Lombard Marine Finance said.
"The yacht sales with his company is at least experiencing a 10percent drop this year," said Roger Bailey,louboutin pas cher, Sales & Marketing Director of Boatshed.com, the world's largest yacht brokerage group,louboutin pas cher, on Saturday.
While Boatshed.com, with 231,000 registered customers using its website, and over 2,500 boats for sale,abercrombie and fitch, feels the shock of the market, Lombard Marine Finance,franklin marshall, which claims to be the leading marine Finance,louboutin, said it has chalked a 30 percent turnover rise in the past 12 months.
He said that although Lombard noticed sales at the lower end of the market slowing, with the sub-50,moncler,000-pound sector hardest hit, larger transactions, the multi-million-dollar deals,abercrombie, are producing far higher volumes of business.
Braham said "there has been some rationalization of the marine finance market recently, with some banks either withdrawing from the sector or reducing their activities, but at Lombard, we continue to invest in the business and turnover year to date is up30 percent on the same period in 2007."
SOUTHAMPTON (UK), Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Yacht sales, seen by many as one of the major barometers for the western economy, is heading down among the credit crunch, which is hitting the world, with the United Kingdom as one of most serious victims.As part of The Royal Bank of Scotland, Lombard Marine Finance,moncler pas cher, which has been offering marine finance for 45 years, said, however, that its turnover rise does not mean anything encouraging for the industry as a whole.
While yacht sales in general see a decline in the past 12 months, The yacht Report's annual reports said that the number of orders for super yachts has increased by over 500 percent.
The yacht seller said that "in the current economic climate, used boats represent great value for money.
The Florida-based salesman said that situation is actually worse considering that his company is mainly dealing with second-hand yacht sale,doudoune moncler, which might not be hit hard by the present credit situation worldwide.
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