As The Prime Minister announces new measures in the Uk today I’m reminded of what all investors should be learning from this global pandemic. 1) Do your due diligence Make the right investment in the first place. Due diligence is your modus operandi here. If you are not a specialist in the field you wish… Read more »
Sheffield Fitzgerald Our Sheffield Fitzgerald development has been a high performing project. We offered it to our family of investors in Aug 2017 with a projected return of 8.5%. At the time of writing all our apartments are fully occupied (managed by us on our clients’ behalf) and our investors have received on average 8.8%*… Read more »
High end Estate Agents Knight Frank have produced some interesting statistics looking at how the UK’s property market has changed from a decade ago. From a 2008 gripped by the global financial crisis to a 2018 mired in the political quagmire of Brexit. During 2008 when the economic crisis and the collapse of financial markets… Read more »
In their recently published research paper into the residential property market in Birmingham and the surrounding area, the estate agency Knight Frank highlight both a recent strength in the market and the potential for further growth to come. Their paper confirms that in the period since 2015, the annual growth rate of between 5% and… Read more »
Buy to Let Outperforming Savings Rates The savings and investment company Kent Reliance claim that buy-to-let investment is still likely, in the long-term, to beat savings rates by a significant margin over the coming years, despite recent regulatory and taxation changes, new figures suggest. They have produced fresh data which shows that over the course… Read more »
There are many issues for investors to consider when identifying where best to buy in the residential rental market. Budget For many this is probably the most crucial factor. Although there is still a good range of choice of competitive buy to let mortgages, lenders are demanding relatively high levels of deposit. Because prime buy… Read more »
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Budget unveiled a range of measures to boost housing and devolution. Devolution The Chancellor confirmed a £1.7bn “Transforming Cities Fund”, with half the cash going to the metro mayors and the rest open to competition and announced further measures for more devolution to the West Midlands, alongside a deal for… Read more »
As tax pressures on landlords continue to increase many are looking for ways to reduce their liability. We are not accountants so we urge all landlords (or prospective landlords), whatever their situation to talk to their accountant – this article offers general information only. Section 24 Firstly, a reminder that the biggest tax pressures on… Read more »
Cost and Location are top of tenants requirements No surprise but cost and location are the two key factors that influence property choices for more than four out of five tenants when choosing a rental property according to a survey undertaken by Cover4LetProperty. The survey, which is undertaken twice a year by the company, revealed that… Read more »
Economies of scale In this blog we explain how we help individual investors and portfolio landlords benefit from economies of scale with their property investments and how our nationwide letting service provides investors with their own portfolio manager as one point of contact. We have helped many investors leverage portfolios to get better deals, reduce… Read more »
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