Posts Tagged: property investments

House prices are rising: My honest appraisal

Savills have today projected house prices will be 4% higher at the end of this year than they were at the same time in 2019.  This alongside the news from Nationwide that there were nearly 85,000 mortgage approvals in August this year well above the monthly average of 66,000 prevailing in 2019. The housing market is… Read more »

Our guide to independent Sheffield

We explore cities for a living. We understand  that in order to get to know a place until you got to immerse yourself in it. A great perk of our job  is we get to travel around awesome cities. We meet local people and find out about what it is that makes their area stand… Read more »

How we maintained an 8.8% ROI during a Pandemic

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 »

Brexit Impact

Brexit uncertainty has impacted the housing market leading to negative house price growth particularly in London and the South East. In addition domestic issues related to lack of supply and affordability also continue to affect the market with stock levels and buyer interest declining further towards the end of 2018. However outside of the Capital… Read more »

Brexit versus Recession

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 »

Investment in Birmingham

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 »

Invest in the North

The next few months maybe the optimum time to invest in buy to let property in the North of England. Based on a report from the Estate Agent Savills the North-South divide in house prices will narrow in the next five years as property values in the north of England rise by a fifth. The… Read more »

Buy to Let Investment Remains a Good Deal

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 »

Investing in JV Developments

New Investment Opportunities At Source our policy has always been to help investors find the best quality property investments with a primary focus on income producing investments. We continuously research the market and during our due diligence view several dozen developments and work with some of the best developers. By building and maintaining contacts with… Read more »