Are The Prices of Investment Properties Really Going Up?
I’m sure that where I live we are still waiting for The Ripple Effect to arrive, but rumours of it being on its way seem to have been enough to encourage estate agents to top-load the prices of...
View ArticleWill The 2014 Pension Changes Encourage Even More Buy to Let Investing?
My wife and I each have a stupid amount of money tied up in personal pension plans which we paid into many years ago when we were both employed. It’s sat there doing nothing and if it were used to buy...
View ArticleMy New £30,000 Buy to Let Property Investment
Here’s a video of my latest purchase, a flat I bought in Newcastle upon Tyne for £30k! If you’re from London you might think I’ve lost the plot, or that’s a typo, but neither is right. It’s still...
View ArticleHow I Creatively Financed My New £30,000 Buy to Let Property Investment
You may raise your eyebrows and even disapprove when you hear how I decided to finance this property investment. Just remember that all debt can bite you on the backside so the key thing is to...
View ArticleIn-fighting at the Bank of England?
So when are interest rates going to go up? As property investors we want to know. Seems like the views at the BoE run quite deep with 3 of the members of the MPC coming out and making speeches against...
View ArticleWhat’s Happening to The UK Property Market?
Ahh! Did they take their foot off the gas too soon? Probably. With all eyes on London it seems that those who control these things failed to think about the market in the rest of the UK where, in many...
View ArticleProperty Market Predictions for 2015
Savills have very kindly allowed me to copy and paste this very interesting graphic, compiled in November 2014. View the full version here. Remember to scroll down and click the requires tab in the...
View ArticleMore Property Price Predictions for 2015
We all know that trying to predict will happen is a mugs game, nobody really knows and, in my opinion, if they turn out to be right, chances are they just had a lucky guess! But as property investors,...
View ArticleProperty Prices to Fall and Make 2015 a Great Year to Buy
So what does the new year hold for the property market? Most property ‘experts’ are predicting UK house will increase in 2015. Not by much, but by a bit. Perhaps by around 3% or 4% on average. But I’m...
View ArticleGot a Tracker (buy to let) mortgage? get ready to be scr@wed!
If you have a tracker (buy to let) mortgage, or even a normal tracker residential mortgage, this crazy legal judgement means that lenders can now change the terms of your mortgage (contract) at will....
View ArticleProposed Government Tax Changes to Buy to Let And Property Investing
What do George Osborne’s budget changes really mean for buy to let property investors? The post Proposed Government Tax Changes to Buy to Let And Property Investing appeared first on The Property...
View ArticleWhy Would I Travel Over 4,000 Miles for Property Investing Mentorship?
The post Why Would I Travel Over 4,000 Miles for Property Investing Mentorship? appeared first on The Property Teacher.
View ArticleGovernment White Paper – but what about the planning system?
The Government has just published the White Paper on how it’s going to fix the ‘broken’ housing market. Puts a bit more pressure on developers but crucially doesn’t seem to address the real problem of...
View ArticleRents to rise for 5 years because of Government moves against buy to let...
The RICS predict there’ll be a shortage of buy to let investment properties to rent out, because of Government policies to discourage landlords and property investors. The result? Rents to rise faster...
View Article“House prices up by £15,000: Investing in property is the best way to save...
“House prices up by £15,000 Investing in property is the best way to save say experts.” Interesting that the Daily Express regularly put this kind of stuff on the front page. As property investors we...
View ArticleIs buy to let property investing really dead?
I’ve met quite a few (new or would be) buy to let property investors recently who seem to assume the days of buy to let are over. But despite the governments “attack on landlords” I think buying...
View ArticleIs this the worst place to invest in the UK?
I’ve mentioned it before on this blog but the Hometrack City index is worth another look. Not least because it’s monthly and coincidentally the latest results popped into my inbox this morning. If you...
View ArticleAre UK Property Values Still Doubling Every Ten Years?
In the old days one of the things we loved about property was the received wisdom that property values double on average every ten years. By the old days, I mean before the credit crunch (before 2007)....
View ArticleIs that crack dangerous? How can I know?
When is a crack not a crack? When it’s a concern. Ok, not a great piece of humour, ironically a little like cracker humour, if you’ll forgive the pun. Joking aside, cracks in our world (of property)...
View ArticleIf your rental properties aren’t energy efficient you could find yourself in...
It’s time to dust off your EPCs. Interesting comments by the energy minister Claire Perry, who is suggesting that Stamp Duty could be used to incentivise property sellers to make their properties more...
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