Selling your home can be a very daunting task so if ever the time comes for you to sell up it can all seem a little overwhelming. As a homeowner, you want to make the right decision from the get go and make the process as seamless and stress free […]
So this is how it feels to be on lockdown? We are on lockdown aren’t we? Amidst uncertainty over these last couple of weeks I actually feel the government guidelines have been quite clear. Stay at home when possible, don’t go out and don’t socialise and please try to minimise […]
When you get interested in property investing you’ll hear a lot of talk about gross yield. Gross yield can be a great way of comparing properties because you can look at the return from one property and compare it with a return on another. But at its very basic level, […]
This is an interesting question. Somebody has asked me ‘does no money down really exist and if it does how do I do it?’. First things first. One thing I have noticed when I have been online looking at the forums and looking at the Facebook groups is that occasionally […]
One of the great things about being in property today is that there are so many different ways we can raise our finance. And if you find yourself in a situation where you find yourself a fantastic refurb opportunity, but you can’t get standard buy to let lending because it […]
Development finance has experienced impressive growth over the past decade or so, but to many the term may still be unclear. Put simply, it is a form of alternative finance — a lending mechanism that sits outside the channels of traditional finance institutions — that is used by property developers […]
Something I see debated a lot online is whether we should pay a mortgage broker and if we should, how much we should pay. I often see on Facebook groups and forums people posting saying words to the effect of, ‘can anyone recommend a good mortgage broker who doesn’t charge […]
A concern which I sometimes hear new investors express is what if the bank won’t lend me the money? Let’s just think about this because there are probably going to be two different reasons why a bank might not lend you the money. The very first is, they’re not going […]
Leading Peer to Peer lending property specialist, Sourced Capital, looks at the recent regulatory changes to the P2P sector and answer some of the most common questions surrounding them received by those investing via their platform. The new FCA regulations At the end of last year (Monday 9th December), a […]
For many people, the thought of climbing onto the property ladder can be a far & daunting prospect. Even the first step seems like an impossible task, with many Millennials and Gen Y’s believing that they’re never going to escape the renting lifestyle. This feeling isn’t solely shared by younger […]
