Coronavirus outbreak could cost the buy to let sector £14.9bn in three short months The latest research by Deposit Replacement Scheme, Ome, has found that the impact of the Coronavirus could cost buy to let landlords nearly £14.9bn should tenants be unable to pay rent during the three month support […]
Last week we saw the biggest crash on Wall Street since 2008 and this week we’ve seen Flybe fall into administration with many pointing towards a global epidemic and a virus that is fastly spreading through the continents as one of the major reasons for market turbulence (excuse the pun). […]
The UK is an internationally-renowned holiday destination, which also benefits from a significant domestic-tourism market. As a result, there is a huge demand for short-term holiday rentals and where there is huge demand there is the potential for significant profits, but does it make for a better investment than a […]
If somebody told you that you could buy a fully refurbished 3 bedroom house for less than £50,000 what would you say? My initial reaction when I heard about these opportunities was a mix of intrigue and disbelief. Having now been sourcing and selling these properties for several years, I […]
How do I choose a good property management company and what do they do? First of all, let’s clarify what that means because sometimes you will hear people refer to letting agents, and you will hear people referring to managing agents, and often the two are interchangeable and they do […]
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 […]
The showhome has been one of our best selling investment opportunities over the past 6 years. For those of you who are receiving these types of deals for the first time, it’s important that we explain the structure and the benefits that they can provide. In the following paragraphs I’ll […]
With so much economic uncertainty surrounding Brexit, it can be difficult to know how best to invest your money. The government is discouraging buy-to-let investments, but one area definitely worth considering is purchasing a property to use as a holiday rental property here in the UK. Decreasing interest rates mean […]
When the Brexit referendum was announced, the tertiary-education sector very quickly announced itself to be pro-remain as it feared that the UK’s departure from the EU would lead to a reduction in the number of EU academics (both undergraduates and graduates) coming to study in the UK. So far, however, […]
Ideally, your investment property should always be occupied. In the real world, however, that is not likely to happen, even in the residential rental market and it is even less likely to happen in the short-term lettings market. However you will need to learn how to manage an empty investment […]
