Buy-to-let conveyancing is significantly more complex than conveyancing for standard, residential property. In addition to checking all the basic facts about the house or flat, the conveyancer also has to check its suitability as a rental property. Here are some of the key points which will be checked as part […]
The most daunting thing for anyone with dreams of building a property empire is often knowing where to start. There are taxes, regulations, stamp duty, landlord duties and a host of things to consider, on top of knowing what property to purchase, when and where. But could it be easier […]
Tangible, relatively stable and easy to understand, bricks and mortar has long been one of the most popular assets for investing to both protect and build your wealth. However, far from being ‘one size fits all’, there are many facets to property investment and finding the right type(s) to suit both your […]
During periods of market volatility, investors look to assets to be able to quickly recover from downturns and provide long-term, stable returns on investment. With COVID-19 incurring an unprecedented level of global uncertainty, this exact process is currently playing out. As countries overcome the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
When you take property investment down to its fundamentals, there are three, key factors which influence its success. These are choice of location, choice of property and choice of tenant. Of these, your choice of location is arguably the most important since it will heavily influence your options for choosing […]
There is no doubt in my mind that, unfortunately, the UK is going to slip into recession. This means that businesses will close and people will lose their jobs. As a result, the property market will see a fall in prices. Personally, I don’t think it will be a crash […]
Some positive news at last is that it seems there’s light at the end of the property market tunnel. Yesterday news was announced that finally surveyors can start surveying, valuers will again be valuing homes and potential tenants and buyers will be able to view properties whilst those 450,000 already […]
Latest research from lettings management platform, Howsy, has revealed the pockets of the UK rental market currently registering the strongest yields, as well as those that have seen yields increase despite the current pandemic. See the data on the best and biggest increases below: The figures show that the current average […]
A question I am sometimes asked is ‘what is Net Yield and how does that differ from Gross Yield?’. In an earlier post we thought about gross yield which is expressed mathematically as the rent divided by the purchase price, or the value, times 100. It provides a very basic […]
A question I’m sometimes asked is what is, “gross yield and when would I use it?” In its simplest form gross yield is the return on the property. Now, often times that’s the return ignoring costs, and the most simple way of calculating gross yield is to take the annual […]
