The Power of Capital growth By Peter Jones thepropertyteacher.co.uk thepropertyteacher@gmail.com As it seems that the property market is now in recovery, and property values are increasing, how do we make the most of a rising market? In a sense there are a number of possible answers to this question, ranging from what we may describe…
Here’s a short video about my latest property investment project. At the moment I’m deciding between selling it on, which I think I could do at a decent profit, or whether to renovate it and keep it as a buy to let investment property.
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 an annuity, we’d get nothing helpful by way of income. Have the recent budget…
Do you want a few buy to let properties to supplement your pension? Or perhaps you want a few buy to let properties to supplement your Income? Or maybe you want to be a lot more aggressive and want to assemble a large portfolio to replace your job altogether? Whatever your property goals and aspirations…
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 properties coming onto the market. If you’re not sure what I mean by ‘The Ripple Effect’, in…
I was talking to a property investor friend of mine the other day who was bemoaning the fact that rapidly increasing property prices in his area had made his buying strategy redundant, and left him in a dilemma as to whether he should even be buying and adding to his buy to let portfolio. Until…
Some times you just have to take action there and then! I went to look at a potential buy to let investment property the other day which was on a at a great price, didn’t need a great deal doing to it, but looked sufficiently bad for the vendors to quote a low price, and…
The interesting news for property investors is that property prices are more volatile at the lower end of the market than the house price indices suggest, meaning that it’s still possible to grab a really great property investment or buy to let property even whilst the market is recovering.
Is Your Lender About To Sc@w You?! I don’t know whether you’ve picked up on the Bank of Ireland/West Bromwich Building Society controversy. Long story short, both lenders have found, allegedly, small print in their Buy to Let mortgage contracts to allow them to add another couple of percent to rates payable on existing mortgages…
I don’t know about you but I think it’s exciting that we live in a world of constant change, when that change is for the better, of course! It’s an obvious thing to say but in many areas of our lives the pace of change is getting faster with every passing day. I was really…