Take stock for property investment success in 2017 and beyond As we move towards the end of 2016, many property investors will be looking back to learn lessons. It’s been quite a year. We’ve had the political shock of Brexit, through which the UK property investment market has remained pretty ...

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Best Property Investments – Wolverhampton Wolverhampton has seen exceptional growth in house prices over the past few years and is one of the best performers in the Black Country area. With many large-scale regeneration projects underway, Wolverhampton can be the perfect option for property investors who want to start building ...

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Don’t be caught out by increasing mortgage rates In a recent investment blog, I discussed the squeeze on property investment and how buy-to-let mortgage rates have already started to rise. If you’ve bought your investment property in the last year or two, you’ve benefited from some of the lowest buy-to-let ...

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Step-by-step guide to accurate expenses assessment It continues to amaze me how many property investors fail get their expenses done accurately. They’re investing for income, and end up with a negative cash flow property. If I asked you for £50,000 and a couple of hundred quid a month in return for nothing, ...

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£1.7 billion of investment will create a thriving business hub to rival Canary Wharf In the 19th century, the Royal Docks were home to the largest and deepest enclosed docks in the world. Created by the entrepreneurs to provide for London’s growing trades, the docks brought a new world of ...

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Strategies to turn fear into financial success We’re all afraid of something. Spiders, snakes, heights, open spaces, dogs, thunder and enclosed spaces are the top seven on the world’s phobia list. Just as you have your fears in your everyday life, you’ve probably got fears (or at least strong reservations) ...

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A growing population in a popular commuter town The town of Aylesbury is situated approximately 45 miles north-west of London, nestled in the county of Buckinghamshire. The town’s population has grown from 28,000 in the 1960s to over 58,000 in 2011. The greater urban area now accommodates 74,748, due mainly to ...

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Calculate including tenant’s letting agency fees in your expenses The immediate reaction to the chancellor’s Autumn Statement announcement of a ban on letting agency fees was one of “shock and awe”. It was the piece of investment news that hit the property press headlines. It was a crowd pleaser. ...

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Avoid mortgage disappointment to benefit from leverage Property investment could be the key to realising your financial objectives. There is no reason why we shouldn’t expect UK property investment to perform similarly to how it has performed over the last two decades. If you’d bought residential investment property in 1986, ...

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Demographics could hold the key to long-term buy-to-let profits Whether you’re making a property investment with the objective of capital gain or the benefit of regular rental income profit, it pays to pay attention to what’s happening in the wider economy and how that might create long-term property investment opportunities. ...

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