Property investment while you sleep easy at night Property investment is a lot like life: there’s an element of risk. Whatever it is you do in your daily life, there will be risk involved. Though you probably don’t realise it, every ...

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What will underperformance cost you? A common mistake is to think that your residential property investment is performing well if it’s producing positive cash flow. It’s a great position to be in – your tenant is paying the mortgage, your ...

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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 ...

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The pros and cons of existing vs. off-plan property So far in this series of investment guides discussing the seven considerations before investing in UK property, we’ve looked at: the need to plan for a larger deposit; how to deal ...

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Avoid the disaster of buying the wrong property According to an October 2016 survey published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the UK is facing a ‘critical rental shortage’. Its report reads like a promotion for investment property, ...

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Negative cash flow as an investment strategy While I’m firmly in the school of property investors who invest for long-term cash flow and not appreciation, many professional investors purposely invest in properties with negative cash flow. They see this as ...

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Savvy property investors know the answer One of the decisions you’ll need to make as a property investor is whether to invest in new build or existing properties. Investors who are committed to older properties extol several advantages of doing ...

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