Category Archives: House Prices

Auctions are now for selling rather than buying property

On Monday 6th February 2012 PropVestment paid a visit to Barnard Marcus residential property auction at Grand Connaught Rooms in London. This was the first major property auction of 2012 in London. Thus it was pack out, many experienced and … Continue reading

UK Property Market in 2012, the Investors’ perspective: Part Two – Market Activity

- Public Confidence – Lending Public Confidence Market activity is dependant on a few things, firstly public confidence, this has seen a recent resurgence with many agents claiming great interest and newly registered clients in the post Christmas period.  People … Continue reading

UK Property Market in 2012, the Investors’ perspective: Part one – House Prices

-UK property prices expected to fall up to 3% in 2012-RICS -House price Stagnation remains – Nationwide -Up or Down? Depends where you are – PropVestment House prices are always the primary topic when it comes to analysing the the … Continue reading

How to calculate your REAL return on Investment: 5% becomes 35%

Traditionally property return on investment is calculated by rental yield, especially when it is being compared to returns of other types of investments. However I believe it is a much more exact science, and can vary significantly depending on specific … Continue reading

Part Exchange Properties: Genuine developer offers or WeBuyAnyHouse4cash scams?

For many years now it has been the norm that we take our cars to the dealer and part exchange them when upgrading to a newer or larger one, however this is a phenomenon becoming increasingly more occurrence in the … Continue reading

Stagnant UK Property Market: Sellers’ Perspective

It has been widely reported that the current market conditions are such with very low volume of transactions, falls in mortgage approvals, and an overall stagnation in the UK property market. House Price Crash shows very clearly the levels of … Continue reading

Stagnant UK Property Market: Buyers Perspective

It has been widely reported that the current market conditions are such with very low volume of transactions, falls in mortgage approvals, and an overall stagnation in the UK property market. Nationwide reported that house prices rose 0.3% in April … Continue reading

Impact of University Fees on your PropVestment

Since the announcement some time ago about raising of tuition fees up to £9,000, the pros and cons have been weighed up by the media, but mostly from the perspective of the students and their overall cost of university. At … Continue reading

FirstBuy – Does it help “PropVestors” or just another government gimmick?

Help for 10,000 FTBs Shared equity means, shared losses Help only for a few FTB and only New Builds What is it? 1. FirstBuy will be offered on selected properties across a range of new build schemes following an assessment … Continue reading

What does 2011 have in store for the PropVestor: Part one – House Prices

Happy New Year PropVestors As the new year has arrived, its only fitting that we start analysing the market and try to figure out what we are to expect from the market in the year to come and then we … Continue reading