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The UK has become an attractive place for Hong Kong residents to invest in property in recent years. Here’s some advice on how Hong Kongers can invest in UK property, and the process is different to that in Hong Kong.
If your house sale has fallen through, you’re not alone. Whilst it’s unpleasant it happens to around one in four people, trying to sell their property. Here we’ll look at what you can do to move forward and at ways you might even be able to rescue the sale completely.
If you are thinking of investing in property in the UK but you’re not a UK resident, you’ll need to get some advise and do some research before you buy. However, compared to other countries around the world, investing in the UK is not particularly complicated.
Buying your first rental property can be an exciting but equally a very daunting business. Today, we present a list of 13 things you should consider carefully before you take this important step in your personal development.
Wiltshire is one of England’s most beautiful counties – Just under half of Wiltshire is covered by Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty or AONBs – but is this good looking county looking good for property investors too?
With great access to central London and with very competitive (for London) prices, Lewisham is one to watch. While there is still a level of deprivation there has also been high levels of regeneration and a good chance that everything is looking up.
While parts of Cheshire are expensive, there are still plenty of places in the county that offer affordable opportunities for buy-to-let investors. For a long time, Cheshire and the north west has been a favourite for us at Property Investments UK.
Sussex is known as a county of seaside towns that’s not all it has to offer. Sussex is also a place that has busy commercial areas and is widely sought after by commuters into London. It’s for these reasons that property investors should take note.
If you want to buy a property in the UK, but you live abroad, you might want to get a UK-mortgage to pay for it. In this report we will look at how to get a mortgage in the UK if you don’t actually live there.
Surrey is a favourite with major national and multinational companies, affluent London commuters and millionaires alike. So… where are the best places to invest in property and buy-to-let?
Kent is known as the Garden of England but is it also fertile ground for property investors and buy-to-let landlords? Our answer is yes. With it’s proximity to London and with a huge variety of housing stock, property investors should take note.
Property investors looking for competitive prices and a huge rental market will find ‘the only way is Essex’. One of the largest counties in the UK is moving forward at speed and it would be a terrible shame to miss out.
Purple Bricks provides streamlined processes for buying and selling property that can often work out well for their clients. However, the big question is whether or not those processes are going to suit you.
St. Asaph in Wales is one of the UK’s smallest cities but it’s a cutting-edge business and commercial hub, too. For property investors and buy-to-let landlords there are opportunities to be had in this small but not un-assuming city.
St. Davids is not only the smallest city in the UK it’s also one of the most remote. This, naturally, is part of its appeal – but investors, looking at the city, should remain open minded about holiday rentals as a vehicle to maximise their ROI.
Aberdeen has long been known as the Granite City… and in more recent years, as Europe’s oil capital. So, let’s have a look at how the Granite City stacks up as a place to invest in bricks and mortar.
Known for its cultural scene and also for excellent food and drink, Perth is beautiful and well connected in terms of transport. It also has some big plans for its city centre and is somewhere investors would be well-advised to keep an eye on.
Stirling’s most desirable piece of real estate isn’t for sale. The impressive Stirling Castle, perched high above the city, certainly gives Stirling its wow factor! But for those who can’t afford to invest in a castle, let’s look at how the city stacks up for property investment?
The odd thing about cities is that sometimes less can be more. The smaller and less busy they are, the more desirable they are as places to live! And, although tiny, Ely has a huge appeal to buyers and renters.
St. Albans is near enough to central London to be commutable… yet far enough away to be a haven of peace and tranquillity by comparison. These are the things that make it attractive to property investors, too.
When you’re selling a house or flat then there’s always a risk that you could be gazundered and you should be prepared. Here, we explain how you can protect yourself.
If you’re buying – or selling! – a house or flat then gazumping is something that could happen to you. Here we’ll explain exactly what gazumping is, and how you can protect yourself against it.
When you sell your house a memorandum of sale is one of the documents you will need. Here we’ll look in more detail at what a memorandum of sale is, what it should include, and what it is used for.
Zoopla offers not just one but two ways to value your house. Firstly, they offer free agent valuations where an agent inspects your house. Secondly, they offer estimated valuations. But an estimate is only an automated valuation.
Home staging is all about dressing your house to show it off in its best possible light and more appealing to a buyer. Staging works by getting more people to notice your house and with photography, should get you more viewings.
Hackney has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years. Once gritty and working-class, it has gentrified considerably and is now one of the more sought after places to live in London.
Property investors can buy a three-bedroomed house in parts of Greenwich for the price of a flat in central London. Greenwich is as little as five miles away from central London yet it could be a world away.
If you are looking to sell your house to a quick-sale company then you need to learn how the NAPB (the National Association of Property Buyers) can help you through the process and choose a trusted company to sell to.
Is Romford in London or is it in Essex? It’s a pertinent question but for investors, it doesn’t matter. Romford has all the advantages of the capital, with the open spaces and house prices of Essex.
Merton is one of London’s favourite suburban residential areas, offering a wide range of property investment opportunities. Here’s what you need to know about investing there.
Tottenham is benefitting from lots of regeneration and development and looks set to emerge as one of London’s next great neighbourhoods. As such, it’s a place for buy-to-let landlords to keep an eye on.
Ealing is a super-popular London suburban location with excellent access into central London. Property prices in Ealing are still just below the London average house price, offering great value property for buy-to-let investors.
Sitting at the beginning or the end of London, property prices are lower in Watford than in the capital but it’s proximity and status as a commuter town make it a sound location for investment.
Serious structural problems are expensive to fix and can make your house dangerous, uninhabitable and almost impossible to sell. Today we look at how you to deal with the most common issues and at how to go about selling an unmortgageable property.
The common perception of a property investor is of a landlord, who buys houses or flats outright and rents them to tenants. And while this strategy is unquestionably one the more common ways to approach the industry it is far from being the only available investment strategy.
Estate agents don’t all dance to the same tune and their contracts and fee arrangements can differ. But there are a few general rules and principles and if you understand them, you’ll stand a good chance of negotiating a better rate.
In a country where privacy is demanded, gardens are treasured but urban space is limited and land expensive, the terraced house has long-been the most economical solution to the woes of the UK market.
The end of the First World War saw a revolution in housing as soldiers returned from battle and Victorian slums became an embarrassment for the status-quo.
There are two primary ways of assessing profit, made on a rental property – yield and monthly income. And even though the circumstances of every deal differs wildly, most investors are really looking for similar returns.
It’s said that a staggering 64% of new landlords in the UK now count a short-term let or Airbnb as part of their portfolio, with this significant growth, likely due to tougher legislation and tax changes that are continuing to be rolled out for buy-to-let.
You’ve probably heard of properties being described as ‘freehold’ or ‘leasehold’ but what do these terms actually mean? Today, we look at what do you will need to know if you are buying a leasehold property or thinking of investing in a leasehold and we examine lease extensions and the ground rent scandal.
If you need to sell a house under probate you’ll find the process to be very different from selling a house in the normal way. Today we are looking at the processes and problems with selling inherited property.
Located in the county of Denbighshire in North Wales Rhyl has population of around 25,100. Although it’s seen hard times of late, the town is on the up and property investors and buy-to-let landlords should take note.
Didn’t we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor… so says a hit song that put Bangor on the map way back in 1980. In many ways, Bangor is a great place for property investors to have a lovely time too as is well-worth considering for buy-to-let.
While it used to be an inner-city area of workshops and warehouses the Baltic Triangle is now Liverpool’s liveliest and best place for culture, a social centre, a growing creative and digital hub and a sought after accommodation hotspot.
The ancient royal town of Caernarfon is located in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales and there are some great-value buy-to-lets and property investments to be had in this well known and picturesque tourist destination.
Check any map – you’ll find there’s not just one but at least 14 places called Newport in the UK. But there’s one Newport that stands ahead of all the rest when it comes to property investment opportunities. Newport in South Wales is a city that’s on the rise and, better still, it offers great value investment property.
Snagging is a careful, detailed check of your newly built house or apartment to identify defects in the construction. Today, we look at the advantages there are in using a snagging company if you are considering buying a new-build house and the problems you could face if you don’t.
FENSA is a competent person scheme and the means by which window installers can prove their abilities to work to regs. Here we look at what it means to have a FENSA certificate and at what it means not to have one.
The passing of the Housing Act of 1988 was a watershed moment for the UK rental market. It handed much more power to landlords than they had enjoyed previously and was a bold leap, perfectly illustrative of the ideals of the Thatcher government, towards greater free-market autonomy in the rented housing sector.