House prices are down
Plenty of news this week about the UK property market and recession. Not that the media are painting a better picture yet – repossessions are up 71% in a year, house prices are down almost 15% in a year, the US economy is still shrinking, and the forecast is that house prices will not begin to recover until 2013!
Here are some of the stories from the last week:
* Fri 31st – Euro and pound down on the dollar (news.bbc.co.uk)
* Thu 30th – Low sales drive house prices down (news.bbc.co.uk)
* Thu 30th – Reaction to falling house prices (news.bbc.co.uk)
* Wed 29th – Mortgage lending ‘rises slightly’ (news.bbc.co.uk)
* Wed 29th – Darling set to relax fiscal rules (news.bbc.co.uk)
* Tue 28th – Repossession number ‘up by 71%’ (news.bbc.co.uk)
* Mon 27th – House prices ‘to recover by 2013’ (news.bbc.co.uk)
* Mon 27th – Persimmon lowers housing forecast (news.bbc.co.uk)
If you need proof that rental demand is increasing then check out this article from the Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/80b7395e-a03d-11dd-80a0-000077b07658.html
Finally the BBC ran an interesting feature on buy-to-let investing here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7087324.stm
Although we would disagree with some of the comments its an interesting read none-the-less. In particular the summary which stats that investors are unlikely to see substantial revenue from rental income alone would be the biggest point to argue.
With the market how it is with lower house prices and higher rental demand it is perfectly possible to find bargain properties that achieve fantastic positive cashflow.
To prove that point take a look at the deal below, this was actually discovered and bought by a Property Mentor delegate last week:
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Area – Buckinghamshire Property Type – Semi Detached Number of Bedrooms – 4 Valuation – £299,950 Positive Cash Flow – £790/Month |
This shows the potential Property Mentor offers. There are bargains to be had that produce massive positive monthly cashflow and this is all helped by the house price crash not hindered by it. If you could have bought the property above would you? Of course you would it’s an extra £790 in your back pocket every month.
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