It seems a relatively simply question, when buying an investment, should I be aiming for a high yield or good capital growth? In real terms it is a much tougher question to answer, and it is something I will discuss with landlords on an almost daily basis, because the real [...]
Surprising nobody from the area, but perhaps catching a few people from outside of the North West unawares, Manchester has been ranked the number one Buy-to-let prospect by Simply Business. Taking into account criteria such as the average total rent, yield, house price growth, vacancies and the percentage of the [...]
Under current Government proposals the legislation surrounding minimum EPC ratings is set to change in 2025. Currently the minimum rating for any tenanted property is an "E", however this is set to increase to a "C". We are already having conversations with a number of buy-to-let investors who are taking [...]
Well it has been a busy old start to 2023, with a huge number of tenants registering their interest over the Christmas period and a good level of rental properties hitting the market. Over the weekend we had seven open houses on our rentals, four of which were properties we [...]
The terraced house is one of the most familiar styles of home in Didsbury (and the UK as a whole). 17.6% of Didsbury (M20) people live in a terraced home, interesting when compared with the national average of 22.7%. So, what is it about the humble terraced/townhouse us Brits love so [...]
There has been a rise in demand for rental properties and an 8.9% fall in the number of Didsbury private rented properties, which has caused Didsbury rents to rise by 10.6% in the last year, a new all-time high. The National Residential Landlords Association asked the respected economics think tank, [...]
Finding your next Didsbury property, be that for yourself to live in or as a Didsbury buy-to-let landlord, can sometimes be a scary task. You are possibly making one of the biggest purchases of your life, and you want to ensure you make the right choice. Buying your next property [...]
Traditionally, if you had not sold your Didsbury home by the first week in November, you would normally have to wait for the house sellers to return in the famous Boxing Day rush on the portals (Rightmove, Zoopla etc) to get potential buyers interested. Yet matters have been different this [...]
The ‘Buy-To-Let’ (BTL) mortgage is celebrating its Silver Anniversary (25 years) this autumn. Isn’t it fascinating that a decision between a group of letting agents and bankers all that time ago to offer BTL mortgages has changed the face of the Didsbury (and national) property market? But has it been [...]
The number of properties for sale in Didsbury has fallen by 19% since this time a year ago (October 2020). One of the reasons is that many Didsbury buyers feel overwhelmed and fearful they will be made homeless if they sell their home and can’t buy another. So, I have [...]
