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November 1, 2024

The first ever UK budget delivered by a woman was, regardless of your politics, a historic moment however what interested us most was the implications of the UK Autumn budget for UK property investors…

October 30,2024

Buying property in the UK can be an exciting yet complex process. This guide will take you through the essential steps and tips you need to navigate the property market successfully.

October 14, 2024

Rents continue to rise as supply problems persist, average national rents rose 8.4% in the year to August 2024. There are 25% less properties available for rent in 2024 than 2019 (Zoopla).

October 09, 2024

Property investment in the UK has long been a favored strategy for building wealth, offering both steady rental income and potential capital appreciation...

October 04, 2024

After a few months of cautious optimism, the UK property market appears to be picking up pace with September seeing the fastest annual house price growth in two years. Prices are up 3.2%...

September 30, 2024

We break down eligibility, interest rates, and the documents required for a smooth property purchase in this explainer of how the mortgage process work for overseas investors.

September 17, 2024

Yes, absolutely. The UK property market remains one of the most popular locations for foreigners – or non UK residents – to buy property and markets like London rely on foreign investors buying property...

September 11 , 2024

Navigating the UK property market can be daunting, especially for new investors. The jargon and terms can often feel like a different language. As dedicated agents with 20 years of experience advising...

September 05, 2024

Are you thinking of investing in a UK buy-to-let property? Do you find yourself overwhelmed by choice - what type of property to buy, in which city, and on what street? Is this indecision hampering your ability to act?

July 31, 2024

The UK housing market has responded positively to the election of a new Labour government led by Sir Keir Starmer. Property values continue to rise modestly with this positive momentum expected to accelerate in 2025.

July 02, 2024

As election fever reaches its pinnacle in the UK this week, we bring you our monthly update of what’s going on in the UK property market this month. We’re also analysing what effect the outcome of the election…

June 05, 2024

May has certainly been an eventful month, in the last few weeks we’ve seen tons of positive news spilling out about the state of the UK property market that not even the snap announcement of a UK general election….

May 21, 2024

Falls in the cost of debt and an improving economic outlook have created more capacity for house price growth” announced Savills at the beginning of May as they increased their UK house price forecasts….

May 02, 2024

And so we find ourselves in May already, the most popular time of the year to buy and sell a home in the UK. And what does the latest market data from the UK housing market tell us? Well, exactly that!

April 26, 2024

So far in 2024 we’ve been advising clients that now is best time to buy UK investment property. The latest data released this month (March) looks like that window of opportunity is closing…..

April 02, 2024

Like the spring flowers pushing up through the earth, house prices are rising and like the April showers falling from the sky, mortgage rates are coming down. It appears the new season has brought…..

March 27, 2024

What’s going on in the UK mortgage market at the moment? Here’s a quick summary on what to expect if you’re looking for a mortgage for a UK buy-to-let property in March 2024.

March 18, 2024

London’s population is expanding, the city expected to house 9.8 million people by 2043, a 10% increase on its present level. Obviously, those people will need places to live. Except, herein lies the problem…..

March 8, 2024

Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his Spring Budget yesterday, March 6, widely expected to be his last before the General Election later this year. There were some surprises …..

March 4, 2024

This might be the most important update you read this year, for whilst the headlines shout about inflexible inflation and the marginal gains (or not) of mortgage rates, our eyes are on the UK’s burgeoning …..

February 27, 2024

This month, a study by the FT declared Britain may need up to 300k MORE new homes per year ABOVE its current annual delivery (234,400 in 2023). We are living in an age where UK housing supply…..

February 20, 2024

We have reached the bottom of the affordability correction and are already back on an upward trajectory,” posted a Berlin-based real estate agent in early January. Germany, like parts of the UK…..

February 9, 2024

By 2028, rents in the UK cities of Birmingham and Manchester are expected to increase by 21.5%, say Savills on their present levels. This is ONTOP of Manchester’s 20% increase in rents registered…..

February 7, 2024

Inflation is easing, lending rates are dropping which means that buying off-plan property is the perfect opportunity to take further advantage of these market conditions.

February 2, 2024

Manchester is the youngest city in the UK, a mecca for Millennials if you will, with an average age of 33 - the UK average age circles 40. Enjoying a media consensus (The Economist, Time Out, The Sunday Times)

February 1, 2024

Signs of spring are flourishing across the UK this month. And just like the snowdrops that are pushing through the cold winter earth to enjoy a bit of sun on their face, so too is the UK property market alerting us .

December 06, 2023

If you place great stock in media headlines, then it’s been a funny old year for the UK property market. Alarmist titles, negative month-on-month comparisons, market data manipulated and spun…

November 14, 2023

Following the launch of RPA's most recent investment property in Berlin, we have been inundated with questions from people who are interested to explore the market further but who are unsure around the process.

November 9, 2023

As the interest rate situation improves, we anticipate a swift rebound in demand and a subsequent rise in property prices. In the meantime, the combination of increasing rents and slightly declining purchase…..

October 31, 2023

We start this month’s update with interesting news from a survey of GCC-based investors, that will no doubt appeal to our readers. ‘The GCC Investment Barometer’, surveying UK property investors…

October 11, 2023

Imagine this… you’ve bought a new build apartment in Berlin. You hold onto it for the next 10 years throughout which you profit from being a landlord in one of the most competitive rental markets in Europe.

October 2, 2023

With interest rates hitting a 13-year high in the UK, investors are looking increasingly favorably on Germany’s historically low-interest lending. Currently, we’re seeing clients with mortgages fixed for 10 years…..

September 29,2023

No capital gains tax within Germany on sales of properties owned for 10 years or more! (A capital gains tax of 25% is applied, if you sell after less than 10 years, subject to certain exclusions.)

September 28, 2023

They say a year is a long time in politics, less so, perhaps, in economics, where - can you believe it - this month marks a year since everyone’s favourite mini-budget (not) sent the housing market …

September 26, 2023

It's fair to say it has enjoyed a renaissance since the end of the Cold War and now after years of strategic investment in its transport infrastructure, housing market and embedding forward-focused industries….

September 11,2023

Serviced apartments, also known as extended stay apartments, are fully furnished units that offer amenities and services similar to that of a hotel. They can be let out for both short term and long-term rents….

September 08, 2023

One of the UK's most famous and storied cities, Leeds has many sides to it. Well known as a party town (you can always have a good night out in Leeds), it is also famous for its excellent universities and huge student population.

August 31, 2023

The August market might be best summed up as being out with sensationalism and in with stability offering plenty of good news for UK landlords. The UK government has promised to ditch the requirement…..

July 31, 2023

UK economists were pleasantly surprised this month when the rate of inflation eased, confounding expectations. June’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures saw inflation fall to its lowest level in a year to 7.9%…..

July 28, 2023

The Renters Reform Bill created a lot of headlines with its first reading in Parliament on 17th May. Billed to “bring in a better deal for renters,” in this blog post we’ll cut through the bluster and take you through its main points.

July 18, 2023

Single Family Rental (SFR), also called Single Family Housing (SFH), is the fastest growing real estate asset class in the UK SFR units are new-build houses (as opposed to apartments) in suburban areas.

July 12, 2023

Described as the North of England’s largest renewal project, Crown View is the flagship 37-storey tower in Manchester’s lauded regeneration of Victoria Riverside; an effective extension to the city centre.

July 6, 2023

This is a perennial question for UK landlords and one that’s very topical at the moment against the backdrop of a record-breaking UK rental market. This month the average rent in London (based on traditional ASTs)

June 30, 2023

Although inflation went down in May it didn’t ease off as much as the Bank of England hoped and so this month, we saw another increase in the base rate, taking it to 5%.

June 23, 2023

It is a remarkable time to be a London landlord – and these recently published facts and figures show just how remarkable.Since the last census in 2011, the number of people renting in London has DOUBLED.

June 5, 2023

Over the last seven years London has experienced a house price growth of 12% - a modest increase in comparison with, say, for example, Wales where house prices have increased by a whopping 46% over the same period.

June 02, 2023

According to Rightmove, house prices reached a record high at the end of April – the average cost of a UK property now £372,894. Seasonal gains are always expected at this time of year…..

May 30, 2023

Largescale sites of regeneration tend to be classified as having over 1,000 homes. Hendon Waterside, our current new launch fronting the Welsh Harp Reservoir in NW9 will provide 2,000 homes when it’s completed…..

May 26, 2023

UK annual inflation slid to 8.7% from April to April – the first time it’s dropped below double figures in eight months. It stood at 10.1% in March. The fall has been attributed to a drop in the wholesale gas price ….

May 12, 2023

This is a question we are asked on a regular basis, and our first response is that it depends on your financial circumstances and what you’re aiming to achieve. Let’s look at the pros and cons...

May 10, 2023

House prices rose again in the UK in April, a monthly change of +0.2% from March with an annual change of 1.7%. Rightmove commented on the UK being a “more settled market” now than those of the pandemic years…..

May 01, 2023

House prices rose again in the UK in April, a monthly change of +0.2% from March making that an annual change of 1.7%. Rightmove commented on the UK being a “more settled market” with Savill’s…..

24 April 2023

HS2 will have a monumental effect on the Birmingham property market, undisputed. But as a property investor, should you invest now or later, once the HS2 trains are running?

10 April 2023

Going back to basics to look at why buy-to-let property investors from across the globe want to own UK investment property. What about the UK market specifically that continues to attract global investors?

02 April 2023

A wise man once said investing was not about timing the market but about time in the market. Whether it be shares or property, repeat studies show how investors who try to time the market lose out by suffering …..

March 29, 2023

Are you thinking of investing in a UK buy-to-let property? Do you find yourself overwhelmed by choice - what type of property to buy, in which city, and on what street? Is this indecision hampering your ability to act?

20 March 2023

There’s a saying in the UK that ‘no news is good news’; to some extent, this is what investors may take from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget. After autumn’s disastrous ‘mini-budget,’ this one was less eventful…..

17 March 2023

We're seeing plenty of opportunity in the UK market, particularly for Middle Eastern investors, able to take advantage of the weak £GBP. London's rent is currently at record highs, demand for quality…..

01 March 2023

Newly released official figures in February show the UK economy’s “underlying resilience.” This underlying resilience confirms much of what we’re seeing at the moment in the UK housing market…..

21 December 2022

2022 was a year in which we saw record breaking price growth in the UK property market leading to a two-and-a-half-year growth number of 24%! As we went to press, the latest figures released by the UK…..

30 November 2022

Rishi Sunak has put his best foot forward and his return to ‘Treasury orthodoxy,’ appears to be placating the markets. At the time of writing, UK interest rates are at 3% and predicted to peak at 4.25% in spring of 2023.

01 November 2022

October has proved a lot more frightful than its usual Halloween billing, yet we’re much less spooked about the month’s conclusion than its beginning. We welcome the safe hands and stabilising influence of the UK’s new PM.

03 October 2022

It is fair to say that September has been a seismic month in all things the UK with a new Monarch, a new Prime Minister and a mini-budget all rolled into one month. That Liz Truss is the new UK Prime Minister…..

31 August 2022

As the Summer months draw to an end and families return to work and school it is worth assessing the developments that have recently taken place in the UK property market and what that means for investors.

05 August 2022

The Elizabeth Line is finally here; over 100 kilometres of track, connecting 41 stations, taking 12 years of construction and costing £18.8 billion. Dwarfing the London Underground in scale, the Elizabeth Line…..

01 August 2022

An interesting month for the UK property market with supply remaining tight across the board. In London, the number of buyer enquiries increased by 7% although this should be noted this is bucking the national trend.

30 June 2022

Traditionally, the UK housing market experiences a summer easing after the popular buying months of spring, however, new industry regulations announced this month affecting landlords

02 June 2022

Traditionally, the UK housing market experiences a summer easing after the popular buying months of spring, however, new industry regulations announced this month affecting landlords…..

07 September 2021

2021 has, so far, produced the UK’s busiest housing market since 2007. Over 950,000 sales are estimated to have taken place across the UK in the first seven months of 2021, which is 30 percent…..

20 May 2021

Central London registered house price growth rose for the first time since 2019, a rise of 0.4% for the first quarter of 2021, according to a report released by Savills.

04 May 2021

New data released by the Bank of England has shown the cost of borrowing remains historically low at just 2.09%. The rate has remained unchanged since the start of 2021 with gross mortgage lending in March…..

30 July 2021

The Daily Telegraph reports the total number of home loans in the UK jumped to 40,000 in June, from a record low of 9,300 in May, according to data from the Bank of England…..

24 July 2021

A recent article in the FT reports how the temporary halting of construction during the coronavirus lockdown has added further to the pressure on supply in Berlin’s housing market.