My Property Investors Reading List

If you're looking to get started in Property Investing or even if you're Starting Your Own Business, below is my selection of excellent books to get you started and grow your knowledge, confidence and to feed your mind. These books are not to educate your shelf! For every property investor & business owner !!Must Read!! 

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How To Build A Property Portfolio

UK Property Market Back To its Old Self....

UK Property Market back to its old self as it enters 2015

by Cathal Leonard

The UK property market has returned to pre-crisis levels and yields are now comparable to heights not seen since the early 90’s, a new report from Deloitte has stated. 

With 2014 considered an ‘outstanding’ year for the UK property market, some degree of moderation is expected to take place in 2015. However, with the rental market predicted to perform well for yet another year, strong returns should be a feature of 2015 despite a slight slowing in overall activity. 

While it is difficult at this stage to quantify the consequences of the Swiss franc crises upon the property market, resultant fluctuations of property prices and demand could be limited to London’s prime properties, that being said, demand for UK property from wealthy foreign investors is expected to account for over 20% of all activity in 2015 according to Deloitte

The rising cost and in particular, the limited development of new property stock is an area of concern for the UK market in 2015, the Deloitte report emphasise the need for innovative cost cutting measures to be employed by construction companies in order for new-build prices to remain competitive.
Changes in consumer behaviour with regard to convenience shopping also feature in the report, and are considered as the main reasoning for a very competitive outlook in the retail space sector of property investment across the UK, particularly in cities and large towns.“With consumers increasingly making small, frequent shopping trips, the demand for convenience space is set to accelerate and intensify during 2015. Locations that form part of people’s daily transport routes such as local high streets, stations, or other major transport hubs will be key.”

When keywords such as volatility, instability and uncertainty become the norm when describing the outlook for market activity across the continent and beyond, it is difficult to predict what 2015 will bring in terms of investor sentiment be it in property, shares or currency trading. However, with 2014 being a stellar year for UK property, the maritime phrase “steady as she goes” springs to mind as a desirable adage for 2015.




http://invezz.com/news/real-estate/15777-UK-Property-Market-back-to-its-old-successful-self-as-it-enters-2015

New online accelerated possession form

A new online form for accelerated possession & eviction of a tenant has just appeared on the government website.

This guidance has been prepared for landlords who wish to gain possession of a privately rented property let on an assured shorthold tenancy.

You are likely to be letting on an assured shorthold tenancy if:

• you are a private landlord
• the tenancy began on or after 28 February 1997
• the house or flat is let as separate accommodation and is the tenant’s main home

Initial reactions from landlords is that the form is easier to use than the N5B form which is the alternative. This is because the autofills and the date checker which makes it quicker to fill in and less likely that a landlord makes a simple error. There is always plenty of discussion around the questions posed by the N5B form on our forum.

The N5B form is a difficult one as there are a number of very ambiguous questions.
We found as part of our Property Hawk Training Event - Letting Essentials that the N5B workshop was particular helpful for our landlords.

New accelerated possession form

The new form may be slightly easier to use but it is not an online end to end possession solution.  What would be really useful is if landlords could not only fill out the form online but also upload a copy of the tenancy agreement and proof of service and then pay the £280 online.  All this could be done and the form could have a digital signature from the landlord.  

Having done all this online, all a landlord would need to do would be to press 'Submit' and the whole legal bundle of paper work and payment would be sent as one job lot to the relevant court.
Dream on landlords!