We're thrilled that Dick Dabner will be joining us as headline speaker at our next PIM on 29 November 2012. Dick Dabner is one of the most successful property investors in the UK. Together with his son Peter, he has been investing for over 10 years and has built a multi-million-pound property portfolio, using other people’s money as well as their … [Read more...] about Dick Dabner – Joint Ventures
Confident Landlords
We are seeing more and more people who are really excited about the prospects for investment in the rented property market - both existing landlords and those looking to come in to the market. There's good reason for them to be positive - prices have fallen significantly over the last 4 years, yet rental demand is up - and mortgages are cheap - … [Read more...] about Confident Landlords
September PIM – Lease Options & Adverse Possession
Our first PIM 0n 27 September 2012 in Bristol, was such an exciting event! Expert speaker Peter Hogan was both entertaining and interesting, talking in depth about his 2 favourite strategies in the current market. Peter has used many different strategies over the years, but today he concentrates just on these two. Both require very limited capital … [Read more...] about September PIM – Lease Options & Adverse Possession
Jim Haliburton – “HMO Daddy”
We're Delighted That Jim Haliburton Will Be Speaking At Our PIM Meeting On 25th October 2012 Jim is known as the "HMO Daddy" - and there's nothing he doesn't know about HMOs! HMOs are today's hot topic. Well, Jim has been investing in HMOs since 1991! In those days Jim was a college lecturer and he started out simply renting properties to students … [Read more...] about Jim Haliburton – “HMO Daddy”
Lettings Demand Up and Up…
We were interested to see the latest report from a major regional agent in the north, showing that lettings demand in their area is at a record high, with ten prospective tenants for every available rental home. There may have been a little spin on the way their figures were presented- although it made a great headline! The underlying trend is … [Read more...] about Lettings Demand Up and Up…
Peter Hogan – Lease Options and Adverse Possession
We're delighted to announce that Peter Hogan will be speaking at our PIM on 27 September 2012 in Bristol Peter has been investing in property since 1986 and is also a very successful businessman, with a number of property orientated businesses. Peter spent many years living in Jersey, where he bought his first investment properties. He moved to … [Read more...] about Peter Hogan – Lease Options and Adverse Possession
HMOs and Students
HMOs are very popular at the moment with property investors and many are focused on the student market. There's good reason for this - as my latest blog on my personal website highlights, student rents are currently rising fast - in Bristol they are up 6%. To read more from my Del Brown website latest blog post click here... With thousands of … [Read more...] about HMOs and Students
Conflicting Stats – Don’t Panic!
There's been a whole host of property stats coming out this month. As usual they're generating some panicky headlines in the media. And as usual they give conflicting messages. We've recently looked at a whole series of surveys - from Halifax, from the RICS, from Chesterton Humberts, from Knight Frank - and from many more. Although generally the … [Read more...] about Conflicting Stats – Don’t Panic!
Latest News – Little Change in House Prices Expected According to Halifax
Here's an interesting headline reported at Propertytalk live: "More Brits expect house prices to rise than fall over the coming twelve months, according to the latest quarterly Halifax Housing Market Confidence tracker. Just over a third (34%) forecast that the average UK house price will rise over the next year, whilst almost a fifth of … [Read more...] about Latest News – Little Change in House Prices Expected According to Halifax
Latest news from propertytalk Live!
House prices up £110k in areas with best economies Top repossession hotspot: Barking and Dagenham RICS to stimulate lending on new and self build homes Affordable housing offers gateway into market for first-time buyers Hidden costs of powering homes revealed … [Read more...] about Latest news from propertytalk Live!
