Can You Still Bag a Bargain at Auction ?
I was the guest speaker for ‘Your Property Networks’ Manchester webinar recently, talking all things property auctions to around 100 different property investors. As with these events, there was a…
Where To Buy, Live Or Invest In Manchester City Centre
Manchester has the biggest city living scene anywhere in the UK. Estimates suggest over 25,000 people live in the immediate Manchester city centre alone. Reliable impartial information about where to…
Where Are The Best Yields In: West Yorkshire
Property Insider’s latest yield calculations May 2016 for a selection of towns and cities in West Yorkshire: Town/city Average Average Yield Price Rent pcm Leeds £188,695 £1,027 6.53% Huddersfield £159,788…
16 Things Property Investors Should Know About …. Liverpool
* Liverpool’s population of 470,000 is only around half its population in the years between the war – making it one of the few UK cities to actually get smaller…
Why the 3% stamp duty premium is going to be increased before long …. and why you should still buy to let NOW
Property Insider editorial, by Mark Hempshell The 3% Stamp Duty hike applying to most buy to let investors from 1 April and its impact on the property market has received…
Is this what the punitive 3% stamp duty is intended to do?
Because if it is, it will certainly help. * Push up rents, leading to more people sharing more overcrowded homes and more homelessness. * Push up rents, so the so-called…
Investing In Property In Scotland: A Property Insider Guide
The property market in Scotland has always operated in a different way and to a different pace to that in the rest of the UK. However, for a number of…
How To Take Property Photos That Sell: Better Property Photography Tips
Good property photography is more important now than ever. Now that so much house hunting is done online the photos are usually the very first thing that potential buyers (or…
How NOT to write the perfect house for sale description
Let’s be honest, we’ve all read descriptions like ‘deceptively spacious’ and ‘well appointed’ and thought …. what on earth do they mean? Well, if you’re as confused, perplexed and utterly…