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More Warnings of a Buy-to-Let Bubble

I’m acutely aware of any signs out there that the property market is heading for a crash. It seems others are too. This morning I saw that experts are warning of a buy to let bubble developing. An article on This is Money notes that since 2008 the number of buy to let mortgages has doubled [...]

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For Buy to Let 2012 May be a Good Year

I’ve been saying for a while that it makes sense to try to hold off on buying an investment property because of market uncertainty. I just saw a report this week that only makes me feel more strongly that those who waited out 2011 before buying will probably find much better pickings. In fact, there [...]

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Buy to Let Investing in East London for Higher Yields

Investors in many of London’s Eastern villages were among those that got their fingers burn worst in the recent downturn. Many had bought flats off plan hoping to cash in on demand from people working in Canary Wharf and the City. They also hoped that otherwise quite down and out little villages such as Woolwich [...]

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Is Now the Right Time to Invest in Buy-to-Let Properties?

The buy to let property market has endured a brutal downturn. It may still have further to fall before it is safe for landlords to start investing in residential property again.

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Buy to let and inflation

Buy to Let Property investing and inflation

One worry at the top of many investors’ minds in the aftermath of the great recession is whether inflation will rear its head again. In short, this article will show how over recent years, buy to let property investments would have provided investors with a good deal of protection against inflation. In Britain this is [...]

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The three rules of buy to let property investing

In recent years it seemed that everyone and their dog could make money from investing in buy to let property without knowing a thing about it. Many of them have lost everything. And in almost every case it is because they broke one or more of the three cardinal rules of buy to let investing. [...]

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