Where Next for Build to Rent - British Property Foundation - The Property Investor's Blog

Amongst a series of industry talks and discussions at this year’s British Property Federation’s annual conference, the ongoing expansion of the UK institutional private rented sector was frequently discussed across the day’s agenda. Following a headline presentation by Jaqui Daly director of investment research and strategy at Savills, one of the panel discussions saw Marie Hunt, executive director and head of research at CBRE; David Montague, chief executive at L&Q; Andrew Bruce at the Scottish Futures Trust and Martijn Vos, senior real estate portfolio manager at APG AM explore the contemporary build to rent (BTR) investment case, the sector’s expansion and some of the pertinent concerns. The Exponential Growth of Build-to-Rent Multiplying fivefold since 2013, contrary to what some believed was a market “fad”, the growth of purpose-built rental schemes is showing little sign of slowdown. According to Jacqui Daly, there are... [Read More]

Allsop on Early 2018 Property Auction Activity

February 19th, 2018 by Ruban Selvanayagam

With ongoing evidence that the London and South East markets may already be undergoing a correction phase, it is always worth observing behaviour in the property auction room to gauge where things stand amongst investors and traders. We spoke to Gary Murphy – partner at one of the UK’s largest property auctioneers Allsop – shortly after their mid-February sale (the first of 2018)… As it’s now possible to watch Allsop’s auctions live online, it was interesting to see that there was a healthy level of sales happening in the room? Yes, we were all quite surprised at how buoyant and vibrant the room was – particularly as there has been lot of concern about certain areas of the market cooling off. The enthusiasm for buying decent stock in the London and South East has not waned. I must say we... [Read More]

Property Investor’s Factfile – February 2018 Commentary

February 13th, 2018 by Ruban Selvanayagam

Property Investor Factfile - Buy-to-Let and Property Trading - February 2018

February 2018 Property Investor´s Factfile The Property Investor’s Factfile presents a range of relevant data from national / London house prices, the latest buy-to-let Limited Company (SPV) loan rates, LIBOR / SWAP rates and rentals to mortgage debt figures and information on the first-time buyer sector. Below are some noteworthy observations over the last month: Property Market Trends Halifax reported both a slower level of annual house price growth alongside a drop in the number of new properties coming to market. Property prices in the 3 months to January 2018 were 2.2% higher than over the same period in 2017 (down from a 2.7% rise reported in December 2017 data). Prices have been flat on a quarter-on-quarter basis and the January data also reported an overall price drop of 0.6% (following a 0.8% fall in December 2017). Nonetheless, Russell Galley was reasonably... [Read More]