Record Decline in Housing Supply Opens The Door To UK Peer-to-Peer Lenders
After seemingly an eternity of inactivity, the housing market has dusted its shoulders, blown away the cobwebs and edged its way back into action. Construction sites and housebuilders are slowly reopening. The government has permitted weekend and late working hours for workers. And now with…
5 Rules For A Successful Property Development
A young couple has a dream to build a beautiful modern home situated on a secluded plot of land with breath-taking views. Everything is mapped out, planned and budgeted. The building work begins and slowly but surely costs begin spiralling out of control as a…
Coronavirus & The Housing Market: In Context
COVID-19 has clouded our vision. It’s easy to lose sight of the bigger picture, so let’s zoom out, clean our blinkers and take a look at the whole situation in context. Fear, panic, worry, knee-jerk, worst-case scenario… These are some of the many words that…
When The Storm Clears: Coronavirus And The UK Housing Market
It was all looking so positive post-brexit wasn’t it? Months of uncertainty coming to an end and the ‘Boris-Bounce’ poised for lift-off. Then along came coronavirus and the brakes are back on. The property market has taken a monumental thumping by COVID-19’s formidable right hand. …
Our tips for property development hotspots in Greater Manchester
Here are what we think are the top 3 areas in Greater Manchester for property developing in 2020. We welcome any comments you have. Stockport: The commuter town boasts direct rail services to Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and London. With a £42million transport interchange under construction…
The 2019/20 ISA deadline is less than 72 hours away!
Use it or lose it! The 2019/20 ISA deadline is less than 72 hours away. But have you decided which type of ISA you’re going to put your £20k tax-free allowance into? Before we get into ISAs though, let’s just quickly remind ourselves of what’s…
‘Good News to End a Tough Week’
In this ‘week of weeks’, we paid back £686,124.19 to our investors! What a week it has been for all of us! A lot has happened in a very short space of time, not least the rather sobering address made by our Prime Minister earlier…
The Power Of The Crowd
One dog walk a day and shopping for essentials only – these are some of the government’s latest curbs to the British people and part of a growing number of new measures to neutralise the rapid spread of the coronavirus. It seems a lifetime ago…
2 Weeks to go until the ISA 2019/20 deadline
We understand that these are difficult and worrying times and that investing might not be your number 1 priority right now! However, we do need to let you know that time is running out for this years ISA’s! If you don’t use it, you’ll lose this…
Coronavirus, Financial Markets And Your Investments
It’s almost impossible to go five seconds without hearing a coronavirus update – whether you’re watching TV, listening to the radio, or scrolling down your news feed at home in self-isolation. The latest update is a hard-hitting hammer blow to the global stock market as…