May 2020 Peer to Peer & Development Performance Stats
We like numbers at The House Crowd, and we think you’ll like these too. Things are slowly beginning to improve in the housing market. Construction sites are gradually reopening and since the UK Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick announced that house viewings and moves could resume…
Whitepaper Report: The State of The Market
With all the uncertainty around the lockdown and its impact on the economy, we thought it would be useful to give you The House Crowd’s opinion on the impact over the short, medium and long-term on the property investment market. Commercial One of the biggest…
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…
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…