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  House Auction Prices - Market Cooling (in: Property Market Update)
Sep 8, 2010
July's figures confirm that the property market is cooling at a national level for residential auction properties even when property demand and supply is matching. Year on year the number of lots are down, but over the quarter, there has been a 7% rise in the number of properties being sold through auction, while the number of deals being down has fallen by 10% on a quarterly basis and therefore the value of property sold has also fallen by 10%.
  New Built Houses Managing to Hold Value (in: Property Market Update)
Sep 7, 2010
New build properties across the UK are managing to hold their value for now, and indeed the average price of a new home according to Smart New Homes hasn't really changed that much and fluctuates between £215,000 and £220,000.
  Prices of Houses Sold - Media Reporting (in: Property Market Update)
Sep 6, 2010
July and August data shows that trying to report on the property market purely covering property prices is pointless. As with any market analysis, it's often the volume figure that is far more interesting.
  Working with Passive Investors to grow your Business (in: Property Investment)
Sep 3, 2010
While the days of ‘no money down’ deals may be gone, ‘none of your own money down’ deals are well and truly on the rise.  Increasing numbers of professional property investors are taking advantage of low interest rates on savings and underperforming pension plans and partnering with well-capitalised individuals who are looking for a better and more secure return on their money than they can currently achieve through more ‘traditional’ investment vehicles.
  Pitfalls of BMV Properties (in: Property Market Update)
Sep 2, 2010
Below Market Value (BMV) is a great strategy: buy at a discount to give yourself immediate significant inbuilt equity, refinance or sell six months or so down the line to pull all your invested capital back out, and either leave yourself with a buy to let that will now give you an infinite return on investment and an appreciating asset for the future, or walk away with a nice profit.  It’s a great strategy, but it’s not easy, it doesn’t work everywhere and, in our opinion, it’s certainly not something you should be attempting if you don’t have capital.
 
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