Mercy of the Market
29/03/2017
Any form of investment whose profit-potential depends upon finding someone somewhere to buy it off you, preferably for more than you paid, is risky. For further reading, please visit LandlordZone newsletter - click here
Self-service at auction
05/03/2015
Every year, millions of pounds of retail, commercial and industrial property investments changes hands, far too often to buyers whose expectations never materialise after completion. …For further reading, please visit LandlordZone
New Year Resolution
29/01/2015
For the uninitiated, commercial property is a steep learning curve. For the inexperienced landlord, commercial property is like a minefield, full of pitfalls for the unwary. Whereas residential property is a political hot potato, commercial property is … For further reading, please visit LandlordZone
Auction and Guide Prices
01/08/2014
In July 2014, the Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint brought against Auction House Ltd (“AH”) whereby the complainant argued that several properties sold at auction by AH had had reserve prices higher than the guide prices and so could not have been bought at the guide price. For further reading, please visit LandlordZone
Froth and Reassurance
15/07/2014
Now that the property market has steamed ahead for quite some time, in many cases prices up to pre-2008 crash levels, the pundits are now telling us that everything in the garden is rosy and we shouldn’t be concerned. Talk of good value for money and why prices should continue to rise, any flaws in their reasoning explained away, is, at least in my opinion, rather worrying. For further reading, please visit LandlordZone