Well the needle moved another quarter, with the base rate shooting up to a whopping 0.75 percent (a perfect example of hyperbole there), and the reaction was, well, mixed. The usual narrative was trawled out from both sides of the pro/anti interest rate raising camps, with those in favour citing higher than acceptable inflation as the real threat to ‘pounds…
It’s been said that money is a fiction. The way central banks have been allowed to take control of global economies and scale up on output, aka QE, would suggest that there is a grain of truth to this idea. And now they’re tapering the flow. That’s right, the cash tap that was turned so quickly on and that made…
In the last newsletter I talked about being decisive, but more importantly when it comes to property investments, about being specific. And I also touched upon the nature of deals and why it’s best to walk away from something that seems flawed. I mean, you wouldn’t want to buy a bath with a crack in it, but you might well…
While property investing across the domestic market has lost its shimmer of allure, there’s little point in denying that property, if you know where to look, what to buy, and how to fashion the best deals, is still head and shoulders above many of the other less tangible investment opportunities out there. As with everything, though, problems arise when people…
The world, if you discount plastic pollution, the possible overthrow of humans by robots, and rogue politicians poisoning dissenters on foreign soil is, it seems, rocking slowly back to an even keel—at least from an economics point of view. All is well. Prosperity is the new byword. Slight caveat to that is that it does, of course, depend on which…
It’s been an interesting start to 2018. We’ve got the rising spectre of inflation, despite repeated assurances from the likes of Mark Carney, not so long ago, that what we really ought to be concerned with is deflation; a stock market wobble that’s given investors, politicians and just about everybody else the jitters; and the upending of the good ship…
I invest in hotels. Why? Because after many years focusing on residential property, I saw a market that was becoming so saturated that some sort of intervention was inevitable. There was simply no way a government, with its heart set on gaining popularity, could ignore the plight of young people frustrated at being pipped to the post by landlords more…
Against a fractious backdrop of Tory infighting and expectations that the Chancellor, who has already attracted a litany of monikers from the ironic ‘box office Phil’ to the mud slinging ‘Eeyore’, was in line for the boot, one thing was certain—this year’s Autumn budget was make-or-break. But it wasn’t just make-or-break for him. After the utterly disastrous Tory conference…
Investment in hotels and hotel rooms is still seen by many investors as one of the safest and most reliable ways of putting capital in bricks and mortar, and seeing a return that outstrips pretty much everything else in the sector. Shared risk, multiple income streams, and solid returns are the key things that hotel investors look for. But one…
The economy is fragile right now, and no aspect of it more so than the UK housing market. Productivity is back at pre crisis levels, sterling has been hammered by Brexit, the use of consumer credit has risen by 10 percent year on year, and for the first time in more than forty years disposable income has fallen for three…
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