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IS THE FISCAL LANDSCAPE CHANGING? WHO THE HELL CARES! WHY ADAPTING, NOT WORRYING, IS THE KEY TO YOUR INVESTMENT SUCCESS
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...
WHY SEEING WHAT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY APPARENT IS THE CORNERSTONE OF ALMOST EVERY KILLER DEAL
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...
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SPECIFIC AND NOT DEVIATING FROM YOUR PROPERTY INVESTMENT PLANS
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...
IS GLOBAL STABILITY THE PRECURSOR TO INFLATION? AND WHAT WILL THAT MEAN FOR YOUR PROPERTY INVESTMENT DECISIONS?
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...
WITH THE PROSPECT OF INFLATION ON THE HORIZON FIND OUT WHY INVESTMENT CAUTION IS THE KEY TO YOUR FUTURE PROSPERITY
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,...
WHY I INVEST IN HOTELS
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...
BUDGET BONANZA SAVE’S HAMMOND’S SKIN – But what does it mean for the property sector?
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...
In Search For Certainty Amid Fragility – How about hotels? (Part 3)
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...
In Search For Certainty Amid Fragility – So Where Is The Next Property Hotspot? (Part 1)
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...