Saturday, Jan 20, 2007
BTL Nightmare - Flat prices Flat over Three Years
Financial Times: Average price of a new flat down 0.9%
The price of the average new flat in the UK has fallen 0.9 per cent in the past three years, even as the rest of the housing market has risen 31 per cent.
The news will make alarming reading for the tens of thousands of investors who have bought new apartments in recent years in the hope of rapid capital growth.
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The Financial Times has analysed data from the Land Registry and found a vast discrepancy in capital growth between different types of housing.
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1. enuii said...
Unless you live in a decent city or 'uni' town, flats, apartments or whatever you call them are Lemons of the property world, avoid.
2. geed said...
Enuii - bang on. These properties only make sense when they pay for themselves as the capital usually remains stagnant even in a buoyant market. But the days of rent covering the principle repayment of a mortgage are long gone, so why is BTL rampant in these types of property?