Simon Taylor Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 This morning's Thunderer.. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4655504.ece And for those on the wrong side of the paywall, here's some highlights.. Half a million properties will come on to the housing market over the next five years as landlords sell up after George Osborne’s changes to buy-to-let rules, a survey suggests. and.. Ed Stansfield, chief property economist at Capital Economics, said the measures would act as a drag on house prices. “The current consensus forecast of 5 to 7 per cent growth in house prices next year looks optimistic given the number of landlords likely to sell up,” he said “Half a million properties is about six months worth of transactions, and that many properties dropping on to the market in a short period of time would change market dynamics dramatically, moving the power back into the hands of buyers and forcing house price inflation downwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noallegiance Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Is this where the media starts talking about drops in house prices as 'negative inflation' too?! After our gathering at Christmas I negatively inflated or balloons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 DRIP DRIP DRIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Let's make no bones about it...the one thing that is going to collapse UK house prices is a London mega bubble collapse. If London was ramped up by foreign money, from Russia and China, then when the panic starts the collapse will be spectacular. This BTL is a sideshow IMHO, just to show the sheeple the government cares about their housing needs ( like **** they do ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 China's bringing down everything. Who would have predicted that !! Probably quite a lot of people to be fair - just a question of timing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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or in excess of Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 This morning's Thunderer.. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4655504.ece And for those on the wrong side of the paywall, here's some highlights.. Half a million properties will come on to the housing market over the next five years as landlords sell up after George Osborne’s changes to buy-to-let rules, a survey suggests. and.. Ed Stansfield, chief property economist at Capital Economics, said the measures would act as a drag on house prices. “The current consensus forecast of 5 to 7 per cent growth in house prices next year looks optimistic given the number of landlords likely to sell up,” he said “Half a million properties is about six months worth of transactions, and that many properties dropping on to the market in a short period of time would change market dynamics dramatically, moving the power back into the hands of buyers and forcing house price inflation downwards. So why would landlords sell up if they already own the property? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat109 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Let's make no bones about it...the one thing that is going to collapse UK house prices is a London mega bubble collapse. If London was ramped up by foreign money, from Russia and China, then when the panic starts the collapse will be spectacular. This BTL is a sideshow IMHO, just to show the sheeple the government cares about their housing needs ( like **** they do ). I disagree - I think it's (slowly) coming to the top of the political agenda. I attended People's Question Time in session in Hillingdon (the London borough 'afflicted' by Heathrow expansion and HS2). They'd allocated more time for those two issues - but it was really housing that got the most people riled up. There were the usual tiresome nimbys complaining about HS2 and Heathrow but nobody - nobody - complained about housing development. People were literally booing Boris when he said rent controls were a bad idea. Came up with his soundbite from Vietnam and Ho-chi-min city (though rents there were set comically low there - I can't find the source but I think it was something like 1-2% of average income). He was even asked if he thought house prices were too high (a question he cunningly dodged). All of the mayoral candidates - even Zac Goldsmith, the tory candidate, shock horror - put it right at the top of their agendas. With less than half of london residents actually owning their own home - make no mistake - the new mayor WILL be elected on housing. Though what the successor will actually be able to achieve (not much in practical terms), it will send a powerful message to central Government as they outbid each other on promises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Property if wholly owned is only as good as the infrastructure, rule of law, tax benefit and land security that surrounds it....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy soy Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Is this where the media starts talking about drops in house prices as 'negative inflation' too?! After our gathering at Christmas I negatively inflated or balloons. Probably just do what they did last time and claim house prices are moving sideways. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venger Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I like it. Investment not business - if you didn't understand the risks - whereas others did, and recoiled from the prices you were paying - they you shouldn't have outbid families with your claims on all the homes, at ever higher prices, via BTL mortgages. You did, and now some investment tax perks being withdrawn. Deal with a market for once. "The changes will scupper the business models of many landlords so it is no wonder that such a high number want to sell up.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 So why would landlords sell up if they already own the property? I'd question the 500K figure. AFAICT the majority of transaction from 2002-2015 in the places I track have been to LLs. I would guess that the majority were high LTV IO BTLers. The number of OO are very low - BTLers have grossly distorted the numbers and price of houses. MMR makes it easy to work out what these houses will clear at - about half the price BTLers paid for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venger Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 So why would landlords sell up if they already own the property? Even some of the BTLers have some intelligence about this... Same should apply to landlords who own property outright if they fear others who need to sell, and accept ever lower prices, will drag down value of their properties. That's how markets work. They're all happy owners/BTLers (outright owner landlords too) when houses on a street worth £500K, and that being last price a buyer bought at. You can't really claim it's still work £500K when in a hpc seller accepts £350K, and a few months later another seller accepts £250K. Market has just told you (indices too) very differently by current transactions going on at the margin. Some outright owner landlords may look to sell if they fear wider values are set to down/plunge at the margin. It's a market. 08/07/2015 at 21:10OK, so now we are all pretty clear on what the implications are, what next? I am in the process of remortgaging several of my properties to 85% fixed for 5 years but now I must re-think this. Should I sell up? Maybe, but the CGT is horrendous! Maybe I should remortgage to the max and wait for distressed sellers? I’m sure there will be plenty of these and the LPA receivers may well get very busy come 2017 and they won’t be wanting to hold highly leveraged assets that are losing money but still incurring tax liabilities for too long! Will we see early 90’s style fire sale opportunities? If so, cash will be king! Will lenders change their notional rates to reflect the new cashflow issues? If they do borrowing will get tougher, and as we know, this drives property values down too. Will mortgage brokers see another crash in applications? Will BTL purchases in progress be aborted? If so this will hit estate agents and developers. Will developers be able to continue to build if they lose the BTL off plan speculators which they are so reliant upon to get funding these days? On balance, I think all those who have huge amounts of cash or the ability to raise it quickly are in for some rich pickings, leaving the rest with major difficulties to endure. Maybe I will refinance at high gearing and a long term fixed after all? What are your thoughts? http://www.property118.com/budget-2015-landlords-reactions/76164/comment-page-7/#comment-57774 08/07/2015 at 21:32 What’s the point of holding a depreciating asset? Better to hold if if you have maximised the cheap cash you can get out of it surely, especially if you can at least break even, and then use that cash to swoop into a buying frenzie when values bottom out? http://www.property118.com/budget-2015-landlords-reactions/76164/comment-page-8/#comment-57783 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venger Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I'd question the 500K figure. AFAICT the majority of transaction from 2002-2015 in the places I track have been to LLs. I would guess that the majority were high LTV IO BTLers. The number of OO are very low - BTLers have grossly distorted the numbers and price of houses. MMR makes it easy to work out what these houses will clear at - about half the price BTLers paid for them. 2014 I think that the banks are good to go for 35%-40% off current prices. It's not price falls that produce losses - it's price falls and people failing to pay their mortgages. I seem to recall that there is no statistical link between negative equity and mortgage arrears. If people can pay their mortgages, then they do, as Carney delights in pointing out. Fools and their money are soon eventually parted after a long protracted period whereby they are unwittingly bled dry by the banks in a market distorting exercise made at the expense of younger generations. That said if they're finally going in for the kill then up the banks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeryMeanReversion Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 If London was ramped up by foreign money, from Russia and China, then when the panic starts the collapse will be spectacular. I have a relative working as a finance director at a luxury goods distributor. They have seen big drops in sales to the Russian and Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venger Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I have a relative working as a finance director at a luxury goods distributor. They have seen big drops in sales to the Russian and Chinese. Still mega-mad money in art, but signs of a possible cooling. I'm alert for signals. 30 December 2015 "Once you go under that, where we're talking prices in the millions of dollars, people are feeling more squeezed. "There's much less confidence in the Chinese market. The Russians are feeling much poorer. People in general are feeling poorer, and that has had an impact." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35160416 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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