I was at a recent business networking event in Melton
Mowbray, when a landlord (who it transpired had a couple of Buy to let
properties) bent my ear on where the next hot spot town or city is to invest
his money in and where the best rental yields are.
It can be tempting to just look at Melton Mowbray when growing a buy to let property portfolio, but there can be big differences in the amount of rental income you receive and how much your property will appreciate by considering other locations in the country.
It can be tempting to just look at Melton Mowbray when growing a buy to let property portfolio, but there can be big differences in the amount of rental income you receive and how much your property will appreciate by considering other locations in the country.
When reviewing the performance of an investment a landlord needs to consider yield and capital growth. Landlords should be looking for a
high rental yield so that they can comfortably cover any mortgage payments and
make some profit from the income return, but you also want the property to rise
in value over time so you can get some capital growth when you come to sell.
However, high yielding property in say such areas as Dieppe Way in Melton Mowbray will suffer from low capital growth, in such upmarket areas as Burton Road, properties offer good capital growth, but at the expense of a decent yield.
However, high yielding property in say such areas as Dieppe Way in Melton Mowbray will suffer from low capital growth, in such upmarket areas as Burton Road, properties offer good capital growth, but at the expense of a decent yield.
The North East and North West of the UK are landlord magnets
for great yields. The average yield in Melton Mowbray today is 4.04%, which
when you compare with say Hartlepool in the North East, which achieves 7.73% or
9.43% in the Anfield area of Liverpool,
doesn’t look too healthy.
Now of course, these are only averages and some of my Melton Mowbray landlords are achieving 6% to 7% on some of their Melton Mowbray properties, but at the expense of capital growth. Anyway, after wasting a tank full of petrol up the A1 to Teeside or the M1 to Liverpool, the Liverpool property would have dropped in value by 2.2% in the last 12 months and the Hartlepool property would have dropped by 1.4%.
Now of course, these are only averages and some of my Melton Mowbray landlords are achieving 6% to 7% on some of their Melton Mowbray properties, but at the expense of capital growth. Anyway, after wasting a tank full of petrol up the A1 to Teeside or the M1 to Liverpool, the Liverpool property would have dropped in value by 2.2% in the last 12 months and the Hartlepool property would have dropped by 1.4%.
When you compare the long term house price growth, it gets
even worse. Looking at the graph, Since 1995, property values in Melton Mowbray have risen by 155.04%,compared
with Hartlepool at 21.02% and Liverpool at 90.11% – it just shows you shouldn’t always
chase the yield because of the poor increases in property values in those two
places.
As I always like to explain to landlords when they either email me, pick up the phone or pop into my offices for a coffee, together with soon to be FTL’s (first time landlords)), a decent yield is important, but when you come to sell your buy to let property it would also be nice to make a decent profit. Any profit you can make when you come to sell it, on a buy to let property is known as the ‘capital gain’ ie capital growth.
As I always like to explain to landlords when they either email me, pick up the phone or pop into my offices for a coffee, together with soon to be FTL’s (first time landlords)), a decent yield is important, but when you come to sell your buy to let property it would also be nice to make a decent profit. Any profit you can make when you come to sell it, on a buy to let property is known as the ‘capital gain’ ie capital growth.
At the end of the day, as a Melton Mowbray landlord, you
want to be making gains from both your rent and house price growth,
particularly when you want to sell, because when combined, the rental yield and
capital growth, that gives you the real return on your investment.
Finally though, do you know Hartlepool and Liverpool as well you know Melton Mowbray? Do you know where the good and bad areas are in both those places? Are you happy that it would require you to take a day out of work if there was an issue with your property in the North? If you can’ t answer yes to all three questions, then maybe you should be considering a closer to home?
Finally though, do you know Hartlepool and Liverpool as well you know Melton Mowbray? Do you know where the good and bad areas are in both those places? Are you happy that it would require you to take a day out of work if there was an issue with your property in the North? If you can’ t answer yes to all three questions, then maybe you should be considering a closer to home?
Amazing post, big thanks.
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