Author: Martin Howard
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Knotweed Is Coming
Japanese knotweed is the UK’s fastest-growing invasive weed. It will grow through foundations, walls, roads, almost anything except steel barriers. During the summer, which is its peak growing period, it can grow at speeds of 10cm every day. Knotweed grows fast Recent research by Swansea university has concluded that Knotweed cannot be eradicated at all: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-43882916It’s…
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How We Source Properties For Investors
Key Properties Uk Sources Properties for investors with great yields and multiple exit strategies. One of the standard methods we use to generate returns for our investors is detailed here.In essence we source a BMV (Below Market Value) property that meets our 21 point property sourcing checklist requirements – you can download the checklist here. This is a…
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Section 24 and landlords with Property in the U.K.
If you’re a landlord and own a property or properties in your own name then you are about to get hit by a double whammy of new tax and legislation. The new ban on tenancy fees written by a government seemingly unaware of the consequences of it’s actions comes into force on 1st June 2019.…
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The Tenant Fee Ban & What does it mean for U.K. Property Landlords?
Dear Landlords and lettings agents,Just in case we gave the opinion that we cared we thought you should know that we don’t and we’re going to ban tenant fees from 1st June 2019.Yours,The GovernmentPartisanship aside this tenant fee ban has wide ranging implications for everybody in the property industry – that’s everyone that lives anywhere.…
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Swansea In The UK Property Market
According to the Property Industry Eye (using data from Halifax) Swansea is the number one place in Wales for house price growth and 16th in the whole of the U.K.http://www.properyindustryeye.com/going-up-town-town-named-as-place-with-greatest-house-price-inflation/https://www.halifax.co.uk/media-centre/house-price-index/Many of the other top places are great to invest in no doubt but the house price values in Swansea are low enough to make it…
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Swansea Statistics
Wales is 8005.8 square miles and has a population of 3,063,456 people (as of 2011)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_Of_WalesOf which 241,300 of those live in Swansea (as of 2011).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwanseaThat means that a huge 7.87% of the population of Wales lives in Swansea.To put that into context, approximately 14% of the population of England live in the greater London area.…
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Business In Swansea
Swansea is served by some of the UK’s largest and most prestigious businesses including government organisations such as the DVLA.Given it’s superb transport links detailed here in my article on Swansea’s transport links make it a great place for businesses to invest, and they have. The DVLA’s main offices are based in Swansea According to market data…
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Swansea Transport Links
Swansea is a major hub of Wales, it’s 2nd city.It’s geography means that it is the only viable location to place a major distribution centre to cover West Wales because there are no closer cities with the workforce and transport links to serve the area, it is literally the only one. Companies such as Amazon…
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Amenities In Swansea
Swansea is not just a place that meets economic and property desirables for investment, it’s also a desirable place to live. It is host to a long stretch of sandy beach, high class hotels, swimming and spa facilities, golf resorts and is a great location to explore the areas of outstanding natural beauty, The Gower and…
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Capital Appreciation In Swansea
Most people overlook Wales as an area to invest in because they don’t see the benefits of investing in the cities where the values of properties are rising significantly. In many areas of the North of England you can pick up properties very cheaply and make a rental profit on them which is of course…