My Property Mentor Blog

How To Develop A Property:Part 2

Roberta — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:07:20 +0000

In this next series of blogs I have persuaded Jocelyn King - a fellow property developer, to take us step by step through her current renovation project. In this series of blogs and video blogs, which we will be putting out every Friday over the next couple of months, we are going to watch the

A Property Renovation: The beginning

Roberta — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:30:17 +0000

Video About Why We Blog

Roberta — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:28:28 +0000

Here is a short video explaining why blogging is so important both to us and to your own business as a way of allowing your clients to understand who you are as a company.

Grant Shapps:Property Industry Political Point Scoring

Roberta — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:28:54 +0000

Today we are introducing a guest blog from Michael Day of Integra Property Services. Michael has broad experience in the industry having been a main board Director at Connells before setting up Integra. He was also the inaugural chair of the RICS Residential Faculty and has a wide range of clients across the sector. How long before the

The 7 House Price Indices To Be Reviewed

Roberta — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:55:42 +0000

Hot off the press is the news that The UK Statistics Authority has launched a review into the contradictory figures publicised by the various monthly UK house price indices. If you use information from the various indices you can take part in a questionnaire throughout August at housingstatisticsnetwork.co.uk. The review will report back by the end

High Tenant Demand Returns To Buy To Let Market

Roberta — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:56:29 +0000

We talk a lot on here about supply and demand effecting the sales sector, however current market conditions are also effecting the landlord rental sector too. Recent research from the association of residential landlords shows that less rental property is now available. Demand Will Rise However, tenant demand is on the rise. In the South East, where

Lloyds Intimidate Mortgage Borrowers-Again

Roberta — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:48:30 +0000

Hot on the heels of our last blog about repossessions, today in the news I read an article about Lloyds Bank who now are aiming to try and force their interest only mortgage borrowers to move on to a repayment mortgage. Lloyds is owned over 40% by the taxpayer. Firstly, lets just say, that a contract

Repossessions Will Rise

Roberta — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:34:52 +0000

I’ve been wondering lately about how much longer the banks can hold out before they decide to start offloading their bad debts. Many might not realise it, but banks have been pretty lenient with borrowers over the last couple of years. With the new government gearing up to announce their cuts in October, it’s clear that

Average Price Comparables Are Pointless

Roberta — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:17:42 +0000

What’s An Average House Price? Yesterday i was having a sparring match on Twitter with the folks over at Zoopla regarding some figures on their site which were re-quoted by CityWire financial web site. We were in disagreement about my old favourite “Average House Prices”. ( Yes, that old chestnut.) They were stating that in a

The Dream Factory

Roberta — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:40:38 +0000

More and more these days I seem to be hearing of large property landlords who have been made bankrupt. Some of these people I personally know well. A good friend of mine termed them ‘ celebrity landlords’. They were the ones who marketed themselves via large property networking events. They sold courses, and books about