by Eyeedul Haque | Sep 8, 2016 | Blogs, News and Views
The residential property market appears to be settling down after the initial Brexit shock. Today, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) released its August UK Residential Market Survey*, predicting that UK property prices will rise by 3.3% a year for...
by Eyeedul Haque | Jul 29, 2016 | Blogs, News and Views
If there’s one thing we’re pretty good at in Britain, it’s talking ourselves down. In the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote, we had headline after headline citing property slumps, recession, global expulsion, and even world war 3. While it’s true that the UK will...
by Eyeedul Haque | Jul 5, 2016 | Blogs, News and Views
We’ve taken the Queen’s advice to heart, and had a period of quiet reflection here at My Property Consultant’s HQ since June’s surprise European Union (EU) referendum result. Like everyone else we’ve been feeling a bit mushroom-like recently – frustratingly in...
by Eyeedul Haque | Jun 15, 2016 | Buy to Let, News and Views
FICTION, and here’s why… It has been a tough old time for buy-to-let landlords thanks to the increase in stamp duty, changes in tax relief and the introduction of new lending rules. In addition, some commentators believe the property market has peaked, and a general...
by Eyeedul Haque | May 30, 2016 | Buy to Let, News and Views
I hate to say it but I told you so. Last month I predicted there would be an increase in ‘doom-and-gloom’ property headlines (thanks to key metrics dipping following the peak created by the April hike in stamp duty), and the press did not disappoint: “Asking prices...
