The Clapham Property Blog

Have you ever heard that phrase - "sitting tenants"? Well it's a pet hate of mine when someone misuses it, but you can spin it to your advantage. Here's how! Excellent investments are in my blood! I find more deals than I can buy myself, so if you are keen on expanding your portfolio then you have to register here for me to send you deals straight to your inbox. WeSourceLondon.Properties  is my new outlet for deals that I can't do, primarily because I'm hitting the ceiling of angel investment I am able to raise. So there's two things you can do: 1. Become a property owner yourself and let me source you a deal or 2. Part-fund one of my projects! Get in touch to learn more.

Have you ever done a viewing with a tenant and left facepalming yourself? Surely it's easy to remember to ask them about move date and whether they can afford it? WRONG! We all forget to do the basics sometimes but here's a video that will help! Some may say I can sniff out a good deal. Well perhaps. If you want to know about every good buy to let property that comes my way then REGISTER HERE! My company WeSourceLondon.Properties will deliver turnkey investments straight to your inbox. I'll source. I'll manage the brokers, solicitors, builders and ultimately get the property let and managed for you at a preferential rate. But it all starts here!

You'll have heard me talk about bridging finance before, primarily because I use it to expand my portfolio rapidly. Here's a video explaining the ins and outs. Are you looking to expand your buy to let portfolio? Sign up here to receive my hand-selected buy to let deals straight to your inbox. With all the sums done for you and my team and I sorting out the

And here we go! Another property has been sourced by WeSourceLondon.Properties, my deal sourcing and packaging business. In this video I take you around the new project and show you what we're going to do. If you are interested in seeing properties that I have sourced and negotiated a super purchase price on, be it on or off market, then sign up here . As always if you'd like to come and have a look at one of my projects just drop me a line and let's start the conversation. Or allow me to answer your questions in person at the next Clapham Property Meet!

How much notice do you need to give your tenant? Vice versa? Well here's all about notice periods and how you can use them to your advantage. Remember, if you want to learn more about property investing join me at this month's Clapham Property Meet and have a chat in person.

So what is a Statutory Periodic tenancy? In this video I'll reveal all! Remember if you are looking to expand your portfolio do get in touch. I have set up my separate Deal Sourcing Company call WeSourceLondon.Properties which, if you register, you will receive regular deals straight through to your inbox. Register here.

As we go headlong into 2018, I believe UK interest rates will stay low, even with the additional 0.25% increase that is expected in May or June. That rise will add just over £20 to the typical £160,000 tracker mortgage, although with 57.1% of all borrowers on fixed rates, it will probably go undetected by most buy-to-let landlords and homeowners. I forecast that we won’t see any more interest rate rises due to the fragile nature of the British economy and the Brexit challenge. Even though mortgages will remain inexpensive, with retail price inflation outstripping salary rises, it will still very much feel like a heavy weight to some Clapham households. Now it’s certain the Clapham housing market in 2017 was a little more subdued than 2016 and that will continue into 2018. Property ownership is a medium to long-term investment so looking at that long-term time frame; the average Clapham homeowner who bought their property 20 years ago has seen its value rise by more than 434%.

Update on my Latona Road project. A stunning refurbishment of a run down property. It will end up being a 5bed 2bath luxury apartment for professional sharers. i purchased with bridging finance and will refinance on to a long term product once I've added £100k of value and the property is let at circa £3000-3250pcm. Nearly done, just painting and tiling and we'll get it all dressed ready for immediate occupation! Have a look at the video and follow the progress!