Liverpool Property News

Of the 9,200 houses and apartments sold in Liverpool (L3) since 1995, 4,360 of those have been new homes, representing 20.0% of property sold. So, I wondered how that compared to both the regional and the national picture …and from that, the pertinent questions are: ...

The average homeowner in the UK moves every 20.2 years…

That average in the 1970’s and 80’s was around every 10 to 11 years; in the 1990’s it increased to the mid-teens (in terms of years) and in the early part of the Millennium, it ...

In 1979, more than 4 in 10 British people lived in a council house, yet today that figure is only 1 in 12, whilst a ccording to Shelter 65% of families on the Council House waiting lists had been on those lists for more than ...

Would it surprise you to know that in some parts of Liverpool, predominantly prosperous areas with high proportions of mature residents, the housing crisis is not one of supply so much as dispersal of that supply? Theoretically, in Liverpool there are more than enough bedrooms ...

One of the key factors of the health of the Liverpool property market is the number of properties for sale at any one time. The issue with housing is that when demand goes up, unlike with a chocolate bar factory, who can add a couple ...

If you have been reading my articles on the Liverpool property market recently, you will see that in the three years since the referendum of the ‘B’ word (that word is banned in our household), we have proved beyond doubt that it (whose name shall remain nameless) has had ...

What does that mean for local Landlords and Homeowners?

The balancing act of being a Liverpool Buy To Let landlord is something many do well at. Talking to numerous Liverpool landlords, they are very aware of their tenants’ capability to pay the rent and their ...

Nationally, the number of new homes created in 2018 was 222,194, the highest since 1989. Yet since 2002, the average number of properties built in the UK has only been 146,700 per year. You would think, seeing all the new homes sites around, you could ...

Many Liverpool people ponder the best places to invest their hard-earned savings and the best piece of advice I can give you is to do your homework and speak to lots of people. It depends on your attitude to risk versus reward. Normally, the lower ...

Moving home is said to be the third most stressful life event, following a member of your family dying or getting divorced . So it is always best to keep your stress levels down by investigating and doing your homework on both the particular area ...

A handful of Liverpool landlords and homeowners have been asking me what would happen if we had another property crash like we did in 2008/9?

The UK property crash in 2008/9 caused property prices in the UK to drop by an average of 18.37% in ...

Anyone would think that national news, especially when it comes to talking about the property market, is just focused on London centric. In fact, over the last 5 years, the London property market has really manipulated the UK on averages to such an extent that ...

Bargains – well yes and no – and let me explain why. To find a bargain you need to know the ‘market’, yet there is not one ‘property market’ in the UK. In fact, the British property market is like a fly’s eye, it looks ...

A few weeks ago, I suggested property values in Liverpool would be between 1.2% and 2.1% different by the end of the year. It might surprise some people that Brexit hasn’t had the effect on the Liverpool property market that most feared at the start ...

Over the last 5 years, we have seen some interesting subtle changes to the Liverpool property market as buying patterns of landlords have changed ever so slightly.

The background to this story was the recently published set of buy-to-let (BTL) lending statistics. Roll the clock ...

With the Government preparing to control tenant’s deposits at five weeks rent, Liverpool landlords will soon only be protected in the event of a single month of unpaid rental-arrears, at a time when Universal Credit has seen some rent arrears quadrupling and that’s before you ...

Liverpool property values are unexpectedly 5.8% higher than at the end of 2017, notwithstanding the uncertainty and threats over the potential impact of Brexit in 2019. This has exceeded all the predictions (aka guesses) of all the City of London economists, in an astonishing sign of strength for the ...

The conventional way of categorising property in Britain is to look at the number of bedrooms rather than its size in square metres (square feet for those of you over 50!). My intuition tells me that homeowners and tenants are happy to pay for more space. It’s quite obvious, ...

For most Liverpool people, a mortgage is the only way to buy a property. However, for some, especially Liverpool homeowners who have paid off their mortgage or Liverpool buy to let landlords, many have the choice to pay exclusively with cash. So the question is, ...

As we go full steam ahead into 2019, it’s certain that the Liverpool housing market in 2018 was a little more restrained than 2016 and 2017 and I believe this will continue into 2019. Property ownership is a medium to long term investment so, looking ...