Over the course of the pandemic, we saw the rental market become exceptionally busy. Time to let fell to extreme lows and demand for rental properties outstripped the supply, putting upwards pressure on rental prices. But the face of the rental market is changing yet again. After a tumultuous 2020 and early part of 2021,…

A Fall in International Buyers. Q: I’m a foreign national who has been looking to purchase property in the UK for a while now. However, I’m hearing that foreign nationals buying in the UK aren’t as common anymore. Is there a good reason for this? I’ve thought that maybe the 2% foreign buyer surcharge might…

After last year’s depressed city centre rental market, city centre rents are steadily rising again. This trend is of particular interest to new UK expat buy-to-let investors, who are profiting most from the rise. Pandemic Life Vs The ‘New Normal’. ‘What the pandemic created’ says Stuart Marshall ‘is a whole wave of people looking to…

This is part two of our ‘Pension or Property Investment’ article. To read part one, click here. Pension or Property Investment: Some Considerations When Investing in UK Property. ‘Let’s first look at some of the difficulties involved with becoming a UK expat buy-to-let investor. One hot topic of discussion in recent times has been the…

Some Background. According to Hargreaves Lansdown, during the pandemic, a quarter of people have either stopped or reduced the amount that they contribute to their pensions. It’s understandable that, given the economic uncertainty that Covid-19 has brought to many lives, people would cut back on payments they believe they can do without. In many people’s…

At the end of summer 2021, ‘staycation’ is still the buzzword. ‘What’s really interesting about the staycation boom,’ says Stuart Marshall ‘is that it’s inspiring a huge surge in the number of holiday let companies that are being established. This is a trend that UK expat and foreign national investors need to take note of!’…

Stuart Marshall of specialist expat mortgage broker, Liquid Expat Mortgages, looks at some of the questions we’ve recently been asked about the UK housing market and how it could affect UK expats and foreign nationals looking to buy UK property. Is it a Bad Time to Start a Property Portfolio? Q: ‘I am a UK…

As a result of the pandemic, the demand for rental property in city centre areas dropped off massively. This was largely prompted by a search for space as people stuck in city centre flats during lockdown moved out to commuter areas. Of course, with many offices being closed and work from home orders in place,…

With the housing market constantly evolving, Stuart Marshall of Liquid Expat Mortgages takes some time to react to the latest figures from the UK property market and unpack the implications for UK expat and foreign national investors. The Figures. House prices are still soaring. In April 2021, Rightmove reports that the average price of a…

Incredibly, we’re already into the fifth month of 2021. The world is changing, and the vaccine rollout is meaning that life is returning to some form of normality, with the UK Government’s 21st of June end date in sight. So, we thought it was time to sit down with Stuart Marshall, CEO of Liquid Expat…