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Bank Rate Remains Unchanged. The Bank Rate has remained unchanged again – making it the 6th time in a row that the rate has held steady. The rate has now been stuck at 5.25% since August 2023. The reason for this is that the Bank of England uses interest rates to control inflation, so they…
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May
May
In June 2022, the UK Government published a policy paper into scaling up self-build and custom housebuilding to boost capacity and overall housing supply. The Prime Minister commissioned an independent review to improve the housebuilding industry by giving customers more choice, making home building mainstream, realistic, and affordable. What’s more, it wanted to make building…
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Apr
Apr
‘Rental yields, rental yields, rental yields – it’s something that UK expat and foreign national investors will hear all the time’ says Stuart Marshall, CEO of Liquid Expat Mortgages. ‘And justifiably so! Rental yields are one of the most important indicators for whether or not an investment venture will be successful. That’s why we’re running…
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Apr
Apr
It’s time to look again at the state of the UK rental market and the opportunities available for UK expat and foreign national investors. With stabilising house prices and mortgage rates, it’s a good time to analyse where the market’s at and what investors need to take note of. The State of the UK Rental…
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Mar
Mar
UAE Dropped from Financial Crime Watchlist. ‘There has recently been some important news regarding the UAE and its status within the global community’ says Stuart Marshall, CEO of Liquid Expat Mortgages. At the end of February, the UAE was dropped from a global watchdog’s list of countries they have deemed at risk of illegal money…
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Mar
Mar
‘The Budget is always a massive moment of anticipation for anyone working in the property market’ begins Stuart Marshall, CEO of Liquid Expat Mortgages. ‘The policies in the budget can often have a massive impact on the housing market in the UK and this, in turn, affects non-domestic investors. The Spring Budget was the last…
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Feb
Feb
The Demand for Green Properties. ‘The need for buy-to-let properties to be more energy efficient or ‘greener’ is becoming more and more pressing with every passing year’ says Stuart Marshall of Liquid Expat Mortgages. ‘When talking to UK expat and foreign national investors, we’ve often found ourselves talking about the need for ‘greener’ properties in…
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Feb
Feb
UK House Prices are Still Falling. According to Zoopla’s house price index, UK house prices are still falling but the rate has slowed compared to the recent history. The rate of house price falls is currently -0.8% year-on-year. This year-on-year fall means that the UK’s average house price has now fallen to £264,400, a fall…
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Jan
Jan
2024 looks to be another great year for UK expat and foreign national investors to buy UK buy-to-let properties. With the rental market still exceptionally busy as a result of incredible demand and high mortgage rates stopping first-time buyers getting onto the ladder, buy-to-let property owners stand to make big profits. Further, with UK property…
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Jan
Jan
2024 is likely to continue in much the same way that we saw the 2023 market develop. A lot of the trends that we saw emerge during 2023 are here to stay through 2024 and they’ll continue to be key talking points for existing and future UK expat and foreign national investors. High Mortgages Rates…