Strong UK Rental Growth Indicating a Great Time to Invest for UK Expats and Foreign Nationals

Strong UK Rental Growth Indicating a Great Time to Invest for UK Expats and Foreign Nationals

UK rents outside of London are rising at their fastest rate in over four years. With the current boom in the rental market, we look at what this means for UK expats and foreign nationals looking to invest in UK property. Growth in the Rental Market. In the first three months of 2021, rents in…

Holiday Let Guide for UK Expats and Foreign Nationals

Holiday Let Guide for UK Expats and Foreign Nationals

When buying an investment property in the UK, the traditional choice is for a professional or family let. However, during the Covid-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns, the popularity of the ‘staycation’ has been growing. This means that the holiday let is becoming an increasingly popular and viable option for UK expat and foreign national…

Liquid Expat Mortgages Reacting to the Latest Housing Market Figures

How Does A Sharia Mortgage Work?

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…

Green Mortgage Discounts Available to UK Expats

Mortgages Over £500,000

Green mortgages are a growing trend in the UK property market. For discerning UK expat investors, a green mortgage can make an excellent investment. What is a Green Mortgage? You may have started to see the term ‘green mortgage’. But what does it really mean? In short, a green mortgage is a type of mortgage…

May 2021 UK Buy-to-Let Market Q&A (Part One)

May 2021 UK Buy-to-Let Market Q&A (Part One)

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…

The UK Buy-to-Let Market for the Rest of 2021

The UK Buy-to-Let Market for the Rest of 2021

This week, we’re looking at some key considerations for UK expats looking to enter the UK buy-to-let market in 2021. What’s Going to Happen to Interest Rates? The Bank of England’s base rate has been historically low for a while now and that’s something that seems set to stay. After the Coronavirus has made such…

UK Expats in Australia Turn Towards UK Buy-to-Let Property

UK Expats in Australia Turn Towards UK Buy-to-Let Property

UK Expats Registering Interest From Australia. According to the Expat Network, there are currently over 1 million Britons living in Australia. It is also one of the most consistently popular destinations for long-term British migrants (those leaving the UK for longer than a year) with more than 30,000 leaving the UK for Australia each year….

Power of Buy-to-Let Mortgages Shines Through in Landlord Buying Habits

Power of Buy-to-Let Mortgages Shines Through in Landlord Buying Habits

What’s Happening with Cash Buyers in the Buy-to-Let Market? Fewer landlords are purchasing buy-to-let property with cash. Instead, more and more landlords are looking to utilise buy-to-let mortgages. In 2017, 62% of landlords buying rental properties bought with cash. Since then, this percentage has been steadily falling. In 2017, 62% of buy-to-let purchases were through…

UK Driving Hong Kong Property Exhibitions

UK Driving Hong Kong Property Exhibitions

In 2020, Hong Kong had four waves of COVID-19 to contend with. But, despite this, Hong Kong buyers’ interest in UK property didn’t suffer as badly as many predicted. Though the early part of the pandemic saw a depression of interest in UK property, buyer interest was rising again by May. Without this interest in…

Digging Deep with Liquid Expat Mortgages: Q&A with Stuart Marshall (Part 2)

Digging Deep with Liquid Expat Mortgages: Q&A with Stuart Marshall (Part 2)

In part two of Liquid Expat Mortgages’ Q&A, we take a look at more of our customer’s most asked questions on the UK expat mortgage market. Maintaining a Presence in the UK. Q: ‘I’m moving from the UK to Australia for work. I own a property in the UK but, in the future, I am…