Investors have ploughed £1.7bn into UK commercial and residential property at auction in the first five months of this year – proof that there is plenty of cash in the system, looking for the right home.
The fourth edition of EG’s essential guide for private investors, the Property Auction Buyers’ Guide, is out now and packed with the latest advice on how to invest wisely in uncertain times as well as plenty of inspiration from active investors.
Meet the brothers who committed £1m to buy a secondary regional shopping centre at auction and find out how they plan to drag it out of decline.
Hear The Times correspondent Deirdre Hipwell give her take on the changing retail landscape and tackle the experts on how to invest in shops without coming unstuck.
There is also a must-read legal briefing from Mishcon de Reya on how to handle a tenant on the ropes.
Investor and author Samantha Collett unpicks permitted development rights, finding out the key lessons from those already profiting from reinventing tired commercial buildings to create homes. She also gets to the bottom of what is really required to salvage your buy-to-let property from a poor energy efficiency rating – and how much it will cost.
Investors continue to ask us for more information on how to extract value from ground rents, so we brought in leading expert Guy Charrison to explain how it is done.
Let me know what you would like us to focus on next: e-mail julia.cahill@egi.co.uk or tweet @egjuliac or @estatesgazette
