ITV are looking for landlords who have invested in property
as a way of obtaining a pension. They
are looking for guests to interview couples in their mid 50s who are choosing
to put their money in property rather than pension companies, banks or stock
market.
The programme will be aired in a few weeks and guess
what:interest in property will grow
even more!
Did you watch Property Watch last night?If there was an advert for property then that
was a one hour long infomercial which we paid for!
They stated that we are at stale mate on prices but buyers
are back except they simply cannot raise the deposit.
I did a bit of research on first time buyer mortgages and
you can get 90% LTV residential mortgages
from one of the high street banks which is at 5.99% fixed for 5 years and NO
ARRANGEMENT FEE!If that is not
reminiscent of a mortgage from 2007 then I do not know what is!
Just watching Sky News as I am writing this article and
Barratt Homes have said reservations on their new builds are up 4.4%.I wonder who is buying? Is it the investors or
first time buyers?
I think the press have turned now.They think it is good to report Boom &
Boom rather than Doom & Gloom.They
are just waiting for the stats to catch up now.Official price data from Land Registry will be out in August which will
still show negative growth I think but in November it will be a different
story.
By that time Nationwide and Halifax would have reported
concurrent price rises for each month and then the banks will be back to their
95% mortgages and then the full circle will be complete when the Daily Express
run the front page with:
100% Mortgage
Released Today
That day will come.It
will be available for qualified solicitors doctors and accountants who have the
guarantee of mum and dad but nevertheless it will be a 100% mortgage.
So lets watch the property recovery unfold.Property Watch is on BBC2
tonight at 8pm so do not miss
it.