Many people consider London to be a superb location for property investment. There is an undersupply of real estate in the city and interest remains high, meaning values are being sustained. According to one expert, there is considerable investment property demand in the English capital.
Lee Watts, managing director of Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward estate agents, revealed he expects to see plenty of activity in the sector. He remarked: “We will see further demand in the sales market with an increased supply of stock for lettings due to high rental yields and increasing levels of buy-to-let funding made available by lenders.
“This will lead to growth and activity within the new homes market with developers confident in developing the land banks they have been building up over the past few years.”
Mr Watts went on to remark: “I predict the lettings market will experience a healthy volume of business throughout 2012 with an increase in longer term renting due to property values and mortgage availability making homeownership difficult for first time buyers to achieve.”
Figures produced by Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward suggest that rents in London will rise by between five and six per cent over the next two years, pushing rental yields up to over nine per cent.
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