Things to Consider When Investing in Property
As one of the UK’s leading property investment companies for almost 20 years, we have a wealth of experience in the UK property investment industry here at Knight Knox. As a result, we often get asked for advice and various questions from clients and potential investors.
With this in mind, we decided that it may be useful to put our most commonly answered questions in a short guide for those that would like to know all of the things to consider when investing in property.
Things to consider when investing in property:
How do you start investing in property?
Firstly it’s good to set financial goals: Determine your investment objectives, such as long-term capital appreciation, rental income, or a combination of both. This will help guide your investment strategy.
It’s also important to research the market with thorough market research to identify areas with strong property investment potential. Consider factors like rental demand, property prices, employment opportunities, infrastructure development, and local amenities.
It’s also important to speak to professionals like estate agents, solicitors, financial advisors with experience in the UK market and industry experts such as our advisors. They can provide guidance on legal requirements, property valuations, and investment strategies.
Property management is also a key consideration. Decide whether you want to manage the property yourself or hire a professional property management company. Property management involves tasks like finding tenants, collecting rent, property maintenance, and handling legal obligations, but it costs to use this service. Although cheaper to do it yourself, we find that management agents make things run much smoother.
You should also regularly review your investment portfolio and monitor market trends. Stay informed about changes in regulations, tax implications, and local property market conditions, as well as possible alternative property investments that could help you to diversify your portfolio.
How to invest in the UK property market?
There are a number of different options when it comes to investing in UK property which include; residential, HMO (Houses in Multiple Occupation), student accommodation, commercial, holiday lets, supported living accommodation and also property funds that you can invest in via a stocks and shares platform or seller.
The most traditional route is considered to be residential property, as this is the asset class with the most available stock, and the finance and mortgage options are fairly expansive and easy to access.
There are popular emerging markets such as holiday let investment and supported accommodation as well as student property too. These tend to yield a higher rental income but don’t often increase in value as quickly or by as much as residential property.
What is the best type of property to invest in the UK?
This again will depend on your personal circumstances and what your investment strategy is, which is why we advise you to do your research and come to this decision before looking to invest.
Financial advisors and industry experts such as ourselves can help with this if you need assistance.
Can I invest in UK property with £10k?
If you have £10k to invest then it’s likely you’d need some financing if you want to purchase your own property. With a sum of this size, it would be likely that you’d need to look for buy-to-let mortgages which would mean investing in residential property. However, it’s important to point out that buy-to-let mortgages are difficult to obtain, and are also not available to first-time buyers. You would also more than likely need a much larger deposit than £10,000.
Aside from that you can look at property funds on the stock market, or alternatively, look to increase your investment amount before coming back to the investment market at a later time.
For more niche property investments such as student property, holiday lets and supported living accommodation it’s not likely that you’ll be able to finance these with mortgages or traditional loans.
Hopefully we’ve covered a lot of the questions you may have when it comes to investing in property, but if you still have a question, why not get in touch with our team today?
