Ariston Property Blog

Landlords and investors must look for ways to maximise the return on their investment. Considering the rental yield is crucial in finding a succesful investment.

Attracting buyers to your home is difficult but it is imperative if you wish to sell your home. This guide ensures your home will appeal to as many buyers as possible.

Unlike most other student based cities London is the exception in the fact that students are not locked into their contracts early. I study at the University of Southampton. Southampton being the student-dominated city it is; the search for a property for the next academic year starts in November and most of the good properties go by February. This forces students, and Fresher’s especially, to seek a property and housemates right as the start of the academic year, whilst Fresher’s are establishing who their friends are. Also, it forces students to pay full summer rent though are not in the property during the break due to the high demand for properties.  But London being the bustling city it is this problem doesn’t occur.

Leading university professors, Paul Cheshire of London School of Economics and David Miles of Imperial College London are forewarning the possibility another property market crash. Professor Paul Cheshire warned The Daily Mail of a 40% plunge similar to that of 1989, where the value of properties dropped into negative equity meaning that the mortgages on them became more than the properties were worth.