Investment Property in Liverpool
If you are looking into investment property in Liverpool, you are certain to have been drawn into a conversation at some point over the state of the UK and Liverpool housing markets. With property prices at an all-time high, is it wise buy an investment property in Liverpool or should you buy elsewhere? With interest rates rising, what financial returns can a buy-to-let property provide? And, most discussed of all, is the bubble about to burst, turning your ‘pension fund’ property into negative equity?
We can’t read the future, but we can get in touch with industry analysts to find out what they think. With Liverpool’s strong position in both the student and professional markets and the city benefitting from major investment as a result of the 2008 Capital of Culture status, property investment in Liverpool is still a clever choice.
1. National slowdown causes concern but Northern cities stay strong in late 2007
The property market experienced a slowdown in the final quarter of 2007 with annual percentage changes in house prices falling to an average of 0.5% in December. However, all of the Northern regions of the UK saw an acceleration in house price growth during the last three months of the year. (Fionnuala Earley, Nationwide)
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