Last week we missed an opportunity to make 100% return on funds deployed.  The funds would have been held for a little over a month.  But hindsight is a wonderful thing; there is no shortage of retrospective advice.   

We’re currently arranging funding for an offshore firm which owns properties in central London.  There were a few complications attached to the deal.  Firstly, many lenders, including bridging lenders do not like to lend to foreign structures,...

Currently, we have agreed a deal in Manchester, a vacant shop and uppers.  We managed to secure the deal because the ‘current’ buyer had been dithering for the best part of a year.  The reasons we have taken the step to step out of the safety...

We had an interesting couple of cases yesterday; both where time was of the essence.  One case was about a property which was involved in a family dispute.  The property had been transferred into a family member’s name, so that it could be used...

Recently, we were introduced to a client who requires a mortgage for a large transaction in Central London, of £6M.  He has a couple of BTL properties in the background, which he accumulated by each time upgrading his residential home.  I think...

We are in an inflationary environment; this means the real purchasing power of money is decreasing every day.  Currently, they say we are at 9.1%, the highest in 40 years.  However, there are many metrics to measure inflation, and within this...

We are on the edge of completing a commercial refinance deal for a client.  The property is worth about £4M; it was a complex valuation, and the valuer needed to be guided very carefully in the matter.  Valuating a building is not as easy as...

Some time ago we were focusing on an auction deal which came up in Harrow & Wealdstone.

I recently met an estate agent in Bayswater, who I have known for well over a decade.  He has an issue which I suspect many readers have as well.  During the course of his business he has built up a small but respectable portfolio of 5 properties;...

We have a client who wishes to purchase another BTL property.  She currently has one which she is generating an income on via Air BnB.  The property happens to be close to the Harry Potter studio, it generates higher than normal rental income. ...