Watch for oversaturation, warns BSA`

Released on: November 29, 2007, 8:01 am

Press Release Author: Jim watson

Industry: Real Estate

Press Release Summary: With the future of the UK property market, both residential
and buy-to-let, subject to so much uncertainty and speculation, many will wonder if
any clear idea can be formed about where the best investments

Press Release Body: With the future of the UK property market, both residential and
buy-to-let, subject to so much uncertainty and speculation, many will wonder if any
clear idea can be formed about where the best investments, if there are any, are to
be found.

Neil Johnson, PR policy manager at the Building Societies Association (BSA), has
said that there are undoubtedly still good deals out there, but what matters, not
unusually, is location.

This will be reflected in the way lenders will still be willing to lend to good
prospects among landlords, whose investment strategy is sound. \"Buy-to-let will
continue to be a very good business for them because there is clearly demand out
their for good quality rental accommodation,\" he said.

Moreover, Mr Johnson emphasised, the danger in the market really exists for
ill-informed \"dinner party buy-to-letters\" who hear about how some people made major
returns and imagine such things are still possible without realising that the market
has changed. However, he said, those with a good awareness of what to do still have
good prospects and research by the BSA has shown that many were still looking to
increase their portfolios.

Noting that \"there are still people that want to rent and there are still people
unable to buy, so while that remains the same there will always be opportunities out
there for buy to let investors\", he concluded that the key issue was not to buy
\"where the market is swamped\".

As the market slows, a number of areas have been pointed to as examples of swamping.
In its assessment of the buy-to-let market this week, 50connect.co.uk stated that
areas of new-build flats in northern cities were one example.

Building of this kind is still happening, of course, with the Manchester Evening
News reporting last week that a new development was planned for the Knott Mill area
of the city centre. There is also the fact, as the Liverpool Echo reported recently,
that Manchester has imposed a 40 per cent limit on the number of one-bedroom flats
in the city centre in order to encourage more families to move in. The paper noted
that Liverpool was to do likewise. This may help diversify the market and encourage
more buyers.

Whatever happens to the kind of property being created in areas such as northern
cities, issues such as population movement, employment and the wider housing market
will all have an impact on demand. So too, of course, will the overall economy, with
many hoping the recent hints the Bank of England gave over interest rate cuts will
bear fruit sooner rather than later.

Tomorrow, the Bank will publish the minutes of this month\'s monetary policy
committee (MPC) meeting. Having voted by eight to one to hold rates in October,
commentators will be looking to see if the MPC was closer to making a cut this time.
If it was, it may give a clearer indication of a cut very soon, perhaps even next
month.

In the meantime, however, the wise and informed buy-to-let investor, the BSA
believes, will continue to do well and cope whatever the broader economic or housing
market picture in the short-term.

In today\'s world Property investment is an excellent investment option especially
investment in UK

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