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What will happen to the Cardiff property market in 2021?
In the last few months, the Cardiff (and UK) property market has resisted and flouted every economist’s prediction. With the economy a shadow of its former self, unemployment set to hit 11.9%, the Government on track to borrow nearly half a trillion pounds to pay for Coronavirus support packages etc., all of this has had […]
Should I keep my property on the market this winter in Cardiff?
We are coming to the end of this crazy, crazy year, and although you have already made the decision to move, you might be thinking, do I really need the hassle over the next few weeks? Not only do you have the lockdown constraints, but you are having to work out your Christmas bubble. So […]
Are Cardiff First-time Buyers are Being Locked Out of the Cardiff Property Market?
With the banks reducing the number of low deposit mortgages (i.e. deposit of 10% and below) since Covid-19 hit in the spring, this has meant that the number of Cardiff first-time buyers has been decreasing quickly, meaning many of those would-be Cardiff buyers wanting to make the first step on the Cardiff property ladder are having to […]
How to escape the worst of the coronavirus downturn on their Cardiff rental property.
With the second lockdown starting on the 5th November 2020, does this mean Cardiff landlords can wave goodbye to their Cardiff buy-to-let investment and see it go up in smoke on the bonfire of buy-to-let dreams, like a Guy Fawkes puppet? With many Cardiff tenants at risk of losing their jobs after the furlough scheme […]
THE PROS & CONS OF BECOMING A LANDLORD IN CARDIFF
The buy-to-let market in Cardiff is about to enter a challenging 12 to 24 months. Yet by looking back at the last recession and what is happening now, there are vital lessons all Cardiff landlords can learn to protect themselves, and in fact create opportunities for themselves both in the short term and ultimately the […]
Why Are Some Banks Reining In Over-Enthusiastic Cardiff Homebuyers and Buy to Let Investors?
The Cardiff property market is an enigma and chock-full of contradictions. Notwithstanding an economic recession and forecasts of property values dropping, nobody seems to have informed the Cardiff homeowners selling their homes and those Cardiff people looking to buy them. As I have discussed in many recent articles on the locality, the Cardiff property market […]