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OK so you have read the media, watched the news and sat wondering just how safe are your investments in property. Sorry to be the deliever of bad news but the property prices in London are not looking good! Since the property boom that started in the UK back in 1999 properties continued to rise, mortgages that used to be worth one and a half times a workers wage went up ridiculously. Property owners in London were left cashing in on their rental properties that have almost tripled in price. If you were already on the property ladder then you needn’t worry about the raising house prices, however if you hadn’t managed it to the mortgage stage yet you will barely stand a chance. With all this good news for home owners and the continuing rise of property costs, were we not a little naive to have not considered a recline in the prices. Since October last year it has been recorded that for your average property in London the price has dropped by 2.000 UK pounds. The average drop per house price was recorded by the UK land registry as 0.6% drop in property price. Just how low will the decline in property price go, could we soon be back to square one in the UK where the properties are more affordable for first time buyers to get themselves onto the market? This could be the best news ever for young couples in the UK that didn’t manage to get their foot on to the property ladder yet. However for those existing property owners that have all their assets tied into property it is a worrying subject. Very soon the housing prices could be unstable and property owners in London that saw a rise sometimes more than 50% in value of their property could see the prices rocket to a halt and a decline could very soon be bringing London property owners down to earth! You should consider all of the above information before even beginning to consider purchasing your home in London, or in any area for that fact. The houses in London are going to be sold to you at quite a high rate now, however you should take note of the market trend and realise if the property has already dropped then it can, and more than likely will drop further in the London area. The times of millionaire property owners in the London area cashing in on their small town houses with high prices could very soon be a thing of the past. Perhaps you are unable to get onto the property market in the London area now, but give it a few years down the line and you might actually be able to achieve owning a home in the capital of England! In the years to come it could be a question of do you actually want to purchase property in the town of London riddled with history of England. |
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