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Hong Kong Investor Knight Dragon Takes fFull Control of UK Property Scheme for $296 Million

An interesting article by The Economic Times on November 4th, 2013 reveals the full ownership of the Hong Kong investor, Knight Dragon of the Greenwich Peninsula after paying his partner. Quintin Estates.

This article was originally by Reuters.

LONDON: Hong Kong investor Knight Dragon has taken full ownership of a development in east London's Greenwich Peninsula after paying its British partner Quintain Estates 186 million pounds ($296 million) for its 40 per cent stake.

Knight Dragon, an investment vehicle owned by New World Development Co Ltd's chairman Henry Cheng Kar-Shun, bought its 60 per cent share in the 150-acre scheme in June last year for 480 million pounds.

Asian investors have ploughed billions of pounds into central London in recent years, lured by the city's perceived safe haven appeal and the iconic nature of some of its properties.

On Friday, Singapore developer Oxley Holdings bought London's largest development site since Battersea Power Station.

The Greenwich scheme, which is near the O2 concert venue, will contain more than 10,000 homes and space for 25,000 workers along a 1.6 mile stretch of the River Thames.

Article Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/hong-kong-investor-knight-dragon-takes-full-control-of-uk-property-scheme-for-296-million/articleshow/25221507.cms

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Best Places to Live Around the UK: Manchester

This very interesting article of WhatHouse? on August 21, 2013 simply tours you around Manchester and why it is one of the ideal places to live around UK.

Famed for its vibrant individual culture, Manchester brings together a love of football, an eclectic clubbing scene and a rich arts and culture scene established from the city's industrial heritage. One of the most popular places to live and work outside London, Manchester is a melting pot of ethnicities and cultures.

With several universities, an accepted gay scene, a compact and easily accessible city centre, unbeatable shopping and leafy close by suburbs, the diverse mix of attractions and activities on offer is undeniable.

Making life easier for its inhabitants, public transport is available in abundance. An impressive bus, tram and railway network connects the city centre with the extensive Greater Manchester area. Conveniently accessible to London, Scotland and the network of nearby northern cities, Manchester is ideally placed to touch base beyond the city limits.
Becoming increasingly popular as a location for business investment, the BBC is among the big names attracted by the benefits of Greater Manchester.

Something Manchester can't shake off are its associations with some very wet weather. Living in Manchester may require an investment in a heavy duty umbrella!

Arts and culture

What the city may be lacking in identifiable landmarks, Manchester more than compensates for with the large number of cultural attractions to choose from. The Museum of Science, Imperial War Museum, The Manchester Art Gallery all provide something different. If visiting neighbouring city Salford, The Lowry Theatre overlooking the canal is worth visiting.

Entertainment

Manchester has long been known for its bustling music scene which continues to be a strong influence. From arenas to quirky pubs filled with character in the interesting Northern Quarter, there is always something of interest for all tastes of music. The Northern Quarter is also the place to be for those looking for a more alternative shopping, eating and drinking experience.

For those who like to indulge in some retail therapy, Manchester is hard to beat. Designer department store Selfridges, often voted as the "World's Best Department Store", has a base in the city and in the extensive out of town shopping mall, The Trafford Centre. Traditional high street stores can be found at the Arndale with high-end boutiques surrounding the modern business hub of Spinningfields.

Sport and Manchester come hand in hand. The city's two hugely successful football teams host a wealth of world-class football games. Following the Commonwealth Games in 2002, Manchester received a huge boost in terms of its sporting facilities, world-class for their time.

Also worth a visit are the bars and restaurants of Deansgate. With its flowing overlooking canals the vibrant area is the perfect place to spend a sunny afternoon.

Escaping city life

Living in Manchester doesn't always have to be about city life. Suburbs in Greater Manchester provide a good balance between city and rural living, well served by local amenities and established schools.

The beautiful and scenic areas of the Peak and Lake Districts can be accessed in under one and two hours respectively. Both offering National Parks, there is unrivalled natural beauty to enjoy by boot, boat or bike.

Looking for a getaway further afield? Manchester's International Airport is the largest outside of London offering access to attractive and exotic locations worldwide.
In spite of the city's increasing popularity, one of the key benefits of Manchester how cost-effective it is for its size and amenities on offer, especially when compared to life in the capital. From housing, to leisure activities and entertainment, Manchester is guaranteed to give you more for your money.

What is your favourite thing about life in Manchester?

Article Source: http://www.whathouse.co.uk/news/best-places-to-live-manchester-160?page=1#.Uhrp0z_tYh8

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Spread the Risk Abroad: Tips for Property Investors

If you are a property investor and planning to invest overseas, you might consider a portfolio of purchases suggest Robin Barrasford. These helpful tips was posted by A Place in The Sun on July 1, 2013.

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With banking crises popping up all over the place, never mind riots and volatile economies, it can pay to spread the risks when investing abroad.

Here Robin Barrasford, Managing Director of overseas property developers Barrasford and Bird Worldwide suggests you might consider a portfolio of purchases.

Investing in overseas properties has never been more convenient and it can be extremely lucrative with comparatively low risks, especially if you look at fractional purchases.

For those who are looking to acquire several properties abroad, spreading across a range of countries should be considered as this has a range of benefits.

There is a general rule - the bigger your portfolio, the more it makes sense to diversify where your properties are located, whether they are nearby or oceans apart.

Why is this the case? You can find fantastic value if you look in the right locations, especially in emerging markets, as well as dispersing any potential risks.

There’s still a lot to consider however, so I want to share with you a few tips to help you increase your chances of success.

Go fractional – Fractional purchases are what they sound like – you buy a fraction of a property (typically a 13th or 26th) as part of a shared ownership with other like-minded investors. This is the modern way of purchasing a property abroad and it’s very popular – around 95 per cent of all our properties are sold as fractions.

For example, Halycon Retreat in France, which includes the Chateau de la Cazine(pictured) suites and apartments has shares or fractions from £16,000.

Purchasing a fraction can mean that you have more to spend on additional fractions to diversify your portfolio, rather than having a full purchase with all your money tied into one property. Should you get usage as part of your purchase, a fraction makes luxury much more accessible, so you can experience the high life a lot more easily.

Increase capital growth potential – If you chose the right location and type of property, financial rewards can be significant. This is especially relevant for emerging markets, as we have seen in countries like Bulgaria. However, some established markets are looking good too.

Florida, for example, has recently seen record low property prices yet welcomes more and more tourists’ year on year, an almost perfect combination for investors. It’s worth remembering that a vast majority of the ‘Sunday Times Rich List’ is made up of people who have made their money in property – and they will have diversified significantly.

Security, income and other benefits – Things like personal usage, rental bonuses and assured resale offers quite often come as added benefits to investments if you’re buying from an established developer. From our experience we find that some investors that have a period of yearly usage quite often don’t use all the time they have available, which can be a concern for them.

However, if you buy a fraction especially, this isn’t a problem – someone is managing the property on behalf of the investor whilst they’re not using the property and they are working to bring in rental money all year round. This makes things a lot easier for an investor compared to trying to manage it themselves.

Stability - It’s important to understand the political and economic situation of a country before you invest overseas. Knowledge of local and global events will help you determine which places are more ideal for you. Remember, there can be hidden opportunities even if a country is experiencing short term issues.

Facilities are key – Particularly important if you’re looking to rent one of your properties out, look out for facilities within easy reach of the property that you’re interested in. The more there is, the more rental and future resale potential there could be. Also, if you’re investing in a developed property, check quality standards of furnishings etc. before putting pen to paper.

Local knowledge – Thanks mainly to the web it’s now easier to collect a wealth of knowledge about an area you’re looking at investing in. Look into things that could be largely hidden but could benefit your investment – history for example. Visiting the area and, if possible, the property before purchasing is also essential.
Even as a developer, we are using many of these tips practically on a daily basis, diversifying our own portfolio of countries from Bulgaria to the US, UK to Malaysia. It spreads any potential risk and also gives us the chance to offer investors some fantastic value, especially in emerging markets.

Start your search for an overseas property here with our three hottest markets:Spain, France or Florida.

Article Source: http://www.aplaceinthesun.com/news/feature/tabid/131/EntryId/2361/Default.aspx

Investors Looking Beyond Property

This latest article by James Weir posted in stuff.co.nz on July 31, 2013 reveals how rental property lost its ranking being an asset to give best returns.

For the first time in nine months, rental property has lost its ranking as the asset that investors say is most likely to give the best returns. It now shares honours with term deposits, according to an ASB Bank survey.

"Rental property or nothing" used to be the catchcry of many investors, but they are now more open to other forms of investment, such as shares, according to ASB head of wealth advisory Jonathan Beale.

Overall, investor confidence went south for the winter, the June quarter survey showed. The confidence index fell 7 points from a net 18 per cent positive in the March quarter to a net 11 per cent in the three months to June.

That reflected a fall in confidence in April, when investors were worried about events in Cyprus.

The ASB Bank survey shows that, nationwide, rental property dipped two points, to be favoured by 17 per cent as the asset giving the best returns.

Term deposits jumped two points to 17 per cent of those surveyed, to share the top spot.
Beale said that change was a reflection of house-price concerns.

"Optimism for returns on rental property may have been affected by talk of an overheated house market and the Reserve Bank reaching for its macro-prudential tools."

The prospect of rising interest rates next year was also likely to lower confidence in property, he said.

The survey results reflected investors' views of what would give the best returns, rather than actual returns from investments.

At best, term deposits would return 4 per cent to 4.5 per cent, Beale said.

Property Investors' Federation president Andrew King said this week that returns on property had been rising in recent years, and were now about 7.7 per cent on average across the country, up from 6.5 per cent in 2007.

Yields peaked at 10.2 per cent in 2002.

But Beale said rental returns might be good if people had bought a few years ago, paid a good price and the rent was high.

If investors were buying now, when prices were high, the returns might not be so good.
Some people were also moving out of investment property because of "hassle factors", such as difficult tenants, he said.

In the past two years there had been a definite shift in investors willing to look at putting money into New Zealand and Australian shares.

People were now much more open to talking about shares and managed funds, Beale said.

Article Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/8983238/Investors-looking-beyond-property

Where is Australia's next Property 'Hotspot'?

Here in this July 22, 2013 article of Yahoo Finance by Michael Yardney, says that to be a successful property investor investment should be based on proven long-term achievement rather than short-term theory.

As our property markets show signs of life again, many investors recognise that this cycle will be different to the last, one of more subdued growth.

So in order to outperform the markets one of the common questions asked is "where’s the next hotspot?"

People who ask for my opinion are usually disappointed that I don’t know and that in fact I don't really care.

I tell them I'm not in the business of speculating; instead I make my investment decisions based on proven long-term performance, rather than shorter term speculation.

Fact is hot-spotting – seeking out the “next big boom” location – is speculation and not true property investment. And if you look at the track record of people chasing the next trend, it’s been pretty poor.

On the other hand to "invest" in property requires the intention of generating long-term capital growth that tracks above average long-term price growth for the area.

Now, here's what I find interesting...

A lot of the "hot spots" predicted by some of Australia’s property analysts turned out correct. Some of the regional areas and mining towns boomed…at least for a while as investors chased up prices.

But unless they got the timing right, chasing the next hotspot turned out disastrous for many investors.

Some are left with properties worth considerably less than they paid, with less rental income than they expected and they are unable to sell their properties today as buyers have now abandoned these markets which have little depth from local demand.

If you're into investing in short-term trends, being right isn't what's important. It's being right at the right time that counts.

Very few can do that, so the history of investors trying to find the next boom town is littered with people who get the story right and the outcome wrong.

My system for building wealth

Instead I buy in areas that have a proven long-term history of outperforming the average capital growth and are likely to continue to outperform because of the demographics of the people living in the area.

And of course I like buying the property for the right price - below its intrinsic value.

But I'm getting ahead of myself…I’ll explain this a little later on.

Hotspotting is virtually the opposite to this sensible, not-so-sexy, tried and tested system for successfully building a property portfolio.

Let’s have a closer look at a few other reasons why I steer clear of looking for hotspots:

1. Hot spotting is about short-term speculation, not long term wealth creation.

Most property investors are trying to build their asset base so that one day it can replace their personal exertion income.

The key to building a substantial property portfolio is to use your first property to leverage into your next property, and then use those two properties to leverage into more investments and so on.

You will only have the ability to do this if you invest in locations that consistently provide long-term capital growth.

By definition, ‘hotspots’ are not these types of areas, because just as quickly as they heat up, property values in these locations can come off the boil and cool very quickly. Just look what happened to many of the mining towns or seas changes locations like Mandurah.

2. Hot spotting often means following the crowd and more often than not, the crowd gets it wrong!

Many trying to buy in the next hot spot get their advice from online reports or “get rich quick” seminars and in the short term some of these predictions are self-fulfilling.

If you suddenly get a diverse group of investors buying up in a small town that usually has little market depth, this tends to push up prices “proving” this area really is a hot spot.

What’s really happening though is that you’re seeing an over-inflated market that’s more often than not unsustainable in the long term. Some of our mining towns, the Gold Cost and Sunshine Coast are great examples of this phenomenon.

On the other hand strategic investors buy counter cyclically, when others are afraid to get into the market.

3. Hot spotting requires accurate timing, yet most investors don’t have the necessary knowledge to know when it’s the best time to buy.

Sure some ‘hotspots’ have excellent potential to generate long term capital growth, but these are rare. For example, there’s the inner-city suburb that’s yet to take off because while it’s on the verge of gentrification and still has an air of industrialisation.

While some investors can pick these areas before the market takes off, timing markets like this is difficult.

The real problem is that by the time you find out about the next hotspot, it may be too late to benefit from that substantial early growth, or the opposite could be true – you might end up jumping in too early and not reaping rewards for many years.

And in the meantime, your money has been tied up and you’ve missed out on real opportunities in proven areas.

A great example of this is inner western Melbourne suburb of Footscray which has been “going to improve” for the last 35 years - but just hasn’t!

4. Hot spotting is usually based on opinions rather than facts.

When you read articles in the media or hear reports on TV that suggest an area is about to take off as the “next big thing”, in reality you’re simply being given someone’s opinion.

Be careful - are they biased because they have properties to sell and it suits them to be spruiking a certain area?

You’re better off to rely on your own research and due diligence, rather than blindly accepting a so-called expert’s potentially biased advice.

5. Hot spotting can generate short-term inflation in suburbs that can’t sustain a high level of price growth over the long term.

Today’s hotspot could be tomorrow’s over heated market!

For example, when the resources boom hit Western Australia and far north Queensland, thousands of investors jumped on the bandwagon and bought into the many mining towns that sprung up overnight and became a buzz of activity.

But now that the resources sector has cooled off many of these towns have gone from boom to bust as the major industry supporting the local economy came crashing down.

I know of many investors who are still having trouble offloading their under performing properties in these mining towns and regional centres which were yesterday’s hotspots.

My suggestion is avoid the excitement of hotspots. This may make your investment boring, but it allows the rest of your life to be more exciting as you growth your wealth.

So what’s the alternative?

To ensure I buy a property that will outperform the market averages in the long term I use a four-stranded strategic approach.

1. I buy a property below its intrinsic value

2. In an area that has a long history of strong capital growth and one that will continue to outperform average capital growth because of the demographics of the people living there. I look for affluent areas where people are prepared and can afford to pay a premium to live, or gentrifying areas where a wealthier demographic is moving in and pushing up prices as they improve the area

3. I look for a property with a twist – something unique, or special, or different or scarce about the property, and

4. A property where I can manufacture capital growth through refurbishment, renovations or redevelopment.

By following this approach I minimise my risks and maximise my upside.

Each strand represents a way of making money from property and combining all four is a powerful way of putting the odds in my favour.

If one strand lets me down, I have two or three others supporting my property’s performance.

Author: Michael Yardney of Metropole Property Strategists
Article Source:  http://au.pfinance.yahoo.com/our-experts/michael-yardney/article/-/18095416/where-is-australias-next-property-hotspot/

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