Presented at the British Property Federation Conference in London

Debated whether the Buy to Let property market can - and should return to 'pre-credit crunch' levels at the annual British Property Federation Conference in London yesterday!

The future shape of buy to let debate, was be chaired by Rebecca O'Connor of The Times and as well as my views, there was input from Michael Coogan, CEO, Council of Mortgage Lenders and Alan Collett, Chairman of Allsop.

My Property Predictions for 2010

Many commentators are probably quite nervous about predicting this year’s property movements! And with just cause. We don’t really know whether the economy will continue to recover in 2010, whether the private sector can improve enough to cover the inevitable drop in investment from the public sector and pending job losses. We also don’t know quite when interest rates will start to increase and although everyone will know who they’d like in government, we don’t really know who it will be, or even if it’ll be a hung parliament causing further confusion.

On top of all this uncertainty, there is the further fear that the pound will slip further against the euro and the all important dollar and how much ‘leeway’ the international markets will give the UK to pay back our frighteningly high deficit.

Find out what my property predictions are for this year!

Summary of the 2009 Property Markets

Unlike many ‘so called experts’, I predicted that from April 2009 the market would start to stabilise – and was proved right. The main reason behind this was I didn’t believe that with all the ‘bad news’ and recession, sellers would continue to try and sell their properties. As such, supply dropped in some places lower than actual demand, which was what caused property prices to slightly increase last year.

The media often fall into a trap though of reporting ‘year on year’ data and of course comparing 2009 to 2008 was a bit pointless. What we needed to do was compare how 2009 performed versus the previously ‘successful’ market in 2007.

Read on for my Summary of the 2009 Property Markets.

Why do People Fall for Scams?

Why do people fall for scams, whether they are property related or not?

Take a look at this great article from Graham Norwood (Propertynewshound.com) and his take on the subject!

What to do if you are a Property Investor in 2010

Want to know what to do if you are a property investor in 2010?

Buying in a normal market as an investor is tricky, buying in a property/economic recession is much more difficult. It's easy to 'think' you are buying a good deal, but get INDEPENDENT and PROFESSIONAL verification of property values before you go ahead.

Here are my Top Five Property Investing Tips for 2010!

What to do if you are a Seller in 2010

Thinking of selling a property this year and not sure where to start, then follow my top five tips 'What to do if you are a Seller in 2010'!

What to do if you are a Buyer in 2010

Are you thinking about buying a property in 2010 and don't know what to do?

To secure the property of your dreams, follow my top five tips to buying a property this year!