Blackfish International Property Investment

04/03/2016

Investing in UK Property? Increase your yield by as much as 50%.*

Blackfish have partnered with a market leading Corporate Serviced Apartment Group in London to offer our clients 5 YEAR contracts and zero voids. On our latest development in London Bridge SE1 this meant yields of between 4.3 and 4.7% for all landlord clients - outperforming the AST market by 46%.

Find out more about successful UK Property Investment by calling Barry Manners or Bruce Li at Blackfish on +852 2815 5225.

* Based on AST occupancy rates

04/03/2016

A really interesting evening last night at our East Vs West London seminar.

Excellent feedback and real interest in E London as an investment opportunity.

Local buyers are refreshingly becoming more discerning and rejecting buildings with high service charges.

Most European, British and US tenants prefer lower rise too. It's part of the London experience and what they're used to.

03/03/2016

I was chatting with a client in Hong Kong yesterday who had just returned from the Uk with his family and new three year old daughter.

It was, he said, the first time she had walked on grass. That's just the way it is in this HK.

By contrast, check out Hoxton Square. Edgy, arty, cosmopolitan, close to some of the world's most highly paid jobs and yet still affordable.

We are marketing a new development in Hoxton. Just 19 apartments with high spec interiors and excellent letting potential. Prices (for now, at least) are still below £1000 psf

03/03/2016

East London is changing beyond all recognition.

In 1987 Stanley Kubrick used London's East End Docklands as a location to portray a war torn Saigon industrial area.

Here's the same area before and after!

Personally it's not one of our investment "hot picks". We prefer to focus on areas with strong yields and low service charge outgoings. Still, it demonstrates how London's axis has shifted east in the last decade.

02/03/2016

Investment Seminar at the Blackfish Office Hong Kong Thursday evening: East vs West London. Strategies for Successful UK Investment

Starts at 7pm.

Call Bruce on +852 2815 5225

02/03/2016

Economists are predicting an increase in the value of sterling, now priced at a discount of 13% on the HKD compared on its June 2015 value.

"Be brave when others are afraid" - now may be an excellent time to take advantage of Brexit uncertainty by investing in sterling and, in particular, sterling assets.

http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=GBP&to=HKD&view=1Y

This GBP/HKD Chart lets you see this pair's currency rate history for up to 10 years! XE uses highly accurate, live mid-market rates sourced from over 150 rate sources!

01/03/2016

Hoxton - The New Notting Hill

Now that formerly trendy Portobello has been totally Starbucked, Hoxton is the new edgy, cool destination.

Hoxton has its own real street market, a classic East End market that dates back to 1687, close to Shoreditch but with its own distinctly local flavour.

Market hours are Monday to Saturday 7.30am-6pm.

http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2011/10/28/hoxtonstreetmarket/

01/03/2016

Hoxton - a living, thriving community in London's regenerated East End

With its rich history of eclectic performance, Hoxton Hall has been an East End landmark since 1863.

Restored to its former glory in 2015, Hoxton Hall entertains audiences, connects people with creative activities, brings history to life and offers amazing facilities available to all for hire.

Explore their website and discover your own part to play in making Hoxton Hall’s new history.

https://www.hoxtonhall.co.uk/category/about/

01/03/2016

In contrast to the dull gentrification of Central and West London - the East is edgy and creative.

Reminds us of Soho Square in the 1970s and 80s.

Window stencil in Hoxton Square today of Wiley

01/03/2016

Buying to Let in the UK for secure long term capital gain? Buy for the future.

In circa 15-20 years there will be over 2 million more 70+ year olds considering single storey and accessible homes.

How's that for a re-sale market?

Buy smarter - If you are considering investing in UK buy to let property, call us on +855 2815 5225

01/03/2016

Prime London falls. East London gains.

City and fringe gains average of 6.8%


http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/london-prime-central-property-has-worst-half-year-performance-since-2009-asking-prices-cut-1546637

Knight Frank says sellers cutting asking prices for prime central London property by as much as 10%.

01/03/2016

Prime areas of London maybe topping out but there's strong house price growth in London generally. With new jobs and new developments in the East, it's easy to understand what is driving this growth.

"In London, house prices increased at an annual rate around double the national average. Property values in London recorded a 13.9% annual increase, pushing the average house price there to £530,409."

- Daily Mail

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House prices recorded their biggest monthly jump since 2002 in January, with a 2.5% increase, Land Registry figures show. The £4,732 cash increase in the ave...