So Tesco Bank is having to shut its 5% Corporate Bond issue 2 days early because demand has been so high. High because income-hungry investors are desperate to get their hands on a return of 5%. The bonds pay a coupon of 5% and have a maturity period of 8.5 years, with the invested money [Read More...]
Venus Property Mentoring – The Law of Supply and Demand
So in the newspaper today an article caught my eye – MPs are saying ‘home building should be easier’ A Commons communities Select Committee Report said 230,000 households were forming every year, but in 2011 only 110,000 new homes were built. This shortfall in houses being built is not however just a result of the [Read More...]
Venus Property Mentoring – Financial Worries?
Any mother who has young children who have difficulty sleeping will know how traumatic and hard work life can be when you are sleep deprived. And of course you are emotionally challenged as you naturally worry about your child. Unfortunately at the moment night terrors are a frequent occurrence in our house, and they are [Read More...]
Venus Property Mentoring – 3 Common Mistakes New Investors Should Avoid
As a Mentor I have come to realise there are 3 subjects which come up consistently and probably form the basis of the most common mistakes that new investors make when investing in property. As a Mentor my role is to share my knowledge, experience and guide my mentees on their path and to hold [Read More...]
Venus Property Mentoring – Are you a Grand National winner like Neptune Collonges?
So this weekend I was sat in the hairdressers when it was time for the Grand National. I hadn’t had a punt, but the TV in the shop was turned up and there were many eager faces watching their horses enthusiastically. Interestingly ‘nearly half the UK adult population have a flutter on the Grand National [Read More...]
Venus Property Mentoring – ‘Defined Ambition Plan’
There was much in the Press this weekend about millions missing out because of the difference between Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution pensions. I have been banging on about this for some time now, hence me writing my Report ‘Why Invest in Property?’ – which can be found at www.whyinvestinproperty.co.uk However, perhaps it takes a [Read More...]
Venus Property Mentoring – Fuel Strike
I have a confession to make – as a general rule I don’t watch the news! (I know you’re thinking ‘why not?’….well it’s simply because I find it depressing and negative and I would rather fill my head with positivity). So last Thursday as I walked past the forecourt of the Tesco Petrol Station in [Read More...]
Venus Property Mentoring – Chancellor George Osbornes – Granny Tax
So last week Chancellor George Osborne announced the latest Budget and as expected he delivered ‘bad news’, wrapped up to look good. Whatever your political stance it’s obvious as a country we are not clear of the financial quagmire we dived headlong into during the ‘boom years’. Hindsight is such a wonderful thing, now it [Read More...]
Venus Property Mentoring – Berkshire Property Meet 5th Anniversary!
On Monday night I attended the Berkshire Property Meet and as always it was a great meeting, with a highly informative presentation and an opportunity to network with a lot of ‘like minded’ people. ‘Like Minded’ in: • Their belief that property investment can deliver financial security and freedom! • The fact that they want [Read More...]
Venus Property Mentoring – Buy To Let
In the Mail on Sunday last week I noticed an article that stated ‘net landlord lending had over taken homeowner lending’ and the Council of Mortgage lenders and the Bank of England were now suggesting that for every £1 of net lending to homeowners, landlords are lent £1.11. The article then went on to take [Read More...]
