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While average buy-to-let rents across the UK may have fallen or remained stable over the past year, one sector that remains strongly buoyant is the student buy-to-let sector, according to the latest data from property investment specialist Assetz.

Assetz International has negotiated a staggering 40% discount on a selection of already built holiday apartments and villas in Cyprus. One example is the 38% discount for 2-bedroom apartments (1,048ft2) at the Peyia Village development in Coral

Stuart Law, Chief Executive of Assetz, comments on today’s decision to hold interest rates at 0.5%: "It is no surprise that the Bank of England has decided to keep interest rates at the all-time low of 0.5% this month. However, there remains a pos

• Average house price in November shows 3.73% growth on December 2008 • The average UK house price is now £195,467 compared to £186,518 a year ago • 6 month rolling average shows 10% annualised growth rate • Still likely to meet overall 2009 predi

Regulation will help the sector to flourish The UK is entering a new phase for buy to let investment, according to property investment specialist, Assetz. Many of those investors who entered the buy to let market during the boom years hoping to ac

[list]Positive annual growth in 2009 as a whole, as previously forecast by Assetz House prices likely to continue to increase moderately by around 5% in 2010 but with downside risks Housing supply will continue to be poor underpinning prices in the

Assetz today demonstrates its support for the FSA’s Mortgage Market Review and proposals to regulate the mortgage market. Stuart Law, Chief Executive of Assetz, comments: “Regulation of lenders to ensure mortgage affordability, the removal of

Predictions of an imminent second dip in house prices are increasingly wide of the mark, says investment specialist Assetz, with several factors indicating sustained market strength over the next few years. Forecasts of a 'double dip' in the hous

Assetz has now launched the ‘Property Focus Group’ (PFG) as part of their ongoing campaign to persuade the FSA to regulate property investment. The PFG has been created to enable financial advisers to broaden their expertise to include detailed p

Stuart Law, Chief Executive of Assetz comments: "The CBI's house price forecast announced yesterday, predicting 9.8% house price falls by the end of 2009, is illogical and cannot possibly be based on justifiable calculations. "All the major hou

The second and third quarters of 2009 brought a surge in interest from first time investors, reports Assetz, as people looked to take advantage of good value in the market amid strong signs of increasing house prices. As early as December last yea

Holiday home buyers seeking a bolthole in the sun are finding Spain now offers the best value for money seen in as much as ten years, reports Assetz. Following two years of plummeting house prices and an exodus of British expats who had emigrated

While individual house indices have offered a confused picture of the state of play in the UK housing market, with dips following rises, the collective data of all of the main indices is starting to show that we are now in positive territory for 2009

Investors are being drawn back to city centre apartments, which are now offering gross yields of as much as 11% as a result of current low prices, reports Assetz. Contary to popular belief, demand for city centre rentals remains high, driven by

Assetz Responds to the Bank's Decision to Hold Interest Rates at 0.5% Stuart Law, Chief Executive of Assetz, responds to the Bank's decision to hold interest rates at 0.5%: "The Bank of England has gone just about as far as it can on interest rate

Stuart Law, Chief Executive of Assetz, comments ahead of tomorrow's interest rate decision:

Assetz is predicting an end to house price falls as early as September 2009, having started to see signs of softening reductions in its House Price Watch – an amalgamation of the five major UK house price indices. With some of the individual indices

RECESSION DRIVES SURGE IN UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS

Investors in student property are preparing for a bumper year, as poor unemployment prospects drive a surge in university applicants keen to avoid entering the current job market, reports Assetz. University applications increased 8% in 2008 accor

Stuart Law, Chief Executive of Assetz, responds to the Bank's decision to drop interest rates to 0.5%: "The sequence of base rate cuts has had a positive effect for home buyers and investors on variable and tracker rate mortgages, but the Bank has n