ST ALBANS PROPERTY SOURCING
If you’re looking for a great deal in the St Albans area for a property that is suitable for an investor, let us do all the hard work for you! Simply fill in your details below and we’ll be in touch.
ST ALBANS PROPERTY SOURCING
If you’re looking for a great deal in the St Albans area for a property that is suitable for an investor, let us do all the hard work for you! Simply fill in your details below and we’ll be in touch.
Discounted property with high yields
Transparent & honest throughout the process
We’re property experts with years of experience
Investment opportunities tailored to your requirements
Investing In St Albans, Is it A Good Idea?
The main reason that you should invest in the St Albans area is because it’s a popular commuter town for London, only 20-30 miles outside of the city. It’s a popular place to live and has great transport connections being close to the M1, A1, M25 & more. There’s also a train from St Albans City that takes only 20 minutes to get to St Pancras in London.
It’s an area that is particularly favoured amongst families and tenants, due to the cities small-town feel, great shops, culture and schools. In recent years, St Albans has had one of the UK’s hottest property markets, so if you do purchase property, you’re likely to see a reasonable increase over the years.
Investment Opportunities In St Albans
St Albans is not the largest area, and is popular for a few different kinds of investors but perhaps not all. Here are a few of the main type of investment opportunities we get:
- BMV Property
- Buy To Let Property
- HMO’s
- Houses To Flip
Investment Opportunities In St Albans
Despite the high house prices in the St Albans area you can get a decent yield. Take for example the average house price for flats in the area according to Rightmove, which sits at £328,252.
Combining that with the average rental for flats according to Home.co.uk which is £1,498, presents a respectable 5.48% yield on a relatively high value property.
POPULAR BUY TO LET OPTIONS
These tend to be normal residential houses, 2 to 3 bedrooms terrace, semi-detached, detached or flats.
They are houses that are suitable for the average renter and are sometimes known as vanilla buy to let properties.
A House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) is a rented property occupied by at least three people who are not from one household or five or more people, forming two or more households.
This type of Buy To Let is a freehold block which offers multiple, separate or independent residential units.
This can be a variety of different types of property such as blocks of flats or houses converted into flats.
This is very similar to HMO’s and even are often referred to as non-licensable HMO’s.
They have many characteristics of a typical HMO but don’t require the licence, but they may still require planning permission from your local authority.
As the name describes, this is a commercial premises and it is when you let the property out to one or more businesses.
It’s often referred to as Commercial Landlord Mortgage, Business Buy To Let Mortgage or Commercial Investment Mortage.
ST ALBANS HOUSE PRICES
The house prices in St Albans according to Rightmove up 10% in 2019 vs 2018 and a further 10% up on the 2017 peak.
ST ALBANS AREAS TO INVEST IN
So, you’re planning on investing in the St Albans area? But what area exactly should you put your money? You’ll have to chat to us in more detail about that, but here is a list of some of our most popular areas:
Batchwood
Bernards Heath
City Centre
Cottonmill
Fleetville
Marshalswick
New Greens
Porters Wood
Sopwell
St Julians
St Stephens
The Camp
Townsend
Batchwood
Bernards Heath
City Centre
Cottonmill
Fleetville
Marshalswick
New Greens
Porters Wood
Sopwell
St Julians
St Stephens
The Camp
Townsend
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Do you have an additional question about investing that we’ve not answered?
We’ve pulled together some of the most common queries we get and answered them for you below:
Well it really depends on when you ask! We get investment opportunities of all shapes and sizes, from small one bedroom flats to large detached homes.
This is a question we get a lot, is now the right time? Well, in our opinion there isn’t really a bad time to invest, as long as you hold the property for a good period of time the chances are the value will increase.
WHY INVEST WITH US?
Simply put, we’ll get you the best possible deal. Our sister company, The Property Buying Company, have been in the property buying industry for years & we have access to all their stock which is at a price point that is ready for investors to buy and make a great return on.
No middlemen, no stress & no hassle. We make investing in property and growing your portfolio as easy as it possibly can be.
WHY INVEST WITH US?
Simply put, we’ll get you the best possible deal. Our sister company, The Property Buying Company, have been in the property buying industry for years & we have access to all their stock which is at a price point that is ready for investors to buy and make a great return on.
No middlemen, no stress & no hassle. We make investing in property and growing your portfolio as easy as it possibly can be.
