Dear Investor,

I hope you had a great weekend and managed to catch the up with the sun when it made its annual appearance for 5 minutes at precisely 1.25pm.  Alas, the British weather!

We had a tremendous response to the e-newsletter last week promoting the Jet-to-Let Magazine Conference Saturday 8th September 2007 in our usual venue of the Hilton Metropole, Edgware Road, London from 9.30pm to 5pm, but no doubt as with most of our events, the bar will be bustling with property investment talk and war stories well into the late evening.

The FREE consultations are filling fast.  These are opportunities to discuss issues one-to-one with a range of specialists whether successful property investors, finance gurus, currency advisors etc….

The aim of the consultation is to give you the opportunity to bounce a few ideas off people who have done it themselves or to discover innovative finance options and how using leverage you can make 1000% gross ROI over a 2 year period.  That’s the power of leveraged finance, and Tony Taylor who is a friend of mine and also my mortgage broker, is the master of the art.

I will be talking about how you can make explosive profits (no that’s not an exaggeration) by gearing off-plan in rising markets and how to choose the right markets on a risk/reward basis.

I will look at portfolio building and how to drive the returns.  I will also look at a few countries around the World which would sit well in a balanced portfolio, performing differently, as globally some markets have matured and others have not.

There will also be a presentation on how to utilise movements in currencies to boost returns.

It will be a full day with plenty of opportunities to ask questions and network with fellow investors and professional advisors.

Your investment is time and also £97 for I person, or if there are 2 or more of you £48 each for the full day, including consultations, lectures, networking and lunch – not bad.

Places are filling up fast and we will have to put a stop on numbers when we reach the capacity of the room.  Please do not delay booking if you wish to come along.

Call Gina now to secure your place on 0151 244 5444 (credit cards are accepted)

Best wishes

1 day property investment course - Saturday 29th September 2007

There are only 2 course dates remaining this year with the next being Saturday 29th September 2007.  For details and to book see www.bewarethesharks.com

Latest Property Investment News

Housing is the "Major Polluter"

With over a quarter of all UK CO2 emissions (27%) coming from houses, the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has challenged the Government to take action to help people make changes to their homes.

Following environmentalist and broadcaster Dick Strawbridge’s keynote presentation at the CIH’s Annual UK Conference and Exhibition, the CIH has highlighted the impact that housing emissions have on the environment. Dick told delegates that he did not care why people acted to improve their energy efficiency at home and reduce emissions so long as they did it. In his work he has found that most people were motivated by money issues and what they can save. So, he concluded, let us motivate people financially.

Earlier in the week, CIH President, Paul Diggory announced a ‘Green Three-Point Plan’, which included financial motivation. He said: "I don’t know why everyone is going on about air-travel when two times as much CO2 is pumped into the air by our own homes. If we seriously want to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions the real challenge is not planes – it’s plainly striving to make our homes carbon neutral.

"The Government’s recent zero-carbon target for new homes is important but it does nothing to address the far bigger problem of the existing housing stock.

That is why I am calling on Gordon Brown to implement a three-point plan.  One, to commit to tax incentives to encourage people to start ‘greening’ existing houses. Secondly, to investigate the introduction of a national eco-ratings system for houses, similar to those we already have on white goods. And thirdly, to invest more in innovative work to find practical solutions which will help people to reduce the carbon footprint of their homes.

"Dick Strawbridge talked about the need to motivate people to take action. I believe the three-point plan will help to do that", concluded Paul Diggory.

Hugh Ellis from Friends of the Earth, who was also speaking, said that people needed tools to take action and people do want to do something. Again CIH’s suggestions will help."

Source: Chartered Institute of Housing

House price inflation more than halves

House price growth eased in June to half the pace of the previous month and demand weakened due to the impact of rate hikes, says the RICS UK Housing Market Survey.

House prices rose for the 20th consecutive month in June but the rate of growth more than halved, falling below the survey’s long run average of 21.6%.

10.6% more Chartered Surveyors reported a rise than a fall in house prices, down from 22.5% in May.

In England, London remains the region with the strongest price rises but Scotland is equally as buoyant.

Northern Ireland continues to lead the way as the peace premium remains a boost to price growth.

New buyer enquires declined at the fastest pace since February 2006 as the interest rate cycle began to weigh heavily on first time buyer affordability.

15% more Chartered Surveyors reported a fall than a rise in new buyer enquiries compared to 2% in May.

New buyer enquiries fell across all regions, except for Wales, the West Midlands and Scotland.

New instructions to sell property fell sharply, as forecast in last month’s edition of the survey.

Many vendors brought forward their instructions into May, in order to avoid the upfront cost of Home Information Packs.

27% more Chartered Surveyors reported a rise in new instructions down from 41% in May.

The ratio of completed sales to the stock of available property on the market fell for the third consecutive month indicating that market conditions continue to loosen.

Four interest rate rises and the prospect of more to come have dented surveyor confidence in the house price outlook.

Surveyor confidence in the sales outlook almost halved, falling to the lowest level since June 2004.

Source: RICS

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