{"id":17515,"date":"2018-06-08T12:30:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T11:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=17515"},"modified":"2018-06-08T12:30:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T11:30:50","slug":"top-7-stories-this-week-in-housing-and-property-investment-8-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/06\/08\/top-7-stories-this-week-in-housing-and-property-investment-8-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 7 stories this week in housing and property investment: 8 June"},"content":{"rendered":"
Welcome to our weekly update giving you the key stories, breaking news and topical analysis from the past week up to today, 8 June 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n While now is a great time for expats and overseas investors to invest in the UK property market due to the weaker pound, it is vital to do thorough research to avoid paying unnecessary costs. The housing markets in Manchester and Leeds are both performing strongly at the moment, while more landlords are considering their options away from traditional buy-to-let and looking at ways of diversifying their portfolios. Read on for 7 top stories you might have missed this week…<\/p>\n Millions of pounds a year are being unnecessarily wasted on UK property purchases from abroad, with some buyers losing out on as much as \u00a340,000 \u2013 but the extra costs can be avoided. To read the full article, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n1. Investing in buy-to-let from abroad could be losing expats thousands<\/h4>\n