{"id":12090,"date":"2018-02-27T12:15:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T12:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=12090"},"modified":"2018-02-27T12:15:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T12:15:01","slug":"brexit-still-biggest-concern-investors-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/2018\/02\/27\/brexit-still-biggest-concern-investors-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit is still the biggest concern for investors in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
The UK’s transition plans for the period after Brexit on 29 March 2019 have just been published, but how our exit from the European Union will affect the country remains to be seen and the uncertainty is a worry for some investors.<\/strong><\/p>\n In BuyAssociation’s first annual survey of investors for 2018, 30.4% of respondents named Brexit as their greatest concern for the year ahead. When questioned on what type of Brexit outcome would be preferred, the majority of respondents – 31.5% – said that to remain in the EU<\/a> would be the desired result, while 14.4% said they hoped for a far-ranging trade deal.<\/p>\n Potentially in relation to the impending Brexit agreement, a fall in house prices was the next top concern for 13.79% of investors, despite last year’s steady annual climb<\/a> of around 5.2% across the UK, according to Land Registry data. Predictions about how Brexit<\/a> will potentially affect house prices are rife, and though London<\/a> has seen a general flattening of the property market, other parts of the rest of the UK, particularly in the north-west<\/a> and West Midlands<\/a>, are expected to see strong growth.<\/p>\n The chart below shows that a wide range of views are held by investors surrounding the issue of Brexit, with 11.1% hoping for a no-deal situation, while 8.3% would like a second referendum and 6.3% want to stay in the single market.<\/p>\n