{"id":2086,"date":"2017-02-25T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2017-02-25T07:00:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T07:00:12","slug":"property-investment-england-overview-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/news\/property-investment-england-overview-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Investment in England: Overview England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There are many words to describe England: royal, rural, industrial, historical or iconic to name but a few. And every year property hunters come here in search for the perfect investment. So which area offers what and where are you best off to find what you\u2019re looking for?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Property in England is a big thing. Owning a home used to be every Brits\u2019 sole dream. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/10\/08\/renting-property-uk-become-first-choice\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Whilst this is now shifting somewhat and Generation Rent is growing<\/a>, property investor are becoming more and more interested in the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kvn50HwOjO\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/10\/01\/former-chancellor-osborne-chair-northern-powerhouse-partnership\/\">Former Chancellor Osborne to chair the Northern Powerhouse Partnership<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Former Chancellor Osborne to chair the Northern Powerhouse Partnership&#8221; &#8212; BuyAssociation Group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/10\/01\/former-chancellor-osborne-chair-northern-powerhouse-partnership\/embed\/#?secret=RGdjYSc14o#?secret=kvn50HwOjO\" data-secret=\"kvn50HwOjO\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Every Thursday, for the next 10 weeks, we\u2019ll be presenting one of England\u2019s areas to give you an overview of what each region has to offer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/12\/01\/regional-property-offers-best-investment-promise-post-brexit-britain\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">where your investment may work the best<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting it off with an overall view on England\u2019s property market, it may be important to state that what once was a significantly north\/south divided country is slowly growing back together.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to some major initiatives like the Devolution Deals (giving additional power to England\u2019s key cities) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/10\/18\/northern-powerhouse-creating-property-investment-hotspots\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the Northern Powerhouse project<\/a> and, after all, even the rising housing and living costs in London, people are now moving out of the capital again.<\/p>\n<p>Through this, the country experienced a shift in focus, giving business and politics the option to support England\u2019s North as well as the Midlands more by introducing projects like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/11\/24\/hs2-whole-route-north-birmingham\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the HS2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where to invest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the great divide isn\u2019t what it once was anymore, most northern cities, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/12\/06\/manchesters-revival-leading-norths-property-explosion\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/10\/03\/top-10-property-investment-liverpool\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>, are now actually thriving. And they\u2019re giving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/12\/19\/londons-house-price-growth-lowest-rate-three-years\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">London<\/a> a run for its money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Property prices, generally speaking, are higher in the South, and a lot of the time yields are lower.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cW4gPaIuNX\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/12\/02\/two-thirds-property-investors-think-manchester-best-place-invest\/\">Two thirds of property investors think Manchester is the best place to invest<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Two thirds of property investors think Manchester is the best place to invest&#8221; &#8212; BuyAssociation Group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/12\/02\/two-thirds-property-investors-think-manchester-best-place-invest\/embed\/#?secret=ydUxwyFemn#?secret=cW4gPaIuNX\" data-secret=\"cW4gPaIuNX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With the Government changing tax rules and regulations last year for property investors, for many, London is becoming too expensive to make it worth the investment. Whilst the coming year might see a drop in prices in the capital, the North and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/11\/11\/birmingham-midlands-motor-business-hotspot-investment-haven\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Midlands<\/a> appeared as strong investment hotspots throughout the last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With demand still growing and supply lagging behind, it\u2019s overall safe to say that property is still an asset class well worth a consideration. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many words to describe England: royal, rural, industrial, historical or iconic to name but a few. And every year property hunters come here in search for the perfect investment. So which area offers what and where are you best off to find what you\u2019re looking for? Property in England is a big thing.<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/news\/property-investment-england-overview-england\/\" title=\"ReadProperty Investment in England: Overview England\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":4491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[231,83,78,37],"class_list":["post-2086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk-housing-market","tag-england","tag-investment-property","tag-property-demand","tag-uk-property"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}