Key points of interest from this month’s survey
- There continues to be a decline in the proportion of investors looking for a new property who will undertake the development themselves.
- The ease with which investors can find good tenants is slowly falling away.
- Bank willingness to lend is becoming “less worse”.
- Interest in purchasing existing townhouses remains low, but demand for new ones is strong.
- Despite rising interest rates there is no hastening move towards reducing debt levels.
- However, an increasing proportion of investors are reporting they have no mortgage.