Property: Where to Profit As the Party Cools Down ; Mortgage Rates Are Rising and the Buy-to-Let Boom Is Fading, But

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PROPERTY values are stagnating. Mortgage rates are rising. And, after years of staggering returns from property holdings, even the most hardened professional investors are urging caution. Yet small investors are still drawn, irresistibly, to bricks and mortar. Here, Financial Mail looks at putting money into property with SAFETY in mind.

For most homeowners, the roof over their head makes up by far the biggest portion of their total wealth. But for many that exposure to property is not enough. Tempted by runaway house prices over the past ten years, they want even more.

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Property: Where to Profit As the Party Cools Down ; Mortgage Rates Are Rising and the Buy-to-Let Boom Is Fading, But

For thousands of people the answer has been to branch into buy- to-let property. Some have bought the homes their children live in while at college. Others have invested in a flat or house to let, in the hope that the rent will cover the mortgage and that the value, over time, will rise. Others have bought newly built flats whose value is still largely untested.

Until now, most of these savers have fared well. A shortage of homes, rising rents and comparatively low ...

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