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Education is the most important part of building a successful, profitable property portfolio and here at Your Property Club, we provide it at no charge, as part of our service to you.
Many other companies charge you an arm and a leg for a very basic level of education, but in these pages, Brett Alegre-Wood, our Managing Director has made available over 200 articles, all archived. Don't forget to register as a client for free access to our team who can answer any questions you may have.
Brett’s Property Investment News: What’s all the fuss over credit rating? 04 Mar 2010
How YPC Lettings performs better than any local agent? 25 Feb 2010
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Would you agree to a regulated buy to let market? 17 Feb 2010
Our new product: a residential property fund accessible to everyone… 09 Feb 2010
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Tories tells us the necessity of recovery without the fine details 03 Feb 2010
Brett’s Weekly Property News: SVR reversal causes outcry for Skipton Building Society customers 25 Jan 2010
New Build Off Plan Property is the best property strategy for 2010 through to 2016. 24 Jan 2010
Brett’s Weekly Property News: House prices stay low… is it the right time to invest? 18 Jan 2010
The benefits of lower end areas that have massive regeneration programmes. 09 Jan 2010
How do the airlines affect your holiday let property? 04 Jan 2010
2010 UK House Price Predictions 03 Jan 2010
Brett’s Weekly Property News: The pros and cons of the pre-budget report 09 Dec 2009
YPC Christmas party photos in the gallery 08 Dec 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Lender eases deposit requirements for borrowers 02 Dec 2009
How to overcome the risk of being one of 20 apartments to let in the same development at the same time. 01 Dec 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Why 8 out of 10 savers are losing money? 24 Nov 2009
One of my favourite Investment poems… 22 Nov 2009
How English property companies are ripping off Hong Kong investors…
YPC Group welcomes Josie Chi as our new Lettings Manager in our London Office 13 Nov 2009
Developers’ confidence grows as the market returns… 06 Nov 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Why a shortage of over 1 million homes is opportunties for investors 05 Nov 2009
My adventures in property refurbishment 04 Nov 2009
The YPC Group Photo 03 Nov 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Branson’s no virgin to banking 29 Oct 2009
YPC videos that you will want to watch. 09 Oct 2009
Off plan already showing results in London and greater UK 06 Oct 2009
Are prices really rising? Or is it just due to a lack of supply? 04 Oct 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Let’s talk real issues at the G20 24 Sep 2009
YPC’s New offering: Free remortgages for the life of your property!!! 23 Sep 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Wanted – £130bn to save UK banks 15 Sep 2009
Even Pension Experts say Property is the Way Forward 13 Sep 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Purchasing Managers Shopping to Boost Economy 10 Sep 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: ‘Banks gets richer at the expense of the investors’ 01 Sep 2009
Brett’s Off Plan Special: So you want to be an off plan investor? 21 Aug 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Quantitative easing slows down as the economy improves. 14 Aug 2009
The Tale of Two Properties and Turning Lemons into Lemonade… 10 Aug 2009
House price rise of 0.1% the first for 18 months 05 Aug 2009
Why Northern Rock went from bad to worse! 04 Aug 2009
Announcing the Border’s book launch for my book “The 3+1 Plan” 31 Jul 2009
Why you will have to Work Longer for a Smaller Pension 30 Jul 2009
Brett on GMTV with Penny Smith 28 Jul 2009
Is your pension pot dropping while you sit by feeling helpless? Time to take some action! 26 Jul 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Can the government’s wallet tame the recession? 23 Jul 2009
My favourite book for small business owners and entrepreneurs. 21 Jul 2009
Smaller Banks lobby heats up… Yippehhh!! 20 Jul 2009
YPC Group presents new business plan to Natwest’s, Sam Rollinson. 18 Jul 2009
The truth about Ground Floor Apartments… 17 Jul 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Are we heading towards one big bank??!! 14 Jul 2009
Word from the street: mortgage companies are making more profit than ever 13 Jul 2009
Off Plan Property becomes the more viable option to buying property 12 Jul 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: Positive trends give the housing market hope. 07 Jul 2009
Don’t wait to buy property. Instead, buy property and wait. 30 Jun 2009
The Pension Apartheid 26 Jun 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: The 4th Way to Make Money From Property. Opportunity or Risk? 23 Jun 2009
The 4th and final way to make money from property 16 Jun 2009
Worrying Changes for Pensions 12 Jun 2009
Are you going to be part of ‘The Herd’? 06 Jun 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News: House prices & consumer confidence are on the up! 03 Jun 2009
Can you really afford to build a portfolio without expert direction? 25 May 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property Update – Split decisions: What you should know about our road to recovery. 21 May 2009
Where’s the real value in your property??? 17 May 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property Update – This weeks top 6 indicators of the recession easing off 12 May 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property Update – It must be recovery.. or not? 05 May 2009
Now more than ever you need to have your property Fully Managed… 03 May 2009
Brett’s 2009 Budget Special!!! 27 Apr 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property Update – Deflation, Recession and Pensions: What do they mean for you? 21 Apr 2009
Is the government doing its pension homework? 15 Apr 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property Update – How 3 weeks can make massive difference in property!!!! 14 Apr 2009
YPC Group announces plans to open second office in historic Lincoln. 11 Apr 2009
You still did the absolute right thing! 10 Apr 2009
YPC Group announces the launch of YPC Wealth Ltd. 09 Apr 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property Update – It’s Good News Today! 07 Apr 2009
Does the Pension Protection Fund actually protect your money? 03 Apr 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property Update – Week 5 of the Recovery Special 01 Apr 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property Update – Week 4 of the Recovery Special – What GDP means to the recession… 23 Mar 2009
How many Monkeys does it take to regulate the UK economy? 19 Mar 2009
Quantative easing means more bad news for pensions 18 Mar 2009
On the shortage of new homes… 16 Mar 2009
YourPropertyClub wins ‘Ride with the Stig’ for Comic Relief. 14 Mar 2009
The Defined-Benefit to Defined-Contribution Transition 12 Mar 2009
Buy the property, structure the deal…
You can’t trust a RICS valuation anymore!!! 10 Mar 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News – Week 3 of the Recovery Special 09 Mar 2009
Quantitative Easing doesn’t have to mean inflation 08 Mar 2009
How to profit from the off plan boom of 2009-2016 05 Mar 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News – Week 2 of the Recovery Special 03 Mar 2009
Congratulations to our 5 new Property Consultants 02 Mar 2009
RBSs Sir Fred Goodwin’s pension – be veeeeerrrry scared… It impacts us all… 01 Mar 2009
Don’t start worrying until it happens to you!!!
Just how much is your pension worth? 25 Feb 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News – Week 1 of the Recovery Special 24 Feb 2009
“Quantitative Easing” now, may mean inflation later… 22 Feb 2009
The myths surrounding the “Discount off RICS!” 21 Feb 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News – 16th February 2009 16 Feb 2009
Which valuation is the correct valuation, when buying your buy-to-let property? 15 Feb 2009
“Build to order”, the developers’ new business model 13 Feb 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News – 10th February 2009 11 Feb 2009
Developers are now ‘out of stock’ or ‘out of options’… 08 Feb 2009
YPC welcomes Dr Danielle Aw to the team… 06 Feb 2009
Why the YPC team have rather large smiling faces…
Recession idea #1: Should the government pay every man, woman and child £1000? 05 Feb 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News – 2nd February 2009 02 Feb 2009
Could maximum 70% buy-to-lets be on the way? 30 Jan 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News – 26th January 2009 26 Jan 2009
The ultimate strategy for 2009 – The Portfolio B Strategy… 25 Jan 2009
Never let the perfume of the premium overpower the odour of the risk… 21 Jan 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News – 19th January 2009 19 Jan 2009
Who’s really the property expert? 15 Jan 2009
Brett’s Weekly Property News – 12th January 2009 14 Jan 2009
The 18-year Property Cycle… 10 Jan 2009
Summary of 2009 House Price Predictions… 05 Jan 2009
Pension funds in a £65 billion shambles… 31 Dec 2008
What do a Nintendo DS and property investing have in common? 29 Dec 2008
How to have a guaranteed tenant for the life of your property. 22 Dec 2008
Never, never sell!!! 18 Dec 2008
The dangers of buying off plan in the wrong market… 16 Dec 2008
Brett’s Weekly Property News – 15th Dec 2008 15 Dec 2008
Are you heading to zero? 12 Dec 2008
The Engine Fund… 10 Dec 2008
Brett’s Weekly Property News – 8th Dec 2008 08 Dec 2008
Hallelujah: our saviour: the “credit crunch”. 07 Dec 2008
Merry Christmas… from the YPC Choir :) 06 Dec 2008
Weekly Property Market Update – 1st December 2008. 01 Dec 2008
Congratulations to our new team members and Goodbye to a few old ones. 30 Nov 2008
Weekly Property Market Update – 18 November 2008 24 Nov 2008
Some quick thoughts before you purchase land… 16 Nov 2008
The perfect complement to your off-plan purchase: the deposit bond
New Video: Weekly Property Update – 11th Nov 2008 12 Nov 2008
Dirty Rotten Bast&^ds… Important message for those with a flexible facility. 10 Nov 2008
Check out our new “Upcoming Events” page… 07 Nov 2008
Awesome news for investors: base rate comes down to 3%… 06 Nov 2008
A Stark Contrast: Australian and UK Housing supply . 21 Oct 2008
Doomsday or Payday? The beginning of the end!!! 16 Oct 2008
Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner congratulates Gordon Brown… 14 Oct 2008
Ever heard the saying ‘Safe as Shares’…? 13 Oct 2008
What does it all mean? 09 Oct 2008
What happens when you don’t have news for 12 days… 04 Oct 2008
Our First 3+1 Plan Workshop a huge success… 22 Sep 2008
Andrew Marr’s interview of Gordon Brown. 21 Sep 2008
South African Charity Golf Day a massive success despite the rain… 05 Sep 2008
Elizabeth Jones joins the team as Events Manager 30 Aug 2008
It’s a perfectly natural part of building a portfolio… 29 Aug 2008
YPC announces sponsorship of South African Charity Golf Day 26 Jul 2008
The problem with “food & fuel” inflation 21 Jul 2008
10 tactics to survive the 2008/2009 downturn… 03 Jul 2008
New build shake up will bring certainty back to the market… 30 Jun 2008
What to do if your 85% mortgage can only be refinanced to 75%… 25 Jun 2008
Credit Crunch: a new sting in its tail… 12 Jun 2008
A response to the truth about property TV Show on BBC2! 13 May 2008
May 08: 75% mortgages and other Buy to Let Ramblings… 08 May 2008
Stability returning to the markets… 04 May 2008
YPC launches Property Portal 03 May 2008
Foreign Buyers Guide to purchasing in the UK… 12 Apr 2008
Our 4 Property Guarantees: taking away the risk in working with us! 30 Mar 2008
How many property investment companies actually give you their direct mobile numbers? 27 Mar 2008
Credit Crunch Update – Where have all the 85% mortgages gone? 24 Mar 2008
IMPORTANT: How will the ‘credit crunch’ affect your off plan mortgage? 10 Mar 2008
What is a RICS valuation really worth? 18 Feb 2008
When the United States coughs the world gets a cold!!! 11 Feb 2008
YPC Young Investors Club 14 Dec 2007
Is anyone sick of the outrageous marketing practices 20 Nov 2007
Credit Squeeze: What does it REALLY mean to you? 16 Nov 2007
If I could pass along just one lesson on investing in the UK, it would be… 15 Nov 2007
Christmas bargains courtesy of your friendly developers… 13 Nov 2007
What happens when your development burns down? 07 Nov 2007
My thoughts on the latest Council of Mortgage Lenders report… 30 Oct 2007
The 2 rents in property… 10 Oct 2007
My property crystal ball (or) where the market will be in 2010 14 Sep 2007
Why the share market is in turmoil… and why it matters to your portfolio… 15 Aug 2007
Isn’t it time you raised the rent?! 28 Jul 2007
Affordable Housing and New Build Property… 16 May 2007
Important changes and the Red Book rules 02 May 2007
Damien Senn interviews Brett Alegre-Wood 17 Apr 2007
90% Emotion – 10% Property… 15 Apr 2007
Remortgage and save up to £1950 per month 15 Mar 2007
Where did all the middle class go? 21 Feb 2007
Property Inspection: Heatley Mere, Lymm, Cheshire WA13 27 Jan 2007 
Property Inspection: Regency Court, South Woodford E18 22 Jan 2007 
Could your portfolio handle a 40% drop in the market? 17 Nov 2006
Do you have a “Dinner Party” portfolio? 14 Nov 2006
Why mortgage lenders never lose! 09 Nov 2006
Property Inspection – Windsor Gate, High Wycombe 18 Oct 2006 
Our First Property Inspection Video – Cheshire St, Shoreditch 12 Oct 2006 
Why choose to work with Your Property Club? 11 Sep 2006
Good News for Property Investors 02 Jun 2006
The 3 P’s of the mortgage application 03 May 2006
Why you shouldn’t buy more than one in a development! 16 Apr 2006
Why I don’t invest in Bulgaria, Croatia, Florida, Cyprus, Romania or anywhere else 25 Nov 2005
Recycling your deposits 08 Jun 2005
What is a “set and forget” property investor? 05 May 2005
Why Property Mentor is probably NOT what you are after (and what you should be doing instead…) 31 Jan 2005


What's all the fuss over credit rating?
Would you agree to a regulated buy to let market?
Tories tells us the necessity of recovery without the fine details
Standard variable rate reversal causes outcry for Skipton Building Society customers
House prices stay low... is this the right time to invest?
