Sourcing property is definitely an art, and one that very few people are aware even exist. Property sourcers speak a language of numbers, percentages, discounts, site exposure, options and finance products. We decrpyt the mystery here in this section of the blog and shed a little light on one of the lesser known areas of investment.

London Evening Standard: London is building an Olympics city but who will get the gold?

This article tells you exactly why Brett, Chairman of YPC Group, has been harping on forever about buying property in East London.

Where have all the good men... Errr... valuers gone?

Unfortunately, these days valuations rarely have anything to do with actual real values. For the most part, it comes down to...

Good news for house prices

Well house prices have been dropping for 5 months now which is kind of in line with our expectations. Or have they? I have said for the last 2 years that that people shouldn't believe the statistical averages the papers churn out each month.

Busting the myth - what's going to let faster? A 1- or a 2-bed apartment?

In 2006 we did a development in Didsbury, Manchester and at the time it was one of the biggest developments we had taken on. 18 units in total and it taught us some valuable lessons about what kind of property lets faster.

Don't buy in Spain... or any other of the international "favourites"

Being an active property investor, every week I get probably near on 1000 properties offered to me at up to 70% off valuations as well as those I can earn around 12-20% commission on as well. I won't touch them and neither should you. Here's why...

Fancy property at 50% off?

That's right... Most of the property we have sold over the past 2 years is actually 40-60% off peak 2007 values. In fact I was so impressed with the properties and discounts that we have sold over the past two years that I have cash flows...

Warning: Are you getting recycled, hand-me-down property that James De Souza rejected?

It's funny when I see competitors launching properties that James De Souza, our Director of Property has already rejected. What's even funnier is when some of these are advertised at smaller discounts, and some even with higher prices!

Our 'imperfect' property sourcing company...

While chatting with James DeSouza, my Director of Property, about 'perfect' properties. We both agree that t don't exist, t never have. James, one of the best in the business, sourcing between £8-£12 million a month, had this to

Where the market is really heading...

I thought I would share with you how the market is changing despite all the negative chatter you may be hearing. Have a read of this email from James, he is concerned that discounts are dropping as the market returns to normality.

Can you really believe what Property Companies are telling you?

Following on from my previous blog, I thought I would expand some of the reasons why it's a huge benefit to be using YPC rather than others.

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