The current pandemic has provided many of us with more time; less time spent commuting and more time spent at home. For some of us, this has provided an opportunity to review our financial position and to re-consider our approach to investing in property. 

Some investors like to try to time the market by taking a short-term “buy low and sell high” investment approach and by “flipping” a property. However, whilst this might work for stocks and securities, this approach is possibly not right for buy-to-let property, which is less liquid and where there are higher transaction costs. Also, because timing the market cycle is notoriously difficult (for example, take the current pandemic) and because heavily discounted property is either hard to find (i.e. finding motivated sellers can be difficult) or the property is being sold at a discount for a good reason (e.g. it needs significant refurb work and it’s best suited to professional developers).

At Vesta we believe that buy-to-let property should be viewed as a long-term investment. In this blog post we will look at the UK housing market and see how it has performed over the long-term as well as more recently during the pandemic.

As a marketplace for buying and selling residential investment property, Vesta enable investors to search, view and purchase single or multiple income generating residential investment property assets from across the UK.