Below Market Value Properties and Sale and Rent Back
There is a huge growth in people selling their homes at well below market value to landlords and then renting them back and an industry has grown up where investors buy properties directly from “distressed sellers” in this way.
This is a real human interest story because where someone sells their own property and then rents back under a standard assured shorthold tenancy; the “seller turned renter” usually has no security of tenure.
Also, the seller will usually have sold their property at a low price to give themselves cash and resolve their debt problems.
This explains why there is so much interest from investors, not least because they can acquire a property with “no money down” using what’s called a “closed bridging loan”
I expect the number of people offloading their homes in this way to grow in the coming months as home owners come off fixed rate deals taken out 18 -24 months ago and face remortgaging at higher interest rates.
The investors find the dis
How Below Market Value Investors Find "Motivated Sellers"
These investors find distressed sellers in a number of ways.
One way is by leafleting. The message of these leaflets will be simple and along the lines of: “Do You Own Your Own Home? Do you need to Sell Quickly? Contact 0800 XXX XXX. Another way is by advertising on the internet - many of the 1.9 million sites that are returned when you key in “below market value property” are targeted at people who may be motivated sellers.
In recent years, many companies have been set up which use automated systems featuring call centres to field enquiries and filter out the genuine distressed sellers. They may then charge investors for each “lead” or an affiliate could “buy” the rights to all the leads that come onto his patch.
These leads cost the investor money but it means the person who is not a full time property investor - who has another job – can be “in the game” too.
It will usually be the investor’s job to negotiate with the seller and try to secure a deal to buy the property at a big discount from its market value. Once the deal is agreed the investor sets up a bridging loan for the discounted price and a mortgage for 100% (i.e. for the true value on the same day) – hence generating “instant equity”
Sale and Rent Back (SARB)
The seller now becomes a tenant of the landlord, can stay in his own home and his neighbours are none the wiser as to his change of status. However, he will usually have no security of tenure beyond the initial 6 months term under the standard tenancy agreement.
Clearly there are a few moral issues with the whole process - a process which has been pretty much ignored by the national press.
Many investors I know who do this, say they turn down some deals if they believe the seller could do better by doing something else – say remortgaging, talking to their lender, getting citizens advice help or by selling the property.
However, the question is how many others are as altruistic.
I forecast that in a few years the press and finally the Government will legislate against some of the worst practices in this rather murky business.
To find out more about buying property below market value and the truth about no money down deals ask me.
ABOUT LETTINGFOCUS.COM and DAVID LAWRENSON
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I have been a landlord and property investor myself for over 25 years.
At LettingFocus we offer independent unbiased advice for landlords and property investors on a one to one mentoring and coaching basis as well as occasional group seminars.
Unlike many in the still largely unregulated buy to let and property “advice” business I am not linked to a property company, developer, estate agency or bridging loan provider.
So I can give unbiased independent advice on where to buy (which areas), what type of property to buy, when to buy and how to buy property at a low price. I can also explain how to reduce the risk of getting a bad tenant.
We help you make money in property by showing you the ways that work and which are of minimal risk to you.
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This is a real human interest story because where someone sells their own property and then rents back under a standard assured shorthold tenancy; the “seller turned renter” usually has no security of tenure.
Also, the seller will usually have sold their property at a low price to give themselves cash and resolve their debt problems.
This explains why there is so much interest from investors, not least because they can acquire a property with “no money down” using what’s called a “closed bridging loan”
I expect the number of people offloading their homes in this way to grow in the coming months as home owners come off fixed rate deals taken out 18 -24 months ago and face remortgaging at higher interest rates.
The investors find the dis
How Below Market Value Investors Find "Motivated Sellers"
These investors find distressed sellers in a number of ways.
One way is by leafleting. The message of these leaflets will be simple and along the lines of: “Do You Own Your Own Home? Do you need to Sell Quickly? Contact 0800 XXX XXX. Another way is by advertising on the internet - many of the 1.9 million sites that are returned when you key in “below market value property” are targeted at people who may be motivated sellers.
In recent years, many companies have been set up which use automated systems featuring call centres to field enquiries and filter out the genuine distressed sellers. They may then charge investors for each “lead” or an affiliate could “buy” the rights to all the leads that come onto his patch.
These leads cost the investor money but it means the person who is not a full time property investor - who has another job – can be “in the game” too.
It will usually be the investor’s job to negotiate with the seller and try to secure a deal to buy the property at a big discount from its market value. Once the deal is agreed the investor sets up a bridging loan for the discounted price and a mortgage for 100% (i.e. for the true value on the same day) – hence generating “instant equity”
Sale and Rent Back (SARB)
The seller now becomes a tenant of the landlord, can stay in his own home and his neighbours are none the wiser as to his change of status. However, he will usually have no security of tenure beyond the initial 6 months term under the standard tenancy agreement.
Clearly there are a few moral issues with the whole process - a process which has been pretty much ignored by the national press.
Many investors I know who do this, say they turn down some deals if they believe the seller could do better by doing something else – say remortgaging, talking to their lender, getting citizens advice help or by selling the property.
However, the question is how many others are as altruistic.
I forecast that in a few years the press and finally the Government will legislate against some of the worst practices in this rather murky business.
To find out more about buying property below market value and the truth about no money down deals ask me.
ABOUT LETTINGFOCUS.COM and DAVID LAWRENSON
We are LettingFocus.com - the landlords’ expert and I’m David Lawrenson, the author of “Successful Property Letting” - the UK’s top selling property and buy to let book for the last 3 years.
I have been a landlord and property investor myself for over 25 years.
At LettingFocus we offer independent unbiased advice for landlords and property investors on a one to one mentoring and coaching basis as well as occasional group seminars.
Unlike many in the still largely unregulated buy to let and property “advice” business I am not linked to a property company, developer, estate agency or bridging loan provider.
So I can give unbiased independent advice on where to buy (which areas), what type of property to buy, when to buy and how to buy property at a low price. I can also explain how to reduce the risk of getting a bad tenant.
We help you make money in property by showing you the ways that work and which are of minimal risk to you.
CHECK OUT THESE PAGES AT OUR SITE LETTINGFOCUS.COM:
Our Events only take place twice a year.
For our NEXT SEMINAR AND NETWORKING EVENT for Landlords and Property Investors click here:
Next Property Investing Seminar and Networking Event
We have GREAT OFFERS for landlords too.
Click here: Services and Products for Landlords to see our Landlords Resources (Useful Links) page.
If you are selling services to landlords and property investors and have a national coverage? You could be a partner, please get in touch!
For general info on our SEMINARS AND CONSULTING click here: Property Seminars, Networking Evenings and Consulting
ONE TO ONE CONSULTING click here: Property Consulting
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS. What past customers say about us: Testimonials
BUY THE BOOK click here: Buy the Book at Amazon
THE HOME PAGE OF THIS BLOG click here: Blog
THE HOME PAGE OF OUR MAIN SITE click here: LettingFocus Home Page
To JOIN our Free QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER simply send an email to david@LettingFocus.com - Please note we WILL NOT send spam or sell our mailing list to advertisers!
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Copyright of Blog: David Lawrenson 2009. This blog is updated roughly once a week usually on a Monday or Tuesday.
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Thinking whether you should furnish or not? Read this article:
http://www.lettingfocus.com/pages/myarticles_Furnishing_Rented_Property.html
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