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Value of property after exit from EU

I'll say in advance I'm aware that none of you have 'crystal balls,' and nobody can predict the future.

So I'm looking to buy a small property to let. I'm taking into consideration that the prices of property go up, and also that the UK's exit from the EU may or may not have an effect on the property market.

What are your thoughts on this? As far as we are able to rationally predict, could the market change once the exit from the EU is official?
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  • always_sunny
    always_sunny Posts: 8,314 Forumite
    The question is so random that literally can go anywhere. Flip a coin and you may have better chance.
    Else, buy a boat and you moor it somewhere else!
    EU expat working in London
  • Could the market change once the exit from the EU is official?
    As you yourself said "nobody can predict the future".
  • warehouse
    warehouse Posts: 3,362 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Property is a long term thing, so over time you'll be fine.

    We purchased our first flat in 88, then the bottom fell out of the market and we sold it 8 years later at an £11K loss, (after paying some of the highest interest rates we've ever had). Obviously the house we went on to buy was at the bottom of it's value as well, so when the upturn happened we rode the wave.

    The question you need to ask is will the market be up from where it is now in 25 years or so.
    Pants
  • There are all kinds of investments available. So you need to ask yourself why BTL? What are your aims for this investment? How long are your intending to make it?

    Brexit certainly ups the risk in the BTL investment decision (but as far as I can tell hasn't increased the potential upside to compensate). But how that compares to other possibilties greatly depends upon your answers to the above questions.
  • Surrey_EA
    Surrey_EA Posts: 2,048 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    "There are those that don't know, and those that don't know they don't know."

    Depends on type of property, and whereabouts in the country we're talking. It'll still be complete guesswork.
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    gibson1 wrote: »
    I'll say in advance I'm aware that none of you have 'crystal balls,' and nobody can predict the future.

    So I'm looking to buy a small property to let. I'm taking into consideration that the prices of property go up, and also that the UK's exit from the EU may or may not have an effect on the property market.

    What are your thoughts on this? As far as we are able to rationally predict, could the market change once the exit from the EU is official?

    My thoughts? Invest in funds paying USD and the Euro.
  • Hedgehog99
    Hedgehog99 Posts: 1,425 Forumite
    Location Location Location.

    Buy somewhere where new transport links are being built - new tram networks, new railway station - that should ensure your property increases in value and sustains its value whatever the national trend does in the short-term.
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    gibson1 wrote: »
    could the market change once the exit from the EU is official?

    Of course it could, just as it could if the Earth is hit by an asteroid, or if the UK is invaded by zombies - scenarios that we are able to predict with the same accuracy as we can predict what will happen after Brexit. If you want to invest in property, do it, if not, don't. And whatever you decide, don't come back here complaining in a few years time about the decision you take.
  • gibson1
    gibson1 Posts: 78 Forumite
    agrinnall wrote: »
    Of course it could, just as it could if the Earth is hit by an asteroid, or if the UK is invaded by zombies - scenarios that we are able to predict with the same accuracy as we can predict what will happen after Brexit. If you want to invest in property, do it, if not, don't. And whatever you decide, don't come back here complaining in a few years time about the decision you take.

    Not quite sure why this question attracts the angry. If you don't want to discuss this, don't answer. I'll leave you to your zombies and asteroids.
  • jimbog
    jimbog Posts: 2,283 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    This is better suited to the other thread:
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5390860
    Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
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