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National Auction Analysis Last Quarter


Dec-Feb Dec-Feb Increase 2012


2011


Lots Offered 6448 4705


Lots Sold


Percent Sold 73.0% Total Raised £553m


5918 4104


69.3% £495m 9.0%


14.6% 5.3%


11.7% Source: Essential Information Group


26,443 19,606 74.1%


£2.2bn Last Year


Mar 11- Mar 10- Increase Feb 12


Feb 11


25,538 17,584 68.9% £2.1bn


3.5%


11.5% 7.5% 5.5%


January 2012


Change from Dec 2011 Change from Jan 2011


Loans for house purchase and remortgage Number


of house purchase loans


35,600 -25% 22%


Source: Council of Mortgage Lenders


Value of house


purchase loans (£m)


5,300 -24% 23%


26,600 -6% 13%


Number of Value of remortgage remortgage loans


loans (£m)


3500 -3% -5%


Regional residential auctions: Dec '11- Feb '12 Lots offered Lots sold


East Anglia


East Midlands London


North East North West


Scotland


South East South West Wales


145 546 677 693


1380 West Midlands


North West HC 229 208 693 349 309 548


Yorks & Humber 649 Source: Essential Information Group


111 414 572 524 964 189 79


538 240 233 365 473


Buy-to-let house purchase lending


Percentage sold Total raised 76.6% 75.8% 84.5% 75.6% 69.9% 82.5% 38.0% 77.6% 68.8% 75.4% 66.6% 72.9%


£11.4m £28.9m £167.2m £40.5m £62.6m £37.0m £5.1m


£81.4m £30.8m £14.6m £30.7m £38.3m


60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0


07 Q3 08 Q1 08 Q3 09 Q1 09 Q3 10 Q1 10 Q3 11 Q1 11 Q3 12 Q1


Source: Council of Mortgage Lenders - BTL house purchase loans - BTL as share of all house purchase loans (RMS)


20% 15% 10% 5% 0%


A round-up of best buy mortgage deals as at April 3rd 2012


Product type Fixed Lender Ulster Bank


Progressive BS Abbey.


Northern Rock Tracker


Bank of China (UK) Abbey


Woolwich Northern Rock Source: Coreco Rate


2.95% 2.69% 3.39% 3.49%


2.80% 3.29% 3.29% 3.29%


Fees £30


£1415 £1030 £1404


£1685 £1030 £979


£1404 Two-year cost


£22,667 £23,770 £24,753 £25,408


£24,045 £24,493 £24,746 £24,896


Bank of England Base Rate Month


2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr


May Jun Jul


Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec


Rate 0.5


0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5


Source: Bank of England Month


2011 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec


Rate (%) 0.5


0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5


Month


2012 Jan Feb Mar


Rate(%) 0.5


0.5 0.5


Annual rates of return on buy-to-let investment Cash purchase Q4 2011 (last available data)


Region Gross


Annual Void Period Annual Rental


Average Net (days per Rental


Prime Central London 4.88 4.81 5.05 5.24 4.98 5.13 5.05 5.12 5.02


Rest of London


Rest of South East South West Midlands


North West North East


Scotland/Wales/NI All Regions


Yield (%) year) 20


16 18 21 22 26


26.4 24 20


4.6 4.8


4.93 4.67 4.76 70


4.78 4.74


Source: The Association of Residential Lettings Agents Capital


Yield (%) year) 4.61


5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66


Rate of


Appreciation Return on (% per


8.77 8.76 8.92 9.03 8.82 8.89 8.84 8.90 8.87


Inv. (over five years)


Rest of London


Rest of South East South West Midlands


North West North East


Annual rates of return on buy-to-let investment Geared investment Q4 2011 (last available data)


Region Gross


Annual Void Period Annual Rental


Average (days per


Prime Central London 12.02 11.75 12.71 13.44 12.41 13.02 12.70 12.97 12.56


Scotland/Wales/NI All Regions


Yield (%) year) 20


16 18 21 22 26 26 24 20


Rental


10.91 11.71 12.24 11.19 11.54 11.29 11.61 11.44


Source: The Association of Residential Lettings Agents Net Capital


Yield (%) year) 10.95


5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66


Rate of


Appreciation Return on (% per


21.31 21.29 21.68 21.93 21.43 21.60 21.47 21.63 21.55


Inv. (over five years)


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