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National Auction Analysis Last Quarter


Jan-Mar Jan-Mar Increase 2012


2011


Lots Offered 5958 4423


Lots Sold


Percent Sold 74.2% Total Raised £538m


5548 3942 71.1%


£469m 7.4%


12.2% 4.4%


14.7% Source: Essential Information Group


26,458 19,727 74.6%


£2.3bn Last Year


Apr 11- Apr 10- Mar 12 Mar 11


25,440 17,553 69%


£2.2bn Increase 4.0%


12.4% 8.1% 7.2%


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: Jan - Mar 2012 Lots offered Lots sold


East Anglia


East Midlands London


North East North West


Scotland


South East South West Wales


144 451 602 655


1041 West Midlands


North West HC 237 194 529 382 352 627


Yorks & Humber 648 Source: Essential Information Group


105 339 510 497 752 197 82


426 265 257 484 464


Buy-to-let house purchase lending


Percentage sold Total raised 72.9% 75.2% 84.7% 75.9% 72.2% 83.1% 42.3% 80.5% 69.4% 73%


£12.1m £27.2m


77.2% 71.6%


£164.9m £36.9m £49.1m £38.6m £4.6m £67.1m £36.0m £17.9m £41.5m £38.5m


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 May 8th 2012


Product type Fixed Lender


Northern Rock Abbey


Tracker Rate


Coventry BS-Godiva 3.99% Principality


4.29% 4.18% 3.69%


Coventry BS-Godiva 3.99% Northern Rock Abbey


BM Solutions Source: Coreco


4.18% 3.69% 4.04%


Fees


£285 £45


£1317 £1530


£285 £1317 £1530 £1990


Two-year cost


£13,065 £13,246 £13,725 £13,762


£13,065 £13,725 £13,762 £14,207


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 Apr


Rate(%) 0.5


0.5 0.5 0.5


Annual rates of return on buy-to-let investment Cash purchase Q1 2012 (last available data)


Region Gross


Annual Void Period Annual Rental


Average Net (days per Rental


Scotland/Wales/NI All regions


Prime Central London 5.04 5.14 5.07 4.77 5.16 5.66 5.53 5.53 5.13


Rest of London


Rest of South East South West Midlands


North West North East


Yield (%) year) 20


15 20 21 24 27 23 24 21


4.93 4.80 4.50 4.81 5.25 5.19 5.17 4.84


Source: The Association of Residential Lettings Agents Capital


Yield (%) year) 4.76


5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66


Rate of


Appreciation Return on (% per


8.75 8.89 8.78 8.55 8.79 9.12 9.08 9.06 8.81


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 Q1 2012 (last available data)


Region Gross


Annual Void Period Annual Rental


Average (days per


Prime Central London 12.65 13.07 12.79 11.59 13.13 15.16 14.64 14.64 13.04


Scotland/Wales/NI All Regions


Yield (%) year) 20


15 20 21 24 27 23 24 21


Rental


12.24 11.69 10.50 11.75 13.49 13.25 13.17 11.86


Source: The Association of Residential Lettings Agents Net Capital


Yield (%) year) 11.55


5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66 5.66


Rate of


Appreciation Return on (% per


21.26 21.58 21.33 20.77 21.35 22.16 22.05 22.01 21.41


Inv. (over five years)


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