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National Auction Analysis Last Quarter


Feb-Apr 2012


Lots Offered 7,618 5,611


Lots Sold Percent Sold 73.7%


Feb-Apr Increase 2011


6,889 4,891 71%


10.6% 14.7% 3.8%


Total Raised £666.3m £567.7m 17.4% Source: Essential Information Group


26,771 19,983 74.6%


£2.3bn Last Year


May 11- May 11- Apr 12


Apr 12


25,439 17,598 69.2%


£2.2bn


5.2% 13.6 7.8% 9.1%


March 2012 change from Feb 2011 Increase


Loans for house purchase and remortgage Number


of house purchase loans


51,200 44%


Change from March 2011 31% Source: Council of Mortgage Lenders


Value of house


purchase loans (£m)


7,400 40% 30%


28,200 1%


-18%


Number of Value of remortgage remortgage loans


loans (£m)


3,600 N/C


-14%


Regional residential auctions: Feb - Apr 2012 Lots offered Lots sold


East Anglia


East Midlands London


North East North West


Scotland


South East South West Wales


123 511 689 774


1477 West Midlands


North West HC 292 243 768 519 448 786


Yorks & Humber 786 Source: Essential Information Group


164 382 575 572


1066 238 102 612 362 328 608 575


Buy-to-let house purchase lending


Percentage sold Total raised 73.5% 74.8% 83.5% 73.9% 72.2% 81.5% 42.0% 79.7% 69.7% 73.2% 77.4% 73.2%


£18.8m £33.0m £181.8m £45.6m £69.2m £46.6m £5.5m


£93.5m £48.7m £23.3m £55.0m £47.5m


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 30th 2012


Product type Fixed Lender Nationwide


Ulster Abbey


Rate


Coventry BS-Godiva 3.49% 3.39% 2.95% 3.54%


Tracker


Coventry BS-Godiva 3.25% Bank of China Woolwich Abbey


Source: Coreco


2.80% 3.29% 3.39%


Fees


£1034 £1414 £30


£1030 £234


£1685 £979


£1030 Two-year cost


£25,163 £25,247 £22,664 £25,138


£23,625 £24,045 £24,742 £24,748


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


May


Rate(%) 0.5


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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