{"id":20,"date":"2010-02-05T08:27:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T08:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craven-wildsmith.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/20"},"modified":"2010-02-05T16:54:40","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T16:54:40","slug":"potential-landlords-would-be-wise-to-make-an-investment-in-property-as-it-is-still-one-of-the-best-options-according-to-an-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craven-wildsmith.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/20","title":{"rendered":"Potential landlords would be wise to make an investment in property as it is &#8220;still one of the best options&#8221;, according to an expert."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Entwistle, editor at LandlordZONE, says that the thriving residential lettings market proves that the housing sector is a good choice for those wanting to make a future investment.<\/p>\n<p>However, he advises that people proceed with care: &#8220;Caution is the key to success, investing selectively in the right areas and in the right properties at the right prices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Entwistle adds that terraced houses can be an advantageous investment for landlords due to their relatively inexpensive price and low maintenance costs.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, this type of property typically attracts young professionals and couples who, according to the editor, cause landlords &#8220;the least amount of trouble&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study by Paragon Mortgages revealed that ten per cent of British landlords hope to increase their property portfolio in the first quarter of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Of those who hope to expand their assets, 65 per cent are looking to purchase a terraced house. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Houseladder Ltd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Entwistle, editor at LandlordZONE, says that the thriving residential lettings market proves that the housing sector is a good choice for those wanting to make a future investment. However, he advises that people proceed with care: &#8220;Caution is the key to success, investing selectively in the right areas and in the right properties at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craven-wildsmith.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craven-wildsmith.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craven-wildsmith.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craven-wildsmith.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craven-wildsmith.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/craven-wildsmith.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/craven-wildsmith.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craven-wildsmith.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craven-wildsmith.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craven-wildsmith.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}