All posts tagged "Shop Investment"
Rental value and yield
Jun 1985 – The current trend for private investors in the retail market to be more concerned with short-term gain than long-term income is worrying. Participants seem to have overlooked the fact that the essence in capital gain to date owes more to previous levels of inflation than to design. And even if high inflation […]
Shop Investment – a lost cause?
Oct 2025 – I have said this before, and I’ll say it again, not in the same words, there are a heck of a lot of private investors that have no idea what they’re letting themselves in for when they buy shop property investments. Reality hits home on renewal of the lease. The cushion, of […]
Shop investment: direct or indirect?
Aug 2025. Shop investment: direct or indirect? Direct is owning the property, indirect is a shareholder. Which is better depends upon judicious choice. For direct ownership, cue is best taken from institutional investors. Pension funds have a longer time horizon. They do not pay 20 YP (5%) for 10 YP (10%) rack-rented investments. They do […]
What’s the catch?
Jun 2025 – In July 2003, Allsop auction, Lot 34, Mr X bought a shop investment 52/54 High Street, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. An attractive prominent building let to Boots at £28,250 pa, he paid £610,000. The seller, Golfrate, had served notice for the March 2003 review proposing £43,000 pax. Something I advise landlords when buying at […]