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Property

Buy-to-let: bigger and better

By Stephen Wilmot , 10 May 2013

Stephen Wilmot assesses the UK private landlord sector to see whether it can provide extra yield for income-starved investors

Buy to Let

Property auction tips

Frazer Fearnhead has been buying at auction for 14 years. He offers nine top tips for buying property at auction

Commercial

NewRiver is gushing income

RESULTS: Aim-traded retail landlord New River Retail operates in murky waters, but comes with generous dividends and, in time, strong recovery prospects.

The advent of 'Abenomics' has sent shares in Japanese Reits (J-Reits) soaring, but the high-yielding shares of Aim-traded Japan Residential have been left behind. In fact, there would be about 50 per cent upside were the shares to re-rate to equivalent multiples to Japanese peers, which highlights the attractions of the company as a bid target following rebuffed approaches last year.

Recent articles

VIDEO: How to profit from the rising UK housing market

By Katie Morley | 24 May 2013

Katie Morley interviews Royal London Asset Management's Derek Mitchell to find out how equity investors can profit from the rising UK housing market
Hansteen is still a net buyer

By Stephen Wilmot | 24 May 2013

Shares in the high-yielding real-estate investment trust have moved to a premium, but remain a buy
British Land or Land Securities?

By Stephen Wilmot | 24 May 2013

Or neither? Unlike fund managers, private investors can afford to ignore Britain's two largest real-estate investment trusts

'Investors Chronicle has never subscribed to the cult of the chief executive, preferring to focus on companies that "a fool can run, because someday a fool will", as Warren Buffett memorably put it'
Profit from Dev Sec's huge discount

By Stephen Wilmot | 23 May 2013

The property developer has had a rough half decade, but now looks seriously undervalued
Max Property calls recovery

By Stephen Wilmot | 23 May 2013

RESULTS: Limited-life opportunity fund Max Property has had a tough couple of years, but thinks the regional property market has bottomed