Promising developments: There is still a home for good property investments post-pandemic

Deep Dive into property

In March 2020 the Bank of England moved its base interest rate to 0.1%, the lowest ever recorded rate, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Almost 12 months on, the rate remains at this level accompanied by much speculation around the potential imposition of negative rates and long-range forecasts showing modest rises despite some expected economic recovery during the course of the year. Of course, UK interest rates have now been low for well over a decade and during this time, the property sector as a whole has provided a healthy average yield premium in excess of 3%.  RICS gives all clear for property sector but £5bn of investor capital remains in lockup Recent months, however, have seen expectations of total return ...