London Property is the team of UK property search consultants helping clients to find UK houses and flats for investment and private purposes, including UK prime property, UK investment property and UK off plan property.

We offer medium- to long term UK property investment as well as shorter term opportunities. The latter involves buying an off plan property in UK strategic areas 1-4 years before completion of construction and re-selling it after 12-36 months with a potential annual return up to 100%.

London Property provides a complete UK property investment solution: research and property finding, negotiations to achieve a price reduction, arrangement of a legal support, mortgage financing, property furnishing, lettings and management, provision of a tax-efficient property ownership structure (e.g. trust or offshore company) if required, releasing profits through re-mortgaging or re-sales, portfolio expansion, etc.

UK property prices have risen by 410% between 1986 and 2006 (source: Housing Statistics Briefing, English Partnerships September 2006). London property prices historically have been rising faster than average UK property prices.

Due to the major global financial crisis and cyclical downturn in the economy, UK property market is expected to will have corrected by 25-30% until the middle-end of 2009, providing exceptional opportunities for investors.

Because of the credit crunch and property market meltdown, most of the development projects are put on hold which will severely disrupt supply in the coming years and significantly widen the chronic imbalance between supply and demand on the undersupplied UK, and especially London, property markets.

British pound has become cheaper by almost 30% for both Euro and US dollars since November 2007, and is expected to regain its positions in 2009-2010.

LaSalle Investment Management's ninth European Regional Economic Growth Index shows that London remains the best city in Europe for investment. The report ranks the top 91 European cities evaluating economic growth, the overall level of wealth, and the relative attractiveness of the local business market.

UK property investment is tax efficient for non-residents of the UK: they pay 0% capital gains tax on UK property investment.

UK property transaction costs (stamp duty, legal fees, etc) are lowest in Europe (5% in total on average).

UK property transactions are safe as documents and transfer of funds are handled through regulated independent law firms, and the ownership title is registered at the UK's Land Registry.

There is a wide choice of UK properties with prices starting from GBP 70,000 for 2 bedrooms newly built modern apartments located few hours away from London.

Non-residents frequently buy UK property on an offshore company name to save tax, preserve confidentiality, simplify transfer of a property to heirs, etc

London Property sources properties in strategic UK and London areas, where property price growth is expected to exceed the average UK property price growth. Moreover, financial leverage from off plan property investment or a mortgage multiplies the investment return.

Due to high level of sophistication of the UK financial system, both local and international buyers can benefit from the UK property investment with financial leverage: they can either invest in an off plan property with a low deposit (5-15% until completion of construction, unlike 20-100% deposit in other countries), or they can get a mortgage up to 85% of a property value without a need to prove an income (the main criterion is a rental potential of a property).

Off plan property investment is a convenient and hassle free way to get exposure to the UK property market. Off plan property is a property before completion (sometimes before beginning!) of construction.

London Property helps investors to maximize return on UK property investment by sourcing off plan property in UK high growth areas (regeneration areas which are well connected to fast growing employment centres) with long time to completion of construction (1-4 years), exceptional payment terms (5-15% deposit before completion of construction), security of a deposit, and sometimes up to 15% discount off independent valuation. Due to financial leverage, 10% deposit before completion of construction returns 100% on invested capital when property prices increase by 10%.

Prices of prime Central London property forecasted to increase by 18% in 2007, after 22% rise in 2006 (source: international property consultants Savills). The prime Central London market has been the best performing area of London property market, and Savills think that prime Central London will continue to outperform the rest of the capital and the UK.

Overseas buyers, particularly from oil rich countries like Russia, Kazakhstan and the Middle East, have been very active in the UK prime property market.

London Property offers clients finding UK prime property in the most prestigious London areas such as Kensington, Chelsea, Belgravia, Mayfair, Holland Park, and St James's as well as period and exclusive property, fine town residences and exceptional country homes, cottages, luxury apartments and waterside properties in other the most sought after UK locations.