The sun is shining and there are some good things happening in property that can help us keep the faith in these challenging times.  Here are some bite sized chunks of wholesome and nutritious property news:

First of all, congratulations to my dear husband Nick Tadd for his stand-out performance at yesterday's Lettings Live 2010 event at the QEII Centre in London.  Nick sat on the Media Panel with Nick Leeming, Commercial Director for Zoopla and Dave Thompson, Business Manager for The Times Media.  Nick blew the 400-strong audience of top lettings agents away with his insights into the social web and we have since been inundated with people wanting to talk to us about how we help property related businesses leverage social media.

One of our clients, Sally Asling of Surrey Lets, has up-dated us with her latest news that she has now generated £18K of business out of Twitter alone in the past year!   Sally has also expanded recently and started Surrey Sales, and we wish her the very best of luck with that.

One of the discussions on Property Tribes has been "What's the next best thing to invest in?".  Great question with some interesting answers.  It seems that one answer might be London residential.  According to The Guardian, affulent buyers from the Far East are piling into the London property market attracted by low interest rates, the weak pound, and an undersupply of housing.  You can read the full article >>> here.  It seems that London bricks and mortar are regarded as a safe haven for money in these troubled and uncertain times, and that prices in prime areas of London are set to rise.  Bearing in mind the the Olympics is only two years away, then London seems a good bet!

Another area of property investment that is thriving is U.K. holiday lets.  The holiday lettings portal, Holidaylettings.co.uk, reports that enquiries are up 44% on this time last year!  WIth the ashcloud debacle, airline strikes, uncertainty in Europe, the strength of the Euro, etc. more and more people are choosing to holiday at home.  This has led to a huge demand in well-located holiday lets and occupancy levels are soaring!   Our holiday let, SeaBreeze at Camber Sands in East Sussex is now fully booked until mid-September.  Happy days!  Added to that the government's U-turn on the scrappage of holiday lets tax relief, and holiday lets are one area of property investment that is well worth considering.

If you would like to understand more about holiday lets and how to research one that could command year-round occupancy, there is a value-packed thread on Property Tribes.  You can read it >>> here.

Here are some of the best current discussions on Property Tribes forum:

Viewing property for sale - what to look for

What would you do in this situation?

Are the new austerity measures being introduced going to affect certain sectors of the property market, more than others?

Thank you for reading and see you soon on Property Tribes!