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The Property Podcast

ASK241: ​Should I sell my property at a loss? PLUS: Should I be worried about the service charge?

The Property Podcast

Rob Bence & Rob Dix

Education, Business News, Business, News, Investing

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Happy Tuesday! We’re back with another Ask Rob & Rob.  First up this week is Jonathan who recently got married (congratulations!).  His wife had purchased a property a few years ago but unfortunately it’s now worth 10% less than what she bought it for.  But she does have 50% equity tied up in it. So here’s the big question: Should they sell the property at a 10% loss and purchase their ideal property, or do they release some of the equity and then rent it out?  Which is going to be the more profitable option for Jonathan and his wife?  Our second caller is Serena. She has £100,000 to invest and knows that a vanilla buy-to-let is probably the best strategy for her. She doesn’t want to commit a lot of time and her goal is to have a decent income stream so she’s got pretty much everything sorted.  But what she isn’t sure on is the location and the type of property she should be investing in.  At the minute Serena is wondering if she should buy one, or a couple of new build flats in either Leeds or Manchester city centre - if she can stretch that far. But she’s concerned the service charge is going to be astronomical on these kinds of properties.  So, should Jonathan sell or keep his property and does Serena need to be worried about service charge?  Tune in to find out what advice The Robs have for them.   Do you have a buy to let or property investment related question for Rob & Rob? You could feature on the next episode by giving us a call on 013 808 00035 and leaving a message with your name and question (normal UK call rates apply).  Or if you prefer, click here to leave a recording via your computer instead. The next question on Ask Rob & Rob could be yours.  Have you joined us over on the Property Hub Forum yet? Our online community is friendly, informative, and the members are waiting to welcome you with open arms. So get yourself over and introduce yourself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Rob. And I'm Rob. And this is Ask Rub and Rob.

0:07.0

Hello everybody, welcome to Ask Rob and Rob, the show where you give us your brilliant property questions and we do our very best to give you at least a half decent answer.

0:15.2

Well you must think so because you keep sending your questions in and we keep going and this week is no different.

0:20.4

We've got two brilliant questions coming up but before we do let's give you a quick reminder of how you can get involved with the show.

0:25.6

Yep, all you've got to do is call 013, 808,00035. That's 013, 808,0003535 or go to Property Hub.

0:33.4

Net slash Ask.

0:35.0

Both those methods will take your question,

0:37.3

drop them into our inbox, and then we will answer them on the show,

0:41.1

just like we're about to do for Jonathan.

0:43.0

Hi Rob and Rob Jonathan here absolutely love the show keep up the great work.

0:48.0

I got married recently and my wife had previously purchased a two-bed new build in Balham five years ago, which is unfortunately

0:55.5

now worth 10% less than the purchase price. However, she has 50% equity at the current value.

1:02.2

For our next move, we're looking at two options. Do we sell it and buy the ideal property or do we release some equity and rent it out?

1:10.0

We've spoken to a broker who's given us a budget if we rented out and we've seen a house in

1:14.4

Brixton that we like and we could convert the loft in that in the future and add value to it.

1:19.2

It's worth noting that she's a high-rate taxpayer, so we'll get stung on the rental income.

1:24.3

However, we won't pay any sales or lettings fees because I'm an agent.

1:28.1

We're really in two minds about which options to choose, so it'd be really great to hear your

1:32.3

thoughts. Many thanks. Thank you for the

1:34.1

question Jonathan. It's a tough one. My initial instinct when I heard your question was

1:40.0

sell and that might sound strange at first because there's a general view of

1:43.8

never sell a property and of course it's not nice to sell a property at a loss

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