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The Property Podcast

ASK406: Is capital growth better in London? PLUS: Does my plan avoid Capital Gains Tax?

The Property Podcast

Rob Bence & Rob Dix

News, Education, Business, Investing, Business News

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The guys are back for your latest edition of Ask Rob & Rob!  (0:42) Stella is wondering if she’s looking for long-term capital growth, is London the best place for her to be investing right now?  (3:17) Alistair has a plan to change his primary residence to minimise tax while he aims to expand his property portfolio – will it work?  Links mentioned  TPP550: Is now the time to invest in London?  Enjoy the show?  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts - it really helps others find us!  Sign up for our free weekly newsletter, Property Pulse  Send us your question by calling us on 013 808 00035 and leaving a message with your name and question (normal UK call rates apply) or click here to leave a recording via your computer instead.  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 Rob and Rob.

0:07.0

Welcome to Ask Rob and Rob. Thank you for joining us for two more listener questions and two more answer.

0:13.0

Those questions coming up in just a sec,

0:15.0

but it's so easy Rob to send your question our way.

0:18.0

The easiest way to do it is go to Property Hub.

0:21.0

Net. forward slash Ask, where you will find our telephone number that you can leave a message on, or you can leave a message

0:26.4

directly on that page.

0:28.3

And you can get a link to where you could submit your question for the Sunday Times because Robin I answer your questions each

0:35.2

and every week in the home section of the Sunday Times. So make sure you check us out there.

0:40.8

First up we've got a question in from Stella.

0:43.4

Hi Robin Rob, Stella here.

0:45.9

Thank you so much for all these years of the podcast.

0:48.8

I've been following you since 2016. Great content. Thank you. So you tend to put an emphasis on the

0:56.2

North and investing in the North in your podcasts. So I was interested to see in one of

1:02.0

your recent podcasts, he is now the time to invest in London

1:06.4

that through the charts that you've shared London actually performed far better

1:12.1

over the last 10 years for capital growth compared to the rest of the UK.

1:16.0

So would it be fair to say that as an investor if you're looking for capital growth long term, that London would actually

1:26.7

be your best bet. So yes, it's less affordable. Yes, the yields are lower, so you can't generate a monthly income like you would somewhere else in the UK.

1:38.0

But for long-term wealth, would I not have been better off investing in London 10 years ago compared to somewhere else in the UK?

1:47.0

Thank you.

1:48.0

London is a great place to invest Stella and I completely agree over the long term you will do very well.

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