The Worst Places To Buy In 2026

The Property Podcast

Rob Bence & Rob Dix

News, Education, Business, Investing, Business News

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

There’s one mistake you absolutely can’t afford to make when investing in property, and that’s buying in the wrong area. In this episode, Rob & Rob break down the locations they’d avoid right now, and more importantly, why they don’t stack up. From regions hitting affordability ceilings to ultra-cheap bargains that drain your profits, they reveal the locations that trip up investors time and again. Whether you're about to make your first purchase or expanding your portfolio, this is the kind of episode that could save you from a very costly decision. They cover: (00:55) News story of the week (04:10) The worst-performing region right now – and why it won’t bounce back anytime soon (06:55) The area that boomed during the pandemic, but reality has well and truly caught up (09:21) Why chasing ultra-cheap property is a trap both Robs fell into and still regret (12:41) The "sinking ship" that's lost 25% of its value since 2014 – and is still falling (15:19) The quick-fire round: three more risky areas including regulation headaches, overseas traps, and single-employer towns (19:41) Hub Extra Links mentioned: How to Be a Landlord by Rob Dix - second edition 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 Find out more about Property Hub Invest

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0:00.0	If you already own a property or two, and it felt like a lot more work than it should have been, then you are not alone. We've seen a lot of portfolios over the years, and what we've noticed is what separates the ones that work from the ones that don't isn't the amount of effort that someone puts in. It's the core approach that they take. The people who end up doing best in property have just got a few things right from the
0:21.0	start and they've stuck with them. We've written all of this up into a free guide. It's basically
0:25.6	our complete investment philosophy and you can grab it for free at property hub.net slash strategy.
0:31.9	That's property hub.net slash strategy.
0:36.9	Hey everyone, it's Robby here with Rob D and you are listening to the Property Podcast.
0:41.7	We've got seven areas for you this week that you should never invest in.
0:47.4	Right now, this year, these places are absolutely terrible investment locations.
0:53.8	Luckily, we're going to share them all today
0:55.5	so you can avoid pain. Welcome to the Property Podcast. In case you don't know, we run a business
1:06.0	that buys more than 100 million pounds worth of property every year for our clients. You can find
1:09.4	out about that at Property Hub.net slash invest. So of course, we are very interested in finding the best places to invest.
1:16.2	But even more important than finding the absolute best is avoiding the absolute worst. The location
1:21.4	is the one thing about your property that you can never change. So you don't want to be getting
1:25.5	this wrong. So we'll be sharing those areas to
1:27.9	avoid in just a second. First up, it's our news story of the week. And this week, big headlines
1:34.0	from Mortgage Strategy website. And if that wasn't enough, Mortgage Finance Gazette have also
1:40.5	covered this breaking news. We love a niche website. At that, the rental sector in the UK
1:47.2	has contracted by 48 billion in 2025. Rob, we both agree that sentiment in 2025 was a pretty low
1:58.7	point for vitality in the UK, but that's some number.
2:02.3	It is, and it's not because house prices have fallen. It's because landlords are selling up.
2:07.0	So prices haven't fallen, that houses haven't disappeared, but they're moved from being in the
2:12.1	rental sector to being owned by homeowners. So this data from Savilleils says that owner-occupiers have basically been
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