TPP308: Leverage: A property investor’s secret weapon

The Property Podcast

Rob Bence & Rob Dix

Business News, News, Business, Education, Investing

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This month we’re bringing you ‘Fundamentals February’, and Rob & Rob are kick starting it with the ever popular topic of leveraging. If you’ve been listening to The Property Podcast for quite some time, you’ll have heard The Rob’s discuss the power of leveraging on a number of occasions. But that doesn’t mean you should skip over this one. Whether you’re a new or experienced buy to let property investor, today’s Property Podcast is going to help you understand how you can use leverage to your advantage. Many successful investors have built their portfolios using this powerful method and accelerated their income. Today’s Property Podcast episode will cover: What is leverage? Why people use leveraging What effect does it have? How can leverage benefit you? As always, The Robs also chat about a headline that’s grabbed their attention this week: Lenders cut mortgage rates to give a kick-start to 2019. A pretty well-timed article considering the subject of today’s podcast. There’s also the referral fee ban, which now finally has a date - but what does this mean for property investors? Hit the play button to find out more. We’d love to hear what you think of our big news over on over on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. You might even have a topic you’d like us to cover in the future - if so, pop us a message on social and we’ll see what we can do. If that wasn’t enough, you can also join our friendly property community on the Property Hub forum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Hello, it's Rob B, with Rob D, and yes, you are listening to the Property Podcast.
0:08.5	I hope you like the new logo.
0:09.9	I hope you like the big announcements we made last week as well but this week we're not
0:13.9	slowing down we are introducing fundamentals February. Yes, welcome to the Property Podcast where every Thursday morning property investors new or experienced come together to be informed and inspired.
0:32.0	This week we are tackling one of the foundational concepts in property investment.
0:36.5	It's probably the single biggest advantage for investing in property compared to other asset classes.
0:41.9	So even if you are an experienced investor,
0:44.0	make sure you keep listening.
0:46.0	And definitely stick around right till the end as well
0:48.0	because in Hub Extra, we're going to tell you
0:50.0	about a fantastic series of videos
0:52.0	from one of the world's wealthiest and most generous men.
0:55.7	So we have a double helping of news stories this week. Well one main news story and an update
1:00.8	that you need to be aware of. So our main news story comes from the Guardian.
1:04.0	And the headline reads,
1:06.0	Lenders cut mortgage rates to give a kick start to 2019.
1:09.0	Now, although over the last 12 months interest rates have increased slightly, mortgage rates are still very competitive.
1:15.8	And this is something we've said on the Property Podcast for a long time now, that when interest rates start to move up,
1:22.3	the actual products themselves won't and the reason
1:25.4	for that is competition in the market because as competition increases which it
1:30.6	does as we go further through the cycle, lenders start cutting each other to make sure they're first on your list when it comes to borrowing.
1:39.0	And the article says word for word, commentators have said that the new rates are a response to
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