Why Invest in Liverpool?

Most Affordable Key City in the UK

The average property price in Liverpool is just £185,232, which is low compared to Manchester at £200,471 and London at £678,273 (Zoopla), making it one of the most affordable cities to invest in property and an idea location for landlords.

High Property Price Growth

Liverpool has seen the highest capital growth over the past 12-months according to data from Hometrack of 6.3% and is set for continued growth.

It is expected to see continued growth as the North West of England property price growth is forecast at 21.1% over the next 5-years as it outpaces the UK market, which is why we focus our search for buy-to-let opportunities in cities such as Liverpool.

High Rental Returns

Liverpool has six areas ranked in the top 25 areas in UK for the highest returns in the Totally Money UK Buy-to-Let Yield Map 2019/2020, including the number one spot.

Rental growth of 13.7% is forecast for Liverpool over the next 5-years according to JLL.

Liverpool is also the best location for short-term lets, with 8 out of the top 10 high performing areas in Liverpool with returns of up to 27.2% (Landlord Today).

Citywide Regeneration

Liverpool is a key city within the Northern Powerhouse and is undergoing a huge transformation, with multiple regeneration programmes underway amounting to £15 Billion, improving the standard of living, career and business opportunities for residents. Two of the key regeneration areas include:

Liverpool Waters

£5.5 billion regeneration of a mixed-use waterfront quarter of residential homes and office space in central Liverpool to benefit Liverpool city centre and North Liverpool’s infrastructure.

Knowledge Quarter

£2 billion of investment to close the economic gap with London by creating and promoting the innovative industries that operate within the Knowledge Quarter.

King Edward Triangle

Connecting Liverpool Waters and the commercial district of Liverpool city centre. Upgrades to the area are already underway with improvements to roads and public transport service, to provide connectivity to Liverpool Waters.

Paddington Village

£1 billion expansion site over 30 acres, situated at the Eastern Gateway to the city centre and is an urban village inspired by Greenwich Village in New York City, incorporating 1.8 million square feet of science, technology, education and health space,being developed in three phases, Paddington Central which is already underway, Paddington South and Paddington North.

Upper Central

Situated between Mount Pleasant, Copperas Hill and Lime Street Station, on a scale equivalent to London’s Kings Cross and will be transformed into a vibrant part of the city of Liverpool, featuring shops, offices, galleries, bars, restaurants, gyms and university space. The new commercial space for tech and digital businesses, alongside modern education space.

Fabric District

The rebranding of Islington, the industrial area between London Road and New Islington, that will benefit from significant transformation, creating vibrant area of the city. Fabric District will encompass daytime and night time economies catering for the Knowledge Quarter, expanding the City Centre offering, connecting the Knowledge Quarter with the residential areas of North Liverpool.

Kings Waterfront & Baltic North

Over £550 million has been invested in regenerating Liverpool’s World Heritage listed waterfront since 2000, providing a state-of-the-art arena, convention and exhibition centre, new hotels, Grade A office space, temporary cruise liner terminal, canal, Mersey Ferries terminal,museums, apartments, restaurants and bars.

HS2

HS2 is a massive investment in transport infrastructure. Phase 1 will run from London to Birmingham, with Liverpool being connected via the existing rail network and then enhanced by Phase 2. London to Liverpool Lime Street will take just 1 hour 34 minutes, saving 38 minutes. This is the largest infrastructure project in the region.

Strong Economy

Liverpool has now become the second largest regional economy in the UK. Liverpool City Region is a major economy comprising of key employment sites and significant global companies, an internationally recognised City, with annual Gross Value Added (GVA) of £23.1 billion and 574,500 jobs. The Liverpool City Region has a thriving economy and has doubled in size from 1998-2016 (City Metric).

Liverpool is expected to see its average employment growth double from 2020 to 2023, the equivalent of 11,600 new jobs, with the greatest concentration of growth coming from the administrative & support service and health & social work sectors (EY 2020).

Why Choose

Regency Invest

Regency Invest was established by property investors for property investors.

We cater for a wide variety of investment criteria through our separate divisions, from a property investor purchasing a single property to institutional investors purchasing whole developments.

Regency Invest exclusively offer UK property for investment, drawing on our wealth of knowledge of the UK property market where our senior team have over 30-years’ experience. We work with established UK property developers to offer market leading and unique property investment opportunities that we have confidence will deliver long-term capital appreciation and rental returns.

We believe in transparency; therefore, our due diligence process is second to none and we provide a full due diligence pack to property investors to aid with their own research, before they commit to their purchase.

Our approach is consultative, never the hard sale, as we add value to each and every investor’s experience on their property journey, guiding them through the process of selecting a suitable investment property, through to completing their purchase.

City Centre

There is a constant demand from renters for city-centre locations in Manchester, which is one of the many reasons it has fast become an excellent place for property investors. You can find some of Manchester's biggest regeneration schemes here, such as NOMA and Spinningfields. The population in the city centre is largely made up of young professional and students, making it a great hub for landlords wanting a prime tenant demographic. Zoopla (June 2020) states the current average price paid for a property in Manchester City Centre is £211,791 and in the last five years prices have increased by circa £45,000 (25.5%)

Trafford

Located a stones throw away from Manchester City Centre (4km) is an area with many ongoing and upcoming regeneration projects, Trafford. This includes one of the city's most interesting and valuable regeneration projects, the Intu Trafford Centre. This is the second latest retail park in the UK and attracts circa 35 million visitors a year. Furthermore, the Trafford area attracts a large number of young professionals which makes it another popular investment spot within Manchester. There are more regeneration plans in the pipeline, set to boost housing, education, leisure and retails facilities in the area. According to Rightmove, the average price for a flat is £196,925 and prices are up 8% on the previous year.

Salford

This investment has lead to huge growth with Salford's population forecast to grow by 13.7% by 2036, nearly twice the Greater Manchester average of 7% (Manchester City Council, 2017) and is also forecast to see the highest level of economic growth in Greater Manchester with an increase in GVA of 52.9% by 2036.

This has drawn investors to capitalise on the demand for high-quality properties such as Regent Plaza with young, highly-skilled professionals flocking to the area.

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Why Invest in Liverpool?

Most Affordable Key City in the UK

High Property Price Growth

High Rental Returns

Citywide Regeneration

Liverpool Waters

Knowledge Quarter

King Edward Triangle

Paddington Village

Upper Central

Fabric District

Kings Waterfront & Baltic North

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Strong Economy

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