Sheffield

Property Investment Opportunities

The Northern Powerhouse city of Sheffield has attracted significant investment from both government and private institutions over the past 5 years, becoming a focal point for the Northern Powerhouse government initiative, attracting vast amounts of foreign and domestic investment into the economy.

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Why Invest in Sheffield?

High Rental Growth

Sheffield's average rents have increased by 23% in the last 5 years according to Propertydata.co.uk (Q1 2020).

Sheffield is also expected to see a 15% increase in its population by 2039, growing to a total of 652,300, according to Sheffield City Council fuelling demand for high quality property close to Sheffield city centre.

High Property Price Growth

Sheffield has experienced average house price growth of 19.58% over the past 5 years with a forecast growth of 28.2% for Yorkshire & the Humber over the next 5 years, exceeding the UK forecast of 2.2% per annum price growth.

Sheffield Regeneration

The £480 million Sheffield Heart of the City II project will include the development of HSBC’s flagship building, securing nearly 3,000 jobs and increasing the demand for quality rental accommodation.

The Sheffield Heart of the City II project protects the city’s historic architecture alongside the new developments, creating a modern city with unique character.
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The Castlegate Quarter is the oldest part of Sheffield. The council have pledged £800,000 to revamp the Castlegate Quarter, with plans to create a new green corridor and transform derelict shops and buildings into spaces for businesses and tech startups.

Student Population

The city of Sheffield has two prominent universities and is home to over 60,000 students.

The University of Sheffield is part of the Russell Group on research universities and has over 29,000 students enrolled from over 150 countriesand Sheffield Hallam University has 33,800 students enrolled.

Sheffield Population & Economy

Sheffield's population estimated to be 575,400 and is forecast to increase by 88,600 people to a total of 652,300 by 2039, according to Sheffield City Council, a 15% increase. The economies of the North West and Yorkshire & the Humber will be two of the strongest performing economies in the UK over the next five years.

The region’s key cities are forecast to be the main drivers of this outperformance. The Northern Powerhouse Government initiative will support this expansion with further stimuli expected to be announced. The GVA of Sheffield is £11.3 billion and is undertaking 10-year strategic economic plan, with a further 6,000 new businesses creating 17,000 new jobs by 2024 expected to boost the city's GVA.

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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