The UK’s top markets for investors

Liverpool and Nottingham are the top markets in the country: report

London in back. (Credit back to front: Pixabay; 401(K) 2012 Flickr)
London in back. (Credit back to front: Pixabay; 401(K) 2012 Flickr)

According to a new report by Private Finance, Nottingham and Liverpool are the best spots to invest in real estate.

Both cities have average rental yields of about 6 percent thus far in 2018, bringing them to the top of the 50 cities surveyed for the report, according to Mansion Global.

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Though the two cities reached the top ranked position from different starting places — Liverpool remains tied for first now despite seeing rental yields slip nearly 2 percent, while Nottingham’s 0.6 percent increase brought allowed the city to climb the rankings.

The news comes comes as the average two-year mortgage rates for rental properties hit a low not seen since 2012. [Mansion Global]Erin Hudson