Find out how to invest in UK bank repossessed property at our free seminar on the 22nd June in Dublin. The strength of the euro relative to sterling presents a window of opportunity for the Irish investor looking to invest in UK distressed property. Most commentators agree that the euro is currently overvalued and is likely to weaken against sterling in the coming months following a combination of some positive economic news from the UK and the European Central Bank's ponderous response to the financial crisis.

It’s currently possible in the UK to buy bank repossessed property at discounts of up to 50% on what the property has previously sold for. If an Irish investor had purchased a typical city centre apartment in Manchester, for example, at £180,000 in June 2007 when the exchange rate was 1.47 euros to the pound it would have cost him or her €264,600. A repossessed property in the same block in many cases would now typically cost £100,000, while the exchange rate is now 1.15. This means that the same apartment, if a repossession, would now cost an investor €115,000 - a staggering difference of €149,600!

This is an example of one property we recently sourced for an investor in Yorkshire.

	Purchased for £74,000 in 2009
	Previously sold for £184,000 in 2007
	Discount of 60%
	Gross yield 8%

Typical yields on bank repossessed property range from 7 to 9% so an investor can achieve good income as well as a healthy discount. The seminar starts at 6.30pm, lasts for two hours and will cover the following areas:

Places are limited and allocated on a strictly first-come first-served basis - please click here to secure your place.

If you can’t make the seminar but would like to meet up or discuss distressed property please email Alun Jones at alun@distressed-assets.co.uk or phone him on +44 (0)151 244 5656.