Is it time to move back into the UK residential property market?

Many investment advisers will have experience of very difficult market conditions but few will have encountered anything like that which we are seeing today. However, even though nobody is exactly sure when the UK residential property market will turn many people believe that one of the best signals that a market is bottoming out is when every single investment "guru" is negative on a particular asset or asset class. The UK residential property market is one which falls into this bracket with every single day seeing the publication of yet more bad news for the sector.



In more moderate markets you will see a balance of investment advisers looking to buy, sell and do nothing and in the good times you will see the vast majority advising clients to buy certain assets even though they may be running at levels which some find uncomfortable. Conversely when every investment adviser is suggesting a buy this can often highlight "over exuberance" and signal the possible top of a market.



When investment advisers turn into "sheep" and follow each other this can often be a very good signal to reappraise your investment ideas. However, you should always take professional advice from experts in any particular sector you are looking at as they will have access to more information than the vast majority of UK investors.