Independent Property Investment Advice
Independent property investment advice means the person advising you has nothing to gain from the answer. No stock to place, no introducer fee, no lender panel, no share of the transaction. In UK property that is rarer than it sounds, because almost every party you meet during a purchase is paid only if the purchase happens.
Key facts
- No stock held and none placed
- No commission, referral fee or rebate from any third party
- Fee agreed in writing before work begins and unaffected by the outcome
- Sources shown, so every material claim can be checked
- A recommendation to decline is a normal, expected outcome
Last reviewed by the Real Estate Investment Advisor advisory team. Fee-only advice — we take no commission from developers, agents or lenders.
What makes property investment advice genuinely independent?
Three tests. First, the adviser holds no inventory — no off-plan allocations, no developer stock, no assets of their own being placed with clients. Second, no payment of any kind arrives from a third party: no introducer commission, no lender fee, no referral rebate. Third, the fee is fixed before the work starts, so it does not vary with the recommendation.
- No stock held and none placed
- No commission, referral fee or rebate from any third party
- Fee agreed in writing before work begins and unaffected by the outcome
- Sources shown, so every material claim can be checked
- A recommendation to decline is a normal, expected outcome
Why does independence change the advice you get?
Because incentive shapes emphasis long before it shapes honesty. A commission-paid adviser rarely lies; they simply spend more time on the reasons the deal works than on the conditions under which it fails. Independent advice inverts that. The failure conditions are the deliverable.
What does independent advice cover?
The whole decision, not one slice of it: whether to buy at all, what to pay, how to hold it, how it is financed, what it yields under pressure, and how you get out. Where a question needs a regulated professional — tax, mortgage advice, legal title — we say so and tell you what to ask them.
How do you check an adviser is really independent?
Ask four questions in writing: how are you paid, who else pays you on this transaction, do you hold or place any stock, and does your fee change if I do not proceed. An independent adviser answers all four in one sentence each. Anyone who needs a paragraph is telling you something.
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Bring us the deal, the portfolio or the question. You get one answer, in writing, from someone with no financial interest in which way it goes.
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