Beneath you will see our Q2 2022 efficiency announcement. This contains up to date monetary info on all properties (now together with comparative financials for the earlier yr), dividend adjustments, disclosure of EPC scores for the primary time, and updates on property disposals and growth loans.
To make sure that all purchasers have the chance to think about this announcement, the Resale Market will probably be suspended as typical, for 3 working days, re-opening at 10am on Wednesday, 3 August 2022.
Immediately’s bulletins:
- 1. Portfolio efficiency and enhanced reporting
- 2. Dividend adjustments
- 3. EPC scores and sustainability
- 4. 5-year anniversary disposals
- 5. Disposals of particular person items inside blocks
- 6. Property growth loans
- 7. Properties with hearth questions of safety
- 8. Upcoming quarterly bulletins
1. Portfolio efficiency and enhanced reporting
As we do every quarter, at present we’ve up to date each property’s efficiency. For every property, we report historic monetary efficiency and the property’s internet money place. As well as, at present, for the primary time, we’ve enhanced the monetary disclosures to incorporate comparative financials for the earlier monetary yr.
These financials may be present in every property’s ‘Financials’ part and the ‘Funding Case’ incorporates additional dialogue. The monetary outcomes disclosed embody rental revenue, property working and works prices, mortgage curiosity prices, charges paid to Property Companion, dividends, and so on.
Web money throughout the portfolio is a surplus of 1.2% of property worth (up from 0.5% reported in Dec-21 and 1.1% reported in Mar-22), representing a continued strengthening of the properties’ stability sheets.
Our portfolio has benefitted for the final 6 years from the low value of borrowing on variable charge mortgages. Nevertheless, since December 2021, the BoE base charge has elevated from 0.1% to 1.25% presently. The BoE’s Financial Coverage Committee meets subsequent on 4 August and 15 September, and additional charge rises are anticipated. We are going to contemplate any additional charge rises, together with property working efficiency, in our subsequent quarterly efficiency replace on 31 October 2022.
It’s seemingly that additional rate of interest will increase will lead to reductions to dividends.
Within the subsequent quarter, we’ll proceed and speed up the next measures to scale back publicity to rates of interest:
- Sale of particular person items inside residential blocks: as proven on our Promoting Document, we’ve accomplished gross sales of 27 items, with the big majority of proceeds getting used to scale back mortgages; since June 2021, the loan-to-value ratio throughout the portfolio has decreased from 53% to 49%
- Scale back or droop dividends of properties the place it’s crucial or advantageous to make use of internet rental earnings to scale back mortgage principal: as talked about under, we’ve executed this for 18 properties at this announcement
2. Dividend adjustments
Throughout the portfolio, we’re lowering the weighted common dividend yield from 3.3% p.a. at present to 2.9% p.a. from 5 August 2022. This common contains these properties that aren’t paying a dividend. This dividend discount is due to the numerous improve in mortgage rates of interest. That is solely partially offset by stronger internet rental efficiency.
| First dividend cost date | 5 Apr-21 | 5 Jul-21 | 5 Oct-21 | 5 Jan-22 | 5 Apr-22 | 5 Aug-22 |
| Dividend yield p.a. | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 2.9% |
The typical dividend yield of two.9% displays the next adjustments from 5 August 2022:
- 5 properties will improve their month-to-month dividend
- 9 properties will lower their month-to-month dividend
- 9 properties will droop their month-to-month dividend
You’ll find the total checklist of dividend adjustments right here.
3. EPC scores and sustainability
For the primary time, at present we’re disclosing the EPC (Vitality Efficiency Certificates) scores for each residential property on the platform. You’ll find this info in every property’s ‘Property Element’ part (displaying the bottom unit score inside every block).
Vitality use in our properties accounts for a major proportion of greenhouse gasoline emissions, contributing to each local weather change and air air pollution. With power prices now at file ranges, power inefficient properties can add a whole bunch, if not hundreds, of kilos to payments.
A Authorities White Paper signifies that laws will probably be coming into power requiring many landlords to enhance residential property EPC scores. At the moment, they should meet a minimal score of E. From 2025, new tenancies will want a score of C or higher and from 2028, all current tenancies will should be C or higher.
Vitality effectivity of properties that we bought has all the time been a consideration and our portfolio is effectively positioned for the potential laws, with over 70% of items rated C or higher. We’re protecting a detailed eye on the progress of the draft laws and can present updates sooner or later.
For these properties that aren’t already rated C, we’ll develop enchancment plans that minimise the price of works and offset this value with power value financial savings. As well as, for the overwhelming majority of our portfolio already rated C or higher, there could also be power effectivity alternatives which might be nonetheless value pursuing. Other than the environmental advantages, in time, this may occasionally probably lead to reductions in the price of borrowing, decreased payments and elevated desirability of our properties, for each tenants and purchasers.
A property’s power effectivity will proceed to extend in significance sooner or later, so at present’s further disclosure of EPC scores is a primary step in understanding this elementary side of our portfolio.
4. 5-year anniversary disposals
In latest months, there was sturdy help from shareholders for properties going by their 5-year anniversary processes. In July, 3 out of 4 properties, and in June, all 4 out of 4 properties, had been absolutely funded within the ‘blocklisting’ stage and can stay on the platform.
For these properties which have beforehand been voted by shareholders on the market, you’ll be able to view their present standing on their property pages and monitor total gross sales progress on our Promoting Document:
- Accomplished gross sales: properties which have been offered and funds returned to shareholders
- Particular person unit gross sales: particular person items which have been offered inside a block that has been elected on the market by the 5-year anniversary course of
A full checklist of 5-year anniversary gross sales is summarised under:
5. Disposals of particular person items inside blocks
These are discretionary gross sales of particular person items inside a block, the place shareholders in every property have voted for the unit sale. Causes for these gross sales have diversified, together with opportunistic gross sales to seize beneficial market situations, discount in costly mortgages, discount of a property’s internet money deficit, discount of mortgage refinance danger, and so on.
Once more, purchasers can monitor the efficiency of those gross sales on our Promoting Document.
A full checklist of those disposals is summarised under:
6. Property growth loans
We’ve got efficiently repaid two growth loans this quarter. Bickley Highway, Leyton was repaid in full, reaching a whole return of 26.1% (in spite of everything charges), equal to an rate of interest of 9.25% p.a. Jubilee Avenue, Whitechapel was repaid in full, reaching a whole return of 24.3% (in spite of everything charges), equal to an rate of interest of 10% p.a.
Of the 16 growth loans that our purchasers have funded, 9 have been repaid in full with curiosity. You’ll find the most recent updates on the excellent loans on their respective funding pages right here.
7. Properties with hearth questions of safety
The UK-wide hearth security scandal affecting excessive rise blocks continues. While the federal government has taken steps to handle the problems, the scenario stays removed from resolved. For additional particulars on this and our 8 properties impacted, learn the most recent replace on every affected property’s funding case.
8. Upcoming quarterly bulletins
31 October 2022 – market closed from 10am that day till 10am, 3 November 2022
31 January 2023 – market closed from 10am that day till 10am, 3 February 2023
When you’ve got questions on these bulletins, please electronic mail help@propertypartner.co
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