Our Q1 2022 efficiency bulletins embody property revaluations throughout the portfolio, the newest dividend adjustments, up to date monetary data on all properties and an replace on property disposals.
To make sure that all shoppers have the chance to contemplate this announcement, the Resale Market shall be suspended as ordinary, for 3 working days, re-opening at 10am on Tuesday, 5 April 2022.
We have now had one other robust quarter of efficiency inside our property portfolio:
- Unbiased surveyors have raised the valuation of our portfolio by 5.7%
- This will increase the valuation of consumer investments by 9.6%
- Dividend distributions will improve by 8.1% from 5 April 2022
- Complete return (dividends + capital positive factors) on property disposals is as much as 5.0% p.a.
In the present day’s bulletins:
- 1. Unbiased property revaluations
- 2. Dividend adjustments
- 3. Property monetary efficiency
- 4. Property disposals
- 5. Growth loans
- 6. Properties with fireplace issues of safety
- 7. Upcoming quarterly bulletins
1. Unbiased property revaluations
All properties within the portfolio have now been revalued by Allsop LLP, an impartial, RICS-accredited surveyor, for the primary time since 31 March 2021. Total, property valuation elevated by 5.7% (excluding properties impacted by fireplace issues of safety). Given the leverage from mortgage finance, this elevated the worth of consumer investments by 9.6%.
To raised perceive this rise in valuation, we will divide the portfolio into classes:
| March 2022 change (vs March 2021) |
|---|
| Portfolio weighting | Property valuation | Consumer funding valuation |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| London residential | 12% | 3.4% | 6.6% |
| Regional residential | 46% | 7.1% | 10.2% |
| Industrial / leased property | 12% | 2.7% | 5.4% |
| Pupil lodging | 27% | 6.0% | 12.1% |
| Sub-total | 97% | 5.7% | 9.6% |
| Properties with fireplace issues of safety | 3% | -19% | -43.0% |
| Complete | 100% | 4.8% | 7.9% |
The most recent ONS / Land Registry UK Home Value Index exhibits common home costs development of 9.4% in England (12 months to 31 January 2022). This masks extensive disparities between property sorts and areas. Homes continued to drive the efficiency of the index with common worth development of 10.5%, whereas flats elevated in worth by 4.5%. Common London costs elevated by 2.2%, effectively beneath the speed of development in all different areas. London flats elevated in worth by 0.2%.
Our residential portfolio (excluding properties with fireplace issues of safety) is weighted 79% to flats and 21% to homes. This excessive weighting in flats, mixed with our excessive weighting in London, has clearly impaired the efficiency of the portfolio when in comparison with headline nationwide averages.
For all properties, Allsop’s newest valuation and survey is accessible on every property’s respective Funding Case. For these properties that elevated or decreased in worth by 5% or extra, we have now supplied extra dialogue within the properties’ Funding Instances.
As well as, shoppers can evaluation right here what Allsop considered probably the most related comparable transactions for every property to tell their valuation.
2. Dividend adjustments
Over the past 12 months, following each quarterly dividend evaluation, our dividend payout has elevated considerably:
| March-21 | June-21 | September-21 | December-21 | March-22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend yield p.a. | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 3.3% |
Throughout the whole portfolio the dividend payout has elevated by 8.1%; nevertheless, the dividend yield has solely elevated marginally to three.3% p.a. (far proper column) because of the 9.6% improve within the valuation of consumer investments (see part 1 above).
In whole, 60 of 70 eligible properties (the place shareholders vote to promote on the 5-year anniversary course of, no dividend is paid) are actually paying dividends, with a median yield of three.8% p.a.
From 5 April 2022:
- 1 property will begin paying a month-to-month dividend
- 16 properties will improve their month-to-month dividend
- 1 property will lower its month-to-month dividend
You will discover the total checklist of dividend adjustments at 5 April 2022 here.
3. Property monetary efficiency
We replace each property’s monetary efficiency each 3 months. For every property, we report historic monetary efficiency and the property’s web money place. These financials may be present in every property’s ‘Financials’ part and the ‘Funding Case’ comprises additional dialogue. The monetary outcomes disclosed embody rental earnings, property working and works prices, mortgage curiosity prices, charges paid to Property Associate, dividends, and so on.
Total, the web money place of the portfolio is a surplus of 1.1% of property worth (up from 0.5%, reported on 17 December 2021), representing a continued strengthening of the properties’ steadiness sheets.
For the quarter ending 30 June 2022, we’re making vital enhancements to our quarterly efficiency reporting:
- 1. Along with updating valuation and earnings efficiency every quarter, we’ll retain data for the 12 months to 31 December 2021 for all financials reported, for comparability functions (an extra column)
- 2. As a substitute of reporting data from the earlier month (e.g. 28 February) on the finish of every ‘calendar quarter’ (e.g. 31 March), as we’re doing in right now’s announcement, we’ll change to reporting the outcomes of ‘calendar quarters’ (e.g. 30 June) one month following the tip of the calendar quarter (e.g. 31 July)
These adjustments extra intently align our reporting with disclosure norms for public corporations.
4. Property disposals
Our substantial programme of property disposals continues to develop, involving 136 properties or models with an extra 41 properties or models already offered. Our detailed report of all property gross sales is displayed on our Promoting File, which exhibits a median whole return (dividends plus capital positive factors) of 5.0% p.a. in any case charges and taxes.
The primary aspect of this disposals programme is discretionary gross sales of particular person models inside a block, the place shareholders in every property have voted for the sale.
Causes for these gross sales have various, together with ‘opportunistic’ gross sales to seize beneficial market circumstances, discount in costly mortgages, discount of a property’s web money deficit, discount of mortgage refinance threat, and so on.
A full checklist of those disposals may be discovered right here and is summarised beneath:
- 19 unit gross sales accomplished
- 9 models at the moment underneath provide
- 3 models in the marketplace
The second aspect of the disposals programme is 5-year anniversaries, the place shareholders have decided to promote the whole property.
A full checklist of 5-year anniversary gross sales may be discovered right here and is summarised beneath:
- 22 gross sales accomplished
- 19 properties / models underneath provide
- 7 properties / models in the marketplace
- 98 properties / models to be offered as quickly as potential, topic to vacant possession and making certain we don’t hurt the market by promoting too many models in the identical block directly
5. Property growth loans
Of the 16 growth loans that our shoppers have funded, to this point, 7 have been repaid in full with curiosity.
You will discover the newest updates on the excellent loans on their respective funding pages right here.
6. Properties with fireplace issues of safety
The UK-wide fireplace security scandal affecting excessive rise blocks continues. While the federal government has taken steps to deal with the problems, the scenario stays removed from resolved. For additional particulars on this and our 7 properties impacted, learn the newest replace on every affected property’s funding case.
7. Upcoming quarterly bulletins
29 July 2022 – market closed from 10am that day till 10am, 3 August 2022
31 October 2022 – market closed from 10am that day till 10am, 3 November 2022
When you have questions on these bulletins, please electronic mail help@propertypartner.co
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