The Price Of Money: How to prosper in a financial world that’s rigged against you

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Looking ahead, some are expecting we will see more of the same across London: a combination of small falls and drifting sideways. You don't need even the slightest knowledge of economics to listen to this book - just a desire to understand why the world of money is working against you, and what to do about it.

Overseas buyers are still active but there remains uncertainty and they aren't a big enough group to move the market.' What's happening to London house prices now? It's worth understanding what buyer demand and house prices are doing in your local area, rather than focusing on the country as a whole.The best way to compare mortgage costs and find the right deal for you is to speak to a good broker. It can be tempting to match what other properties in the area are on the market for, but the advice is to speak to local estate agents to ensure the house goes on the market for a price that will attract interest, rather than one that's purely speculative. House prices are not determined by a single market, but rather a plethora of markets across the UK, and the experience can be different right down to the very street or road you live on. Well, yeah, a career. And in broadcasting too. And one thing I ask everyone, Rob, who comes on the show is: what’s your earliest money memory?

Hmm. Well, I mean, certainly there are many things in it that fascinated and surprised me. But let’s talk about your journey towards becoming an investor because you started investing your spare cash at really quite an early age. And that developed into an obsession, in your own words. So tell us how it all began.We have also seen a big increase in first time buyers getting help from Bank of Mum and Dad, who are looking to take advantage of flat discounts in particular.

Matt Thompson, head of sales at London estate agency Chestertons, says their offices are getting busier

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The fourth is to favour real assets. So this is sort of the things that you can touch, like a property, but also infrastructure, commodities, things like that. And obviously I’ve got a bias towards property because that’s what I do. But what’s at the core of that is that real assets have utility and they’re scarce. So value comes from scarcity. If something is abundant and there’s just loads of it, no one’s going to pay you much for it. So if you’ve got something like property or even gold or something like that, then there’s only so much value. There’s a natural built-in scarcity there which is going to become more and more useful over time. And with something like property, then of course it’s something that people actually need to live in and there’s always gonna be a need for it, which kind of gives some kind of value to your investment. So, in general, as we have moved into inflationary times and possibly more challenging times, it’s always are things that people actually need that are going to perform better.