The UK's unique position as to demand for property in an incredibly densely populated landscape actually has the effect of giving some assurance to property investment over time, but as any investor understands, the timing of decisions is crucial to survive the slings and arrows of the markets.With the US reducing interest rates to avoid recession, it was inevitable that long term interest rates across the global financial markets reduce to their lows, as the cost of being deprived of money into the future was not as onerous as when interest in the short term were high, and a really significant sacrifice was being made to invest in long term instruments like treasury bonds. Of course with this kind of flattening yield curve, and the fact of other investments such as property promising to hold their value and offer a reasonable return, many investors stood firm with their UK property, as it was surprisingly robust compared to other property markets. A large amount of UK property buy...