5 bedroom HMOs let to professionals and students are one of the highest demand type for lettings and are great little earners for investors. Social Housing HMOs on long term leases with government or local authority contracts are typically the highest performing net cashflowers that are available for sale, so any investors looking for pound for pound net returns on HMOs then 5 bed social housing HMOs come out top. 

In regards to valuations, these are typically bricks and mortar valuations but where there are all ensuite 5 bed HMOs there is the potential to achieve a hybrid commercial valuation at the lenders discretion. It is therefore important to use the right broker, the right lender and right valuer to achieve this – this is a common mistake with buyers. So if need help with this then please make sure you are speaking to a specialist.