I am a property investor (in a small way!) and I have just seen a house I like which needs a deposit of around 20K. I have the money, but in stocks/shares and a bond that doesn't mature until next year. Should I cash some of this money in to fund a deposit? The bond has about 23k in it and is likely to gain a further 5K at best. As the property is cheap for what it is, I could propbably add at least 20k even in the current market.