Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook. In both 2022 and 2023,...
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Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
According to Haslams lettings agency’s latest House Price Index, a new hotspot has emerged for private rental sector investors. It claims Reading...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A respected league table of yields in different parts of England and Wales has issued its latest figures. The Fleet Mortgages Buy-to-Let...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the third quarter of 2023. The...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlord confidence has rebounded strongly in recent months according to a survey by a leading buy to let-focussed bank. All aspects of...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
New research from lettings agency Benham and Reeves has shown that while net rental yields have increased over the last year,...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2023. Using...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
By Richard O’Neill, managing director, lettings at Romans Estate Agents As a landlord, your property’s yield is an important figure. It indicates...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A property investment platform has analysed rental yields to see the best returning areas for buy to let investors. Sourced Franchise analysed...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
When choosing a buy-to-let property, there are many elements that need to be balanced in order to get the biggest return...
17 June 2023
From: Agent Advice
The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Specialist buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages says there’s been both an annual and quarterly increase in rental yields, up from...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Experts are forecasting that London rental prices are predicted to grow by 3% this year alone, while prices may increase by...
25 March 2023
From: Agent Advice
For many years, investing in property has been seen as a way of obtaining “passive” income. Compared to other types of...
04 March 2023
From: Tax & Finance
The buy-to-let market is going through a rough patch. With legislative change on the horizon, coupled with bleak ROI forecasts, many...
24 September 2022
From: The Big Issues
Paragon Bank has revealed the locations where landlords letting to students can achieve the strongest yields - and they are typically...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The new academic year is just around the corner, so many landlords will be thinking about student housing sector to diversify...
20 August 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
A mortgage lender’s buy to let market index shows yields slightly dipping. Fleet Mortgages’ regional snapshot covers all areas of England and...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
New research suggests that a like-for-like comparison shows short lets earning 21 per cent more than the same home let out...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...
02 April 2022
From: Top tips & guides
With the housing market showing little sign of a slowdown, interest in auction properties also signals a busy year ahead. Here's my...
05 March 2022
From: Top tips & guides
With Christmas and the New Year now over, landlords, investors and property experts are back to questioning what the coming twelve...
05 February 2022
From: Agent Advice
There’s been a bounce back in confidence amongst London landlords - although they remain more pessimistic than their peers elsewhere in...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlord confidence remains high with a third of those questioned in a surveying plan to expand their portfolio in the next...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
After two years in the doldrums and high levels of over supply, prime central London is at last a landlord’s rental...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The proportion of landlords feeling optimistic about different aspects of letting is at the highest level for five years. As part of research...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Private and commercial bank Arbuthnot Latham has set out what it considers to be the 10 easy mistakes which some landlords...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
London lettings agency Chestertons says the number of tenants in the capital is now at an annual high. The agency’s latest market...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
£223.7 billion. That’s how much better off UK landlords are than five years ago when you do the maths on the...
16 October 2021
From: Industry Views
Rental yields on student lets are climbing steadily across England according to a new analysis by Goodlord. In good news for landlords,...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Void periods of vacancy within rental properties are relatively rare within several parts of the UK, new research has revealed. Intus Lettings...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A new league table of rental yields available to landlords has been drawn up by PropTech company Inventory Base. It’s examined government...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A property investment firm has drawn up a league table of cities with significant rental yields. Sequre Property Investment analysed the average rental...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Research by student accommodation platform UniHomes says rental demand on student properties has not suffered long term harm from the pandemic. It...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
London-focussed lettings agency Portico has drawn up highly localised hotspots within the capital for landlords seeking the best yields. According to the...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
It might be thought that banks have made significant mistakes of their own in the recent past - including triggering the...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Popular buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages’ latest rental yield index shows the consequences of increasing property prices in many regions...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A new league table from comparison website Rentround shows how the lockdown has impacted yields around the country. The site has analysed...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A ‘city tracker’ operated by a specialist buy to let mortgage company has outlined the best - and worst - places...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
HMOs are an important part of the UK housing market as they offer students and young professionals affordable accommodation. There is...
10 November 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy
A new survey suggests that one in five individual and multi-property landlords felt unprepared when they first started letting properties -...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News
When it comes to property investment, there is no one ‘right’ way to do it in order to succeed. Likewise, there...
29 October 2020
From: Top tips & guides
The absence of good alternative investments and the modest pace of capital growth for property in recent years are thought to...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
With the academic year set to get underway, thousands of students are busily moving into flats and rented homes in towns...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Many property investors looking for high rental yields typically head north to places like Liverpool and Scotland, and for good reason,...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The north of England once again provided the greatest jump in rental returns for buy-to-let landlords in the second quarter of...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you? My name is Benjamin Hall and I’m the Founder and Managing Director of LOFT. What services does LOFT provide? LOFT delivers...
26 June 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
Buy-to-let rental yields have remained largely flat, increasing by just 0.1% over the past 12 months, according to Sourced Capital. The research...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News
New data from lettings management platform offers fresh insight into which property types produce the best yields for investors. The study found...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool, Bradford and Sunderland, with new...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
With Premier League football poised to return on 17 June after a three-month shutdown, Sourced Capital has decided to analyse average...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Boris Johnson’s emphatic December general election victory has triggered fresh optimism among buy-to-let landlords, despite tax and regulatory changes hitting their...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Two-bedroom properties make the best investment for buy-to-let landlords in England when it comes to existing rental yields, fresh research shows. Howsy...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Rental yields in the private rented sector have dipped marginally since the introduction of the ban on tenant fees in June...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Void periods can be a serious pain. While they are undoubtedly part of running a buy-to-let business, it would seem that...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Demand for rental homes is continuing to outpace supply and drive up prices in London and that is an attractive proposition...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
London remains one of the biggest property investment destinations in the world, attracting a wide range of national and international investors. But...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Investing in property is not a get rich quick scheme, but rather a long-term financial solution to building wealth, as any...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Landlords currently looking for significant rental returns will find that there are plenty of high yielding buy-to-let areas to choose from,...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
With 2020 fast approaching, it is time for forward thinking buy-to-let landlords to start looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
New research looking at where is currently the best place to invest in buy-to-let property in this country, based on rental...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The English Private Landlord Survey shows that couples aged 25 - 49 make up the largest proportion of private renters, a...
16 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Buy-to-let landlords are increasingly favouring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and more complex property types due to the often higher yields...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in demand for rental accommodation in prime London, according to the latest report from Knight...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Liverpool and Manchester are both recognised as great destinations for property investors. Property is (still) very affordable and both cities have...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords who own property in Liverpool could potentially achieve short-term rental yields of just over 27%, according to Portico Host. The...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Landlords’ confidence in the buy-to-let sector is currently at a seven-year low, according to new research. The latest BVA BDRC1 Landlords Panel...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Top-flight football returns this weekend, with Liverpool preparing for tonight’s Premier League opener versus Norwich City, but what team should landlords...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Rental values in London’s super prime rental market dropped by 0.5% in the year to July on the back of a...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Rental yields tend to increase in areas with higher crime rates, according to new research. The study by the national lettings platform,...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Almost all of the UK’s top 20 best postcodes for buy-to-let rental yields are located within close proximity to a university...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Rental yields have increased to their highest level for two years, according to the latest edition of Kent Reliance for Intermediaries’...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News
When you rent a property to a tenant, you are required to pay tax on any profit you make from rental...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Scotland’s rental market continued to go from strength to strength, with the average rental property north of the border generating a...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a notable rise in the number of English landlords investing in Scotland’s buy-to-let sector thanks to cheaper property prices...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been an increase in the number of older people investing in the buy-to-let sector, fresh figures show. Commercial Trust has...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Rents increased by 2.6% in prime London and prime central London during the first quarter of year compared to Q1 2018,...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Recent years have seen a shift in buyer activity across the UK’s property market, with London’s much publicised decline in popularity...
05 April 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Despite a number of tax and legislative changes making it harder to make money in buy-to-let, there are still pockets of...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Despite recent tax and regulatory changes, investment in buy-to-let has outperformed most other major asset classes over the past 10 years,...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Renowned internationally for its designer shopping outlet, Bicester has long been the jewel in Oxfordshire’s crown, attracting millions of visitors annually...
27 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
A number of BTL landlords are beginning to feel the effects of recent tax changes, resulting in a squeeze on their...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Life just doesn’t get any easier for Theresa May. No sooner had her Brexit withdrawal plan been rejected by a record-breaking...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
There are growing signs of confidence returning to the London market, with a resurgence in house prices being anticipated owed in...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been increased demand for buy-to-let property in prime central London in recent months and this trend looks set to continue...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News
A growing number of buy-to-let investors are heading north for better returns, according to Your Move. The property firm reports that the...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News
The average rental yield achieved in prime central London in December was 3.35% - the highest level seen since April 2012...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News
With savers continuing to receive poor returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should consider locations with a high student population, with yields of up...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Liverpool has managed a very interesting and appealing double win, according to data from Hometrack. The city not only topped the list...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords who have adopted a high yielding investment strategy may be interested in new analysis of the BTL market that...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Colchester has been identified as the number one place to currently invest for buy-to-let, based on rental yields. The LendInvest BTL Index...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords wishing to achieve the highest rental returns need to look at a variety of factors, but one of the...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Rental yields in London have increased over the past 12 months and the signs are that they could rise further moving...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Liverpool has once again been highlighted as an ideal destination for buy-to-let landlords seeking solid rental returns, this time by an...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The average buy-to-let investor in Scotland enjoyed an annual yield of 4.7% in August, which compares favourably to returns found in England...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Rental yields in prime central London are typically among the lowest in the UK, but that does not mean that there...