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Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...
02 March 2024
From: Top tips & guides
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 prominent London-focused agent and property consultant says landlords are prioritising long term ‘tenant quality’ over short term yields. Jo Eccles, founder...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
30 January 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
Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help tnavigate legislative...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
One in five (20 per cent of) landlords plans to reducing their buy to let holdings according to a new survey. The...
19 December 2023
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
The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...
28 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
Owners of London HMOs rarely put them up for sale, meaning investors likely need to convert a residential home into an...
09 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
Who are you, and what does it say on your business card? I'm Ashley Day, the Director of Bristol Property Centre. What is...
09 October 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
A new study has revealed the top 10 UK areas with the greatest rental yield making them ideal for a buy-to-let. Confused.com...
30 September 2023
From: Top tips & guides
Over the last 15 years, the HMO market has been transformed. Back in the ‘90s, multi-lets were mainly student housing or cheap...
16 September 2023
From: Agent Advice
Rents will rise 25 per cent over the next four years, outpacing the modest 5.5 per cent House price growth across...
11 September 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
Santander has been sharply criticised for increasing its Interest Coverage Ratio just as other lenders have been making it easier to...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
While there has been a shortage of all types of rental accommodation across the UK for several years now, the student...
26 August 2023
From: Agent Advice
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
There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...
17 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
A prominent housing market website suggests that unprecedented demand in the rental market may play “a key role” in restricting supply...
13 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
There’s a new warning this morning that rents are set to soar as landlords struggle with much higher interest rate payments...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A quarter of Britons are considering becoming holiday let landlords to earn extra income from the continued popularity of UK staycations,...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Most landlords are no better off now, even after substantial rent increases over recent years. Rightmove recently reported that national average asking...
09 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
Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...
22 April 2023
From: The Big Issues
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
Rents are up significantly in all regions and most notably in Greater London and Scotland according to the property website Home. It...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency. So far this...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
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
An agency heavily involved in Build To Rent claims investment in the sector remains high - but soaring debt costs may...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Improving yields throughout 2023 may stop more landlords quitting - and, in addition, rental reforms are unlikely to be as bad as...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
At LRG we are currently seeing rental properties go within days, and sometimes hours of being placed on the market. Rent is...
07 January 2023
From: Agent Advice
Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The share of Londoners purchasing property outside of the capital slowed in 2022, back towards pre-Covid norms. That’s the view of lettings...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A new study claims to show where landlords should invest in 2023, based on recent profits. The website Money has looked at...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A buy to let investment site has used Artificial Intelligence to identify 10 top property investment opportunities in 2023. Based on analysis...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...
17 December 2022
From: The Big Issues
Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A fund is claiming that investors who put money into real estate funds as an avenue of investment have seen a...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The Stripe Property Group, a housebuilder, claims rental homes near universities command an average yield 1.3 per cent higher than those...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A mortgage broker claims to have drawn up a regional league table of locations where buy to let properties attract a...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Personal finance website Money has produced a league table of cities where landlords can enjoy strong returns from student tenants. Top comes...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s rather a lot going on in the economy as I write this and, by the time it is published, who...
01 October 2022
From: Agent Advice
House prices could fall by around 10 per cent in the next year, a mortgage expert is warning. Ray Bolger, senior mortgage...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Rising interest rates - which may rise further and dramatically in response to the government’s tax-cutting agenda - risk eroding the...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
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
Rental homes near universities command an average yield 1.3 per cent higher than those in the wider area, a survey claims...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy to...
17 September 2022
From: The Big Issues
The UK’s buy-to-let market has changed beyond recognition over the last few years and with a recession on the horizon, landlords...
15 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
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
New market analysis by lettings and sales agency Hamptons suggests that landlords are the largest group likely to sell up over...
02 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
Existing homes have risen some eight per cent in value in the past year while the price of a typical new...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Capital values in Prime Central London have increased according to the latest market snapshot from investment service London Central Portfolio. House have...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A property investment platform is to spend £1 billion buying and retrofitting thousands of homes in the private rental sector, The...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A large proportion of portfolio landlords - those with four or more properties - plan to expand their portfolios in the...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
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
The continuing rent rises seen across much of the country are outpacing increases in interest rates, it’s been claimed. Property website Home,...
14 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
A lettings and estate agency has revealed a location where it says 50 per cent of its sales this year have...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Who are you? My Name is Alec Chohan, and I am a senior finance broker within the Newable Finance team based in...
07 June 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
Landlords work harder to ensure properties are suitable for their preferred tenant type, more than they do to achieve maximum profits. That’s...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A new version of PropTech platform Yuno claims to solve the problem of how a landlord should decide what is the...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Buy to let landlords are increasingly looking to the highest yielding areas of the country as a way to maximise their...
11 April 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
Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News
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
New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Research by rental portal Rentd suggests improved London yields this year after being in the doldrums during the pandemic. Rentd analysed the...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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
Foxtons has issued a wide-ranging snapshot of the London private rental market. Overall some 27 per cent of Londoners are now privately...
28 January 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
Student accommodation specialist Unite Students has acquired a site for a 270-bed scheme in one of the country’s biggest academic centres,...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...
22 January 2022
From: Tax & Finance
A new PropTech platform that claims to make buy to let investment simpler, faster and more accessible than ever before, is...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords adopting a strategy of buying cheap in search of high yields are having a tougher task in finding the right...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
This year, landlord and owner-occupier Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...
21 December 2021
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
Airbnb can make life easier for UK landlords by increasing yields, simplifying the rental process and providing peace of mind against...
11 December 2021
From: The Big Issues
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
New research shows that the average rental yield in Britain has remained at roughly 4.2 per cent throughout the pandemic. Regionally, the...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading agent is warning that any additional tax on landlords could lead to property sell-offs and a further supply shortage. Dominic...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The North East has overtaken the North West as the best location in the UK for residential property investment. That’s the view...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
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
A new analysis by a London lettings agency has assessed the relative investment merits of residential and commercial property. Benham and Reeves...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
An agency and law firm, Coulters, has produced a league table of where landlords are most likely to make a loss...