Smaller buy to let properties provide property investors and landlords with the best rental yields, says Countrywide Countrywide’s latest research is based on 50,000 buy to let properties across England, Scotland and Wales, and their survey found that the average PRS rental yield for a one bedroom property was 6.8% during the first quarter of 2013. This compares […]
Read MorePRS Rents Soar To New Record Highs! UK landlords have been urged to take action to protect rental income as a new survey reveals private sector rents have risen to a new record high this year. The research carried out by LSL Property Services has revealed that property rental prices in the UK private rental sector (PRS) have […]
Read MoreThere are fresh fears that First-Time Buyers (FTBs) and next time buyers are being forced out of the UK residential property market by Buy-To-Let landlords. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said that 32,300 Buy-To-Let mortgage loans were made over the first quarter of 2012, a 32% increase on the first three months of 2011. […]
Read MoreMainstream Buy to let mortgage lenders are changing their products and lending policies as they prepare for the new rules to be implemented that will tighten up on the necessary criteria borrowers must meet, causing a stir in the market. The Co-Op Bank announced this week that it was scrapping residential “Interest Only” mortgage products […]
Read MoreSavill’s Estate Agents, have released a report which is sweet music to every UK property investors’ ears: Private Rented Sector (PRS) rents are likely to rise by 20.5% between now and the end of 2016. Additionally, it is estimated that 20% of all UK households will be in the Private Rented Sector, securing growth and […]
Read MoreThe number of properties purchased using Buy-To-Let mortgages increased by 84,000 during 2011, increasing the supply of suitable Private Rented Sector (PRS) housing according to the latest data released by the Council of Mortgage lenders (CML). During the last quarter of 2011 a total of 34,800 Buy To Let mortgages, including 15,600 remortgages, were granted […]
Read MoreThere are scores of the current generation who are already facing the nightmare that is an under-funded retirement. It may appear unfortunate, but more and more people over the age of 60 are beginning to realise that it’s not too late to do something! It must be extremely scary to reach the end of your […]
Read MoreThe Council of Mortgage Lenders, (CML), think the coalition Government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne should be doing more to encourage institutional investors to take a stake in Buy To Let property in the upcoming Budget. The Council of Mortgage Lenders are the trade body for all the UK’s major bank and building society […]
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