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Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook. In both 2022 and 2023,...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024. Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...
23 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...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...
01 February 2024
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Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest edition of the Home housing index shows Conti suing close links between both the lettings and sales markets. The Home...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords wanting to make a healthy return from their investment should target student properties in the North of England and Scotland,...
11 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...
16 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...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Savills has announced a new head of its lettings department in its Bishops Park office in Fulham. Christina McLean steps into the...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The story of low supply in the prime London lettings market appears to be coming to an end, says Knight Frank. The...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Investors looking to add to their portfolios in 2023 should be urged to consider student housing opportunities, according to a Newcastle...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A new sentiment survey suggests that only a minority of landlords are now feeling positive about the future of buy to...
14 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...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental yields have increased by as much as 2.5 per cent in the past year as rent values outperform house prices. The...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Buy to let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages says almost every region of the UK is now seeing increased yields for investors. The...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Demand for rental property has grown by 57 per cent since 2018 when Propertymark records began, the trade body has revealed. At...
20 January 2023
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...
28 December 2022
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...
28 December 2022
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New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The current supply demand imbalance across the UK rental market looks set to endure as fewer households move across into owner...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The current higher interest rate environment and the temporary mortgage product withdrawals after the mini Budget will hurt future rental yields,...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons. It says that its...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
An independent lettings agency is opening its third bricks-and-mortar branch, under two years after the launch of the business. Hat and Home’s...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Headline-grabbing demands for more regulation and rent freezes risk frightening buy to let investors away, a leading analyst warns. Doug Shephard is...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
New long-term analysis by Hamptons says rental growth will cool over the coming years but will still outperform house prices between...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Tenants are demanding better quality HMOs according to new research from specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank. The bank’s survey of...
18 August 2022
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A market snapshot of the growing Build To Rent sector outside of London suggests units are letting rapidly with low voids. Figures...
18 August 2022
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A leading market analysis suggests that the private rental sector may be set to benefit from large scale corporate investors seeking...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Well-heeled investors are spending an average of £1.2m on bulk-purchases of rental units according to a finance firm. The analysis shows that...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The continuing rent rises seen across much of the country are outpacing rises in interest rates, it’s been claimed. Property website Home,...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Annual rental yields in England and Wales have dipped but tenant demand is set to stay strong for the rest of...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The average HMO is worth a third more than a comparably sized house according to new research. The typical HMO now costs...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...
18 March 2022
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New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...
23 February 2022
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A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape - student...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...
25 August 2021
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Last week the tax firm Blick Rothenberg advised John Lewis and Lloyds Bank to stay out of the private rental sector...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The Leaders Romans Group has identified four locations which it says have come into their own since the working-from-home craze started...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s a large scale recovery underway in London’s rental sector according to the website Home. The site says that while average rents...
17 June 2021
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The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...
17 May 2021
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A leading banking and wealth management company says a growth area for the rental sector in the years to come will...
12 May 2021
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An agency which has for the past 11 years specialised in south west London is now expanding with a new office...
07 May 2021
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The popularity of buy to let mortgage products offering exclusive rates for higher value loans is a sign of optimism in...
31 March 2021
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An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...
15 March 2021
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A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...
22 February 2021
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London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media
Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media
Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation
Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields. The analysis is based on rental returns...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...
04 September 2020
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New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...
14 August 2020
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Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...
14 July 2020
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A council in London, where landlords yields and margins are already tight, says it wants to charge £550 for a renewed...
03 July 2020
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A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...
02 July 2020
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New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...
23 June 2020
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One bedroom properties provide the best returns to buy to let investors according to new research by a lettings management platform. Single...
18 June 2020
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An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...
04 June 2020
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A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News
New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...
11 May 2020
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The latest lettings market snapshot by HomeLet shows that average rents across the UK are still not breaking through the £1,000...
11 March 2020
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Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...
26 February 2020
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Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...
21 February 2020
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The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
A lettings sector trade group says lavish additional services are being offered by landlords who are nervous that Brexit will lead...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The latest lettings market snapshot by mortgage lender Paragon has found that of the landlords planning to purchase property in the...
24 January 2020
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New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...
17 January 2020
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A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News
New research from the National Landlords Association reveals that migrant workers, and not professional executives, provide the best rental yield. The NLA...
04 December 2019
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Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A PropTech firm says it has calculated the true cost of being a buy to let investor. Howsy says the average landlord...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Rents across prime central London have been roughly flat over the past year - although yields are up as a result...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...