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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,...

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

According to Haslams lettings agency’s latest House Price Index, a new hotspot has emerged for private rental sector investors. It claims Reading...

A respected league table of yields in different parts of England and Wales has issued its latest figures. The Fleet Mortgages Buy-to-Let...

The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the third quarter of 2023. The...

Landlord confidence has rebounded strongly in recent months according to a survey by a leading buy to let-focussed bank. All aspects of...

New research from lettings agency Benham and Reeves has shown that while net rental yields have increased over the last year,...

The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2023. Using...

By Richard O’Neill, managing director, lettings at Romans Estate Agents As a landlord, your property’s yield is an important figure. It indicates...

A property investment platform has analysed rental yields to see the best returning areas for buy to let investors. Sourced Franchise analysed...

When choosing a buy-to-let property, there are many elements that need to be balanced in order to get the biggest return...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

Specialist buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages says there’s been both an annual and quarterly increase in rental yields, up from...

Experts are forecasting that London rental prices are predicted to grow by 3% this year alone, while prices may increase by...

For many years, investing in property has been seen as a way of obtaining “passive” income. Compared to other types of...

The buy-to-let market is going through a rough patch. With legislative change on the horizon, coupled with bleak ROI forecasts, many...

Paragon Bank has revealed the locations where landlords letting to students can achieve the strongest yields - and they are typically...

The new academic year is just around the corner, so many landlords will be thinking about student housing sector to diversify...

A mortgage lender’s buy to let market index shows yields slightly dipping. Fleet Mortgages’ regional snapshot covers all areas of England and...

New research suggests that a like-for-like comparison shows short lets earning 21 per cent more than the same home let out...

Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...

With the housing market showing little sign of a slowdown, interest in auction properties also signals a busy year ahead. Here's my...

With Christmas and the New Year now over, landlords, investors and property experts are back to questioning what the coming twelve...

There’s been a bounce back in confidence amongst London landlords - although they remain more pessimistic than their peers elsewhere in...

Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...

Landlord confidence remains high with a third of those questioned in a surveying plan to expand their portfolio in the next...

After two years in the doldrums and high levels of over supply, prime central London is at last a landlord’s rental...

The proportion of landlords feeling optimistic about different aspects of letting is at the highest level for five years. As part of research...

Private and commercial bank Arbuthnot Latham has set out what it considers to be the 10 easy mistakes which some landlords...

London lettings agency Chestertons says the number of tenants in the capital is now at an annual high.  The agency’s latest market...

£223.7 billion. That’s how much better off UK landlords are than five years ago when you do the maths on the...

Rental yields on student lets are climbing steadily across England according to a new analysis by Goodlord.  In good news for landlords,...

Void periods of vacancy within rental properties are relatively rare within several parts of the UK, new research has revealed. Intus Lettings...

A new league table of rental yields available to landlords has been drawn up by PropTech company Inventory Base. It’s examined government...

A property investment firm has drawn up a league table of cities with significant rental yields.  Sequre Property Investment analysed the average rental...

Research by student accommodation platform UniHomes says rental demand on student properties has not suffered long term harm from the pandemic. It...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico has drawn up highly localised hotspots within the capital for landlords seeking the best yields.  According to the...

It might be thought that banks have made significant mistakes of their own in the recent past - including triggering the...

Popular buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages’ latest rental yield index shows the consequences of increasing property prices in many regions...

A new league table from comparison website Rentround shows how the lockdown has impacted yields around the country. The site has analysed...

A ‘city tracker’ operated by a specialist buy to let mortgage company has outlined the best - and worst - places...

HMOs are an important part of the UK housing market as they offer students and young professionals affordable accommodation. There is...

A new survey suggests that one in five individual and multi-property landlords felt unprepared when they first started letting properties -...

When it comes to property investment, there is no one ‘right’ way to do it in order to succeed. Likewise, there...

The absence of good alternative investments and the modest pace of capital growth for property in recent years are thought to...

With the academic year set to get underway, thousands of students are busily moving into flats and rented homes in towns...

Many property investors looking for high rental yields typically head north to places like Liverpool and Scotland, and for good reason,...

The north of England once again provided the greatest jump in rental returns for buy-to-let landlords in the second quarter of...

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...

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...

New data from lettings management platform offers fresh insight into which property types produce the best yields for investors. The study found...

Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool, Bradford and Sunderland, with new...

With Premier League football poised to return on 17 June after a three-month shutdown, Sourced Capital has decided to analyse average...

Boris Johnson’s emphatic December general election victory has triggered fresh optimism among buy-to-let landlords, despite tax and regulatory changes hitting their...

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...

Rental yields in the private rented sector have dipped marginally since the introduction of the ban on tenant fees in June...

Void periods can be a serious pain. While they are undoubtedly part of running a buy-to-let business, it would seem that...

Demand for rental homes is continuing to outpace supply and drive up prices in London and that is an attractive proposition...

London remains one of the biggest property investment destinations in the world, attracting a wide range of national and international investors.  But...

Investing in property is not a get rich quick scheme, but rather a long-term financial solution to building wealth, as any...

Landlords currently looking for significant rental returns will find that there are plenty of high yielding buy-to-let areas to choose from,...

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...

New research looking at where is currently the best place to invest in buy-to-let property in this country, based on rental...

The English Private Landlord Survey shows that couples aged 25 - 49 make up the largest proportion of private renters, a...

Buy-to-let landlords are increasingly favouring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and more complex property types due to the often higher yields...

There has been a significant increase in demand for rental accommodation in prime London, according to the latest report from Knight...

Liverpool and Manchester are both recognised as great destinations for property investors. Property is (still) very affordable and both cities have...

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...

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...

Top-flight football returns this weekend, with Liverpool preparing for tonight’s Premier League opener versus Norwich City, but what team should landlords...

Rental values in London’s super prime rental market dropped by 0.5% in the year to July on the back of a...

Rental yields tend to increase in areas with higher crime rates, according to new research. The study by the national lettings platform,...

Almost all of the UK’s top 20 best postcodes for buy-to-let rental yields are located within close proximity to a university...

Rental yields have increased to their highest level for two years, according to the latest edition of Kent Reliance for Intermediaries’...

  When you rent a property to a tenant, you are required to pay tax on any profit you make from rental...

Scotland’s rental market continued to go from strength to strength, with the average rental property north of the border generating a...

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...

There has been an increase in the number of older people investing in the buy-to-let sector, fresh figures show. Commercial Trust has...

Rents increased by 2.6% in prime London and prime central London during the first quarter of year compared to Q1 2018,...

Recent years have seen a shift in buyer activity across the UK’s property market, with London’s much publicised decline in popularity...

Despite a number of tax and legislative changes making it harder to make money in buy-to-let, there are still pockets of...

Despite recent tax and regulatory changes, investment in buy-to-let has outperformed most other major asset classes over the past 10 years,...

Renowned internationally for its designer shopping outlet, Bicester has long been the jewel in Oxfordshire’s crown, attracting millions of visitors annually...

A number of BTL landlords are beginning to feel the effects of recent tax changes, resulting in a squeeze on their...

Life just doesn’t get any easier for Theresa May. No sooner had her Brexit withdrawal plan been rejected by a record-breaking...

There are growing signs of confidence returning to the London market, with a resurgence in house prices being anticipated owed in...

There has been increased demand for buy-to-let property in prime central London in recent months and this trend looks set to continue...

A growing number of buy-to-let investors are heading north for better returns, according to Your Move. The property firm reports that the...

The average rental yield achieved in prime central London in December was 3.35% - the highest level seen since April 2012...

With savers continuing to receive poor returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential...

Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should consider locations with a high student population, with yields of up...

Liverpool has managed a very interesting and appealing double win, according to data from Hometrack. The city not only topped the list...

Buy-to-let landlords who have adopted a high yielding investment strategy may be interested in new analysis of the BTL market that...

Colchester has been identified as the number one place to currently invest for buy-to-let, based on rental yields. The LendInvest BTL Index...

Buy-to-let landlords wishing to achieve the highest rental returns need to look at a variety of factors, but one of the...

Rental yields in London have increased over the past 12 months and the signs are that they could rise further moving...

Liverpool has once again been highlighted as an ideal destination for buy-to-let landlords seeking solid rental returns, this time by an...

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...

Rental yields in prime central London are typically among the lowest in the UK, but that does not mean that there...

TBMC has joined forces with Precise Mortgages to pilot a new buy-to-let refurbishment product. The product includes initial bridging finance up to...