Landlords See Buy to Let Rents Stagnate for Months

by guildy | 9 Jan 2019 | Buy to Let Borrowing, News, Statistics

Rent rises have stood still for the past five months, according to the latest official data. Buy to let rents increased 0.9% in the year to the end of November –  the same rate as every month since July 2017, says the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The...

Happy Tenants Seem at Odds With Housing Campaigners

by guildy | 19 Jul 2018 | Buy to Let Borrowing, News, Statistics

Millions of private renters disagree with housing campaigners about the state of their buy to let homes. The lobby groups and housing charities claim rogue landlords take advantage of their tenants, but the latest government survey shows 84% of private tenants are...

Buy to Let Rent Rises Still Slowing

by guildy | 13 Dec 2017 | Buy to Let Borrowing, News, Statistics

Buy to let rents are stagnating across most of the country and even falling in London, the latest official statistics show. The rate of rent increases has slumped in the UK since November 2015. Then, the average annual rate was rising at 2.7%. Now, the figure has...

Tenants Paying More Rent, but Rate of Rising Slows

by guildy | 15 Nov 2017 | News, Statistics

The cost of renting a private home is rising, but the rate of increase is slowing, according to the latest official statistics. In the year to the end of October, buy to let and shared house rents rose by 1.5% – down from 1.6% in September. Private rents in...

One in Five Homes Are Now Buy to Lets, Says Government

by guildy | 7 Mar 2017 | News

Buy to let has mushroomed from 10% of homes in the 1990’s to grab a 20% share in the latest English Housing Survey from the government’s Office of National Statistics. Essentially, the report reveals the number of buy to let homes has doubled since 2003. The latest...