600,000 Landlords Set to Quit Buy to Let
Hundreds of thousands of landlords are thinking about quitting buy to let due to the increasing time and costs involved with renting out a home. Around 600,000 landlords – just over 40% of the country’s 1.3 million buy to let investors – are thinking about...
Buy to Let Rent Rises Running Out of Steam
Buy to let rent rises are cooling as most places across the country have seen no change in the past two months or more. Average rents were up 1.3% over the year to the end of June 2019, says the Office for National Statistics. But the rate remains unchanged since May...
Uncertainty Takes a Toll on Buy to Let Growth
Buy to let investors are enjoying their best yields and fastest rising rents for years even though government efforts to slow the market and Brexit have taken a toll. Yields are outpacing house prices – hitting a two year high of 4.5% outside London. Meanwhile,...
Rents Rising as London Recovers From Slowdown
Buy to let landlords have seen rents rise 1.3% in a year, according to the latest official data. The underlying figures vary across the country. Tenants in England are paying 1.3% more, while those in Wales are paying slightly less – at 1.1%. The figures from...
Can you really trust house price statistics?
The Halifax House Price Index has thrown up some questionable figures for the second month in a row, but should homeowners and buyers really go along with what the statistics say? The Halifax claims home values have increased 5.2% in the year to the end of May,...
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