by guildy | 7 Feb 2019 | Buy to Let Borrowing, News, Statistics
New official data profiles buy to let landlords, their property businesses and how they tick. Every two years, the government publishes the English Housing Survey, that offers landlords and other property professionals detailed information about the property market....
by guildy | 1 Feb 2019 | Buy to Let Borrowing, News, Statistics
Buy to let yields for property investors have slumped to a three-year low, according to new data from a leading lender. Yields were 5.6% down year-on-year during the last three months of 2018, says a report from BM Solutions. The lender claims professional landlords...
by guildy | 31 Jan 2019 | Buy to Let Borrowing, News
Insolvency experts are warning buy to let landlords to be cautious about staking money against buyer funded developments after investors have lost millions of pounds in failed projects. Hundreds of investors have lost money in the schemes. In one of the latest to go...
by guildy | 28 Jan 2019 | Buy to Let Borrowing, Local Authority Duties, News
London councils are spending millions to rent homes they once owned but sold at massive discounts through the right-to-buy scheme. New data shows that 42% of council houses and flats sold under right-to-buy are rented by private tenants – with some landlords...
by guildy | 25 Jan 2019 | Buy to Let Borrowing, News, Statistics
Fewer homes are going under the hammer at property auctions – but those that sell are at knock-down prices. The average price of a home going to auction last year was £152,559 compared to the Land Registry average property sale price of £230,630 in November. The...
by guildy | 18 Jan 2019 | Buy to Let Borrowing, News, Statistics
Private tenants are paying an average rent of £921 a month for their buy to let homes. The amount is up 1.5% on rents charged a year ago. Renters in London are paying much more, having seen a year-on-year increase of 4.7% to £1,596 a month, says market monitor and...