Buy to let future bright
Buy to let landlords remain confident over the future of the UK investment market, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA).
With both rental yields and returns showing dramatic increases over the course of 2007, landlords are optimistic over the future, despite concerns of price moderations in the wider market.
The same research also found the typical […]
The ARLA Review & Index of Returns on Residential Investment Q4 2007
Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has published ARLA Review and Index of Returns on Buy to Let Investment, compiled from the results of the quarterly survey of ARLA member letting agents and of investor landlords.
The data, which covers yields, rents, void periods, types of rental property, regional differences etc is drawn from 517 letting […]
Buy to let is booming in Brighton
Brighton continues to offer something distinctly different for property investors, reports a property advisory company.
While cities such as Manchester like to proclaim themselves regional capitals and alternatives to London, Brighton does the opposite, basing much of its appeal on being accessible from the capital and having a London atmosphere.
At the same time, it offers coastal […]
Long-haul buy to let investors are ‘optimistic’
The nature of the UK buy to let industry has been shown frequently in recent times to be one dominated, for the most part, of those with long-term plans for their property portfolios. Survey after survey has shown this fact, which explains why the optimism of many investors contrasts with some of the predictions in […]
Buy to let demand beats out residential
Borrowers taking out buy to let mortgages have plugged the gap left by the decline in residential borrowers.
Mortgages being taken out for home purchases dropped by 23 per cent from December 2006 to December 2007, with buy-to-let firmly plugging this gap with an increase of 23 per cent over the same period to account for […]
