Whilst the student property market can offer private landlords a lucrative and worthwhile business thanks to better-than-average yields, there are also financial pitfalls. At this time of year it can be tempting for student landlords to be more concerned about ensuring full occupancy levels and many operate on a “get […]
Spending those high buy to let yields
Low interest rates are generating high yields for buy to let properties – and giving investors a good choice to make over what to do with the extra money.
Landlord insurance – Rebuild costs
Landlords are often confused between the rebuild cost and market value of their investment property needed for buy to let insurance.
10 tips for buying buy to let property
Buy to let is still key to retirement plans for many – with the prospect of rents or a capital lump sum from selling a property supplementing pension income attracting many with little faith in other forms of saving.
Make some tax free cash from letting that empty room
As letting becomes the only housing option open for many, taking in a lodger can make financial sense if you have a room sitting empty.
Landlords need to switch on to energy deals
Private landlords could make their properties attractive to rent and save their tenants money by plugging in to free or cheap energy saving offers.
UK Private Rented Sector Grows 47.9%
It’s been very well understood that high prices, unrealistic deposit requirements and mortgage constraints have made homeownership increasingly unattainable, and now the figure confirms that the expansion of the private rented sector has benefitted from these circumstances. It looks likely that private landlords will push further to build property portfolios […]
Small New Build Property Swamp Rental Market
The rental market is becoming dominated by new-build flats and maisonettes as property investors boost their portfolios with this new type of build. The phenomenon is due to the excess amount of unsold property of this type that has come on to the market as buy-to-let. 43 per cent of […]
Funding first time buyers with a pension doesn’t add up
Plans to help parents and grandparents to raid pensions to help young people struggling to raise funds for a house deposit look like they are will stick in the starting blocks.
Landlords Struggle to Find Mortgages
Although the rental market is currently booming, unless you are a cash buyer, you are probably struggling to secure funding in order to expand your property portfolios—and you are not alone! A recent survey carried out by the RLA has discovered that as many as 50% of landlords have been […]
