Tag Archives: Buy to Let

Top 10 seaside towns for buy to let investors

Blackpool is the hottest seaside town for buy-to-let investors, according to a survey by a high street bank.

Top 10 buy to let hot spots revealed

Southampton is the hottest buy-to-let property spot in England and Wales, according to research by a leading high street bank.

Landmark buy to let valuation case dropped

Buy to let investors claiming surveyors overvalued their properties are unlikely to win their claims as a landmark appeal has been withdrawn from the Supreme Court.

Small is best for rental yields, claims property firm

Small properties can achieve big rental returns, according to the latest figures from Countrywide.

Neighbours flee buy to let cannabis farm fires

Neighbours have had to flee three separate blazes in buy-to-let homes used as cannabis farms by tenants.

Serious rent arrears increase for landlords

Buy to let landlords have had more tenants struggling with serious rent arrears in the past three months, according to a new report from a rent debt firm.

Setting rents is easier with new official data

The mystical art of setting competitive rents has just been made a lot easier with new data about private lettings across England going online.

Landlord fined for reconnecting faulty boiler

A buy to let landlord was fined £17,000 ignored safety rules and left a family at risk by asking an unregistered fitter to reconnect a dangerous gas supply.

HMRC wins buy to let CGT relief case

The tax man is taking a tough line on property investors claiming capital gains tax relief on second homes and buy to lets.

Stealth Budget scraps another property tax relief

Landlords have lost a back-door stamp duty relief worth around £1,500 on buy to let property in disadvantaged areas in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget 2013.