Posts Tagged ‘Buy-to-Let’
Rents should stabilize
All too often high rents have been in the spotlight over the last year or two, affordability for most has become close to a joke, especially in the Capital, maybe we have light at the end of the tunnel, according to a survey conducted by Your Move and Reed Rains of more than 1200 landlords…
Read MoreFlash the cash – a note of caution on upfront rental payments.
It used to be home buyers in Central London that bemoaned the cash power of the global elite – making offers on properties they coveted, bandying about sums way above the asking price and paying in cash. And who could blame the vendors for preferring the outright buyer who could move quickly over those trying…
Read MoreSign up or face fine
The deadline for Landlords to sign up to an official deposit scheme is 23rd June this year, those that fail to register with such a scheme will face heavy penalties. The Government is running a 90-day amnesty for Landlords who have yet to put their tenants’ deposits into an official scheme, it is thought that…
Read MoreMonitoring of Buy-to-Let mortgages
It appears that buy-to-let lending is on the increase with January approvals up 6 per cent on the previous month and up 12 per cent on the same period in 2014, these figures are not consistent with those for the overall mortgage market with both first time buyer and house mover mortgages having declined. The…
Read MoreNew tax year new start
The new tax year heralds a new start for many, no more so than this year when a certain group of people will for the first time have lump sums to invest and who are expected to be a new generation of Buy-to-Let purchasers. From monday 6th April pensioners from all over the country will…
Read MoreElection Countdown
Well, just 40 more days to go and we should know which party or coalition of parties will be in government. This week we had our first televised “debate” between the two Davids, Cameron and Milliband, it didn’t really tell us much except that the polls immediately following gave Cameron the edge, then the next…
Read MoreBoost for buy-to-let option for retirees.
New figures confirm that retired homeowners are typically earning more than £7,000 each from their homes over the past six months, this is excellent news for retirees considering to use the Buy-to-Let option when choosing where to invest their savings that would otherwise have to have gone into an annuity. This news is well timed…
Read MoreLandlord mortages increasing – opposite for first time buyers
Landlord purchasing appears to be the strongest sector of the property sales market at present, this is very much evident in the buy-to-let where demand seems to outstrip supply, landlords were granted nearly as many mortgages as first-time buyers in January, according to figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Loans for first-time buyers tumbled…
Read MoreGeorge Osborne to give pensioners more freedom to choose.
George Osborne gave a hint of what can be expected in this weeks budget on the Andrew Marr show yesterday , he is looking to extend the number of pensioners benefiting from the relaxed pension rules announced earlier this year, from April 6 this year people will be able to cash in their pension savings…
Read MoreA new wave of investors for Buy-to-let.
For a long time now Brits have been infatuated with the buy to let property as an investment for their future, the idea of buying a property and getting somebody else to cover the mortgage by paying you rent every month is simply irresistible. Buy to let has not only been instrumental in supporting the…
Read MoreThe Boom of Buy-to-Let.
Much has been commented on with regards the changing face of the UK housing market and the vast increase in buy-to-let properties. How, therefore, shall the British property ownership landscape look in years to come and are we too, turning into a nation of landlords and tenants? The dramatic transformation within UK home ownership has…
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