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Housing Market
BTL investors going North for better returns, claims leading agent
Areas like Hartlepool and Liverpool offer better yields as high mortgage rates and falling house prices put a dampener on profits.
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Housing Market
Nose diving house prices drive landlords’ expansion plans
Most intending to buy are portfolio landlords with 44% owning 11 or more properties and a quarter of those have between four and 10 properties.
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Housing Market
More landlords set to use letting agencies as red tape and repairs headaches rise
Nearly a third of landlords cited ‘no longer having to deal with repairs’ as the main reason for the switching to using a letting agent.
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Housing Market
Landlords turn back on buy-to-let as mortgage costs rise
Despite the Government's u-turn on minimum energy standards, eight out of 10 surveyors have noted a decline in landlords planning to buy.
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Landlords ‘borrowing more as rental market costs rise’ says lender
Research from Octane Capital reveals a 19% leap in the average buy-to-let loan debt.
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Agencies & People
INTERVIEW: Alex Sullivan – Smarter Rent
Nigel Lewis meets a partner in one of the UK’s most forward-thinking – and smarter – property companies.
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Adam Walker
Is the buy-to-let sector doomed?
Contrary to current headlines, Adam Walker says the expected exodus of landlords may not necessarily be the outcome of the economic and regulatory strictures.
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Housing Market
Landlords and tenants face ‘big squeeze’ warns Bank of England report
The Bank of England’s Financial Stability Report warns that landlords face the double whammy of higher interest rates and both tax regulatory changes.
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Portfolio landlords ‘looking for more properties as tenant demand balloons’
Landbay’s intermediary boss Paul Brett says the main reason landlords are expanding their portfolio is the rise in the number of tenants and falling house prices.
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Latest property news
Educate would-be landlords before they enter buy-to-let
Speaking at the Propertymark One conference this week Faulkner warned there was a danger of even more ill-informed landlords leaving the sector.
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