TheNational Landlords Association believes mortgage access and high deposits are real reason for first time buyer pain, not buy-to-let landlords.
Read MoreLandlords set to make £162,000 profit per property over next 25 years
Landlords in the near future will not be the dying breed some industry commentators would have agents believe, research by a leading lender has revealed. Chatham-based KentReliance says its data shows landlords…
Read MoreStamp Duty rise driving landlords to spend on upgrades not portfolio expansion, says Countrywide
Figures from agency giant reveal yet another unintended consequence of the government's desire to squeeze landlords financially.
Read MoreLandlords enjoyed £86,600 buy-to-let bonanza last year
Landlords who sold a buy-to-let property last year made a capital gain of £86,660 on average in the UK and had owned it for just under nine years, it has been revealed.…
Read MoreIt’s grin up North
Buy-to-let’s a better bet in the North, says Joanne Christie and savvy agents are working hard to attract the investors.
Read MorePortfolio landlords struggle to get mortgages as PRA rules kick in, research shows
Nearly three quarters of landlords with multiple properties are finding it harder to get either mortgages or remortgage existing debt as the Prudential Regulation Authority’s second wave of mortgage rules kick in,…
Read MoreSmaller landlords are disappearing – is this what the Government wanted all along?
Growth in the buy-to-let sector this year has dropped dramatically as more amateur, smaller portfolio landlords have stopped buying properties or decided to leave the market, a report has claimed. The Kent…
Read MoreBuy-to-let damaged by govt’s tax and mortgage changes, says leading lender
The Prudential Regulation Authority’s changes last year to the UK’s lending rules for the buy-to-let sector have led to reduced activity in the market, leading lender Paragon has reported in its full-year…
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