There has been a surge in house-buying activity by landlords. Independent research commissioned by specialist buy-to-let lender Paragon Mortgages has revealed that in the first quarter of this year, landlords increased their portfolio size from an average of nine to [...]
Housing Benefit cuts are threatening the buy-to-let market’s resurgence as more than half of landlords can no longer afford to rent to tenants reliant on local housing allowance (LHA). LHA was cut a year ago, with new caps on weekly [...]
The first rental yield league table of 2012 has revealed that landlords in the North-West are achieving the highest average rental yields. Research commissioned by specialist buy-to-let lender Paragon Mortgages shows that landlords in the North-West are enjoying a yield [...]
Student accommodation is already big business and the number of international students heading to the UK is set to increase faster than anywhere else in the world outside of Australia. A recent British Council study revealed that international student numbers [...]
This is the view of the Association of Investment Companies which surveyed property managers for their views on the outlook for the sector. Income is a strong pull for the sector with yields currently averaging 6.3%, but returns have been positive [...]
Global investment in real estate is holding up well despite the economic growth concerns with transaction volumes up 36% in the third quarter of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010.
Property investors have committed nearly £348 million to the student accommodation sector in the UK since the beginning of 2011, new research has revealed. The resilient sector provides a guaranteed long term income stream and is generating attractive yields of [...]
A growing number of parents are planning to invest in a buy to let property to rent out to other students to help cover the cost of their own child’s higher education according to new figures from HSBC.
Today Westgate Estates hosted their very own property auction for the first time. The day was set to be a disaster when early in the morning the venue was discovered to be inaccessible, although credit to the team at The [...]
