Tag: Buy to let

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Buy to let rent arrears up 20%, say advice watchdogs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Tenants struggling to pay rent arrears to buy to let landlords have rocketed by 20% in a year, according to...

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Rents set to keep on rising, say letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Letting agents expect buy to let rents to keep edging higher as more tenants snap up the few available rental...

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A tenant’s human rights can stop an eviction, rules a court

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 3

Private landlords may have to bear in mind their tenant’s human rights before they can evict them, according to the...

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Buy to let landlords can prosper from homes crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 2

England faces a worsening housing crisis as house building is drastically out of pace with the demand for new homes. ...

Running a buy to let business as a limited company

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 18

Buy to let landlords making big rental profits and looking to save tax often flirt with the idea of running...

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Landlords lose out by paying cash-in-the-hand

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Paying tradesmen for cash in the hand jobs seems like a good idea at the time – but ends up...

Paragon plans to lend £1 billion to buy to let professionals

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 1

Buy to let specialist lender Paragon Mortgages has announced a 32% rise in profits as the firm looks to reassert...

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CML reports that buy to let mortgage lending is up 12%

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let lending has risen by 12% supported by ongoing demand for rental property fuelled by potential homeowners who...

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Platform signals new fixed rate buy to let deals

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The Co-op Bank’s buy to let lending arm, Platform Mortgages, has a new range of fixed rate deals for property...

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I’m a landlord – get my problem tenant out of here!

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 4

A 5,000-signature petition demanding changes in the law to speed up the eviction of problem tenants from buy to let...

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Buy to let rentals up for ninth month in a row

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let rentals have gone up for the ninth month in a row to hit a new record high...

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Investing in commercial property

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Commercial property investment is much like sinking cash in to buy to let homes to rent – as a landlord...

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Buy to let rents break through the £700 barrier

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents have shattered the £700 per month barrier and are on track to surpass the previous record...

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£500 million cost for buy to let fire safety is ‘too much’

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 2

A proposed new law requiring buy to let landlords to provide a wired-in fire alarm in their rental property has...

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CML admits mortgage lending has sunk to a 10 year low

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

At last some truths about mortgage lending are starting to emerge from the smoke and mirrors propaganda billowing out from...

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It’s a buyer’s market for landlords with cash to invest

Author: Mark Alexander

24th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Property investors may find the next few months an ideal time to buy reasonably priced property as buyer confidence slips...

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Experian launch a new credit tool to help lenders reduce buy to let mortgage fraud

Author: Mark Alexander

24th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Banks, building societies and finance houses not only share repayment information about their customers, but can now also receive insight...

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One in three landlords want to buy more homes to let

Author: Mark Alexander

24th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Almost a third of buy to let landlords would like to add more letting homes to their portfolios to expand...

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Revealed! Who Really Owns Britain

Author: Mark Alexander

24th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Despite more than a century of social change aimed at redistributing the wealth of the nation more fairly, most of...

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Platform derails mortgage lending for buy to let

Author: Mark Alexander

17th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let lender Platform Mortgages has signalled a lack of confidence in the market by more or less stopping...