buy to let News

Property118.com has launched an e-petition advocating the compulsory licensing of Lettings Agents to protect both landlords and tenants. A simple compulsory licensing structure would offer greater protection both to tenants and to landlords

Buy to Let Mortgage Broker, Ascot Mortgages Ltd is offering Buy to Let Mortgages at 80% LTV from January 2012 which cater for all types of buy to let property investors, from first-time landlords right through to experienced property investors.

Local-Let is the region’s newest agency and sets itself apart not only by how it operates but also by its attitude. Jon Banks, one of Local-Let’s directors explains more….

BOURNECOAST Property Agents are delighted to announce that Keith Simmons MBE looks set to carry the Olympic Torch next year.

DORSET based property agents, Bournecoast, attended the Landlord Conference and Exhibition last month in Bournemouth at Dean Court.

DORSET based property agents, Bournecoast lift the lid on the term yield and what it means.

Preston Baker is the newest independent estate agency serving York, Selby and Leeds, founded by former Bairstow Eves franchisees

DORSET based Bournecoast Property Agents are delighted to have again secured a record level of tenancy sign ups last month

The city of Durham offers parents looking to invest in a buy-to-let property while their child is studying at university, the highest income return but it’s London that returns highest capital growth.

BOURNECOAST Property Agents are delighted that their predictions ten months ago have come to fruition.

The Serious Fraud Office recently confirmed that, with the collapse of the mortgage lending and property markets, buy-to-let scams have emerged to take advantage of the crisis.

DORSET property agents, Bournecoast have secured new premises

The UK’s leading independent cottage holiday company, Classic Cottages, has launched a new section on its website to assist prospective homeowners in making the right decision when buying-to-let a holiday home.

After years of regulation in the residential property market within the UK and EU, trade bodies are now said to be discussing how to pursue regulation on buy to let mortgages within the UK and the EU

BOURNECOAST Property Agents report that, according to their source, over 65% of young people who do not currently own their own home believe they have no prospect of getting on the property ladder.

Now is the time for investing in the Buy to Let Market.

If the current low interest rates are encouraging you to think of investing in a buy to let property, it may be worth considering a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO).

The demand for rental property has hit a 2 year high according to new figures published by Paragon Group.

Liquid Expat Mortgages and Marsden Building Society in an exclusive deal offering expat mortgages at great rates and the only expat 80% LTV UK buy to let mortgage on the market

Historically low interest rates, a slow house sales market meaning selling prices are depressed, and more tenants than ever before meaning rents are rising. Is now the time to get back into Buy-to-Let?

West End specialist estate agency, LDG’s lettings team are experiencing their busiest September since before the economic downturn, thanks to an increasing number of rental enquiries from both professionals and students.

These days is it really possible Build a property portfolio with no money or without having to get a mortgage or any finance? A property expert not only says it is, but he also reveals a few little known techniques for doing so..

The High street lenders have a very shallow appetite for buy to let mortgages despite good market fundamentals. Enness Private Clients discusses the market and provides ideas for arranging a Large Buy To Let Mortgage

According to a leading group of economists, interest rates in Britain will have to stay at their record low of 0.5% for the next four years - much longer than previously expected.

Buy to Let in Brighton & Hove has proved a secure long-term investment and attracted many new property investors, but the role of a Landlord is not always an easy one and it is important that Landlords choose their Letting Agent wisely.

As Capital Gains Tax is increased to 28 per-cent for high rate tax payers in the UK, opinion is divided on the effect this will have on the buy-to-let market.

Buy to let landlords and property investors often pay too much tax - or worse none at all - because property tax rules are so complicated - now Yardleystar Property has a solution that includes a free tax review

Great Bank Holiday buy to let mortgage deals from The Money Centre

An overview of public liability insurance for landlords and other insurance-related products for landlords.

The Managing Director of HomeLet John Boyle is welcoming the announcement by one of the UK’s biggest buy-to-let lenders that it has relaxed the criteria on its new mortgage deals.

After two years in the wilderness, UK buy to let mortgages are back as mortgage and property portal Obligo launches a new, market leading 80% loan to value buy to let mortgage with rates from just 4.69%

Property investors who have received a letter from the taxman asking for a call about unpaid tax on income from property letting need to speak to a property professional like Property Investment Expert.

Best selling property tax writer Steve Sims has launched a specialist tax service for landlords and property investors at his web Property-Investment-Expert.com.

Landlords are enjoying a period of relative prosperity, yet the mid-term prospects for the buy-to-let market are predicted to be very difficult, new research from landlords broker SimplyBusiness.co.uk reveals today.

A council employed six officers to enforce shared housing (HMO) licensing - and then found they were misinterpreting the legislation, according to research by the Communities and Local Government Department (CLG).

Property Investment Experts is a new online resource for landlords and property investors who need to keep up-to-the-minute with the latest issues like buy to let mortgages, property tax and landlord-tenant court cases.

To celebrate the successful launch of Landlord’s Insurance+ specialist insurers HomeLet are giving landlords the chance to win £500 of B&Q vouchers.

Leaseguard Ltd, Specialist Insurance Providers for the Buy-to-Let Industry, have launched their newly revamped website, www.leaseguard.co.uk.

Tenancy demand is ensuring that the buy-to-let sector is once again attractive to investors. This is evident at Welland Quarter, a new development in Market Harborough, which has attracted a number of residential investors since its launch.

As there are still numerous buy to let properties in the UK, it is vitally important to have the investment property suitable insured jml Property Insurance.co.uk has just added a dedicated buy to let section to it’s insurance website for Landlords

Young Index results for Q3 2009 from Young Group show that buy-to-let investors are no longer reviewing the mortgage market on a regular basis and intend to hold onto their assets for the long term.

Latest results from Young Group’s Young Index show the continuation of a rising trend; increasingly positive sentiment among buy-to-let landlords that property prices will stabilise and rise over the next 12 months.

Leaders are pleased to announce that they will be hosting an open day at their branch in Aldershot for landlords offering advice and information on all aspects of residential letting.

StatelyWealth is a complete Hotel & Leisure Management service programme for property investors, designed to innovate and automate the purchasing, managing, renting, leasing, and maintenance requirements of investment properties.

A new investment opportunity in Cabo Negro, providing a Hotel & Leisure Management service programme for property investors is designed to innovate and automate the purchasing, rental, management and maintenance of the properties.

The number of tenants defaulting on their rent is likely to soar following another rise in unemployment to a 12-year high of 2.26 million, the worst figure since the end of 1996.

What should you do as a landlord to ensure a healthy future for your buy to let portfolio in the current economic climate? Smartlandlord.co.uk, the property website for buy to let landlords, provides a checklist.

The UK ground to a halt this week as the result of a straining transport network brought to its knees by the heaviest snowfall in 18 years.

House price data for December 2008 issued today by the Land Registry indicates that UK house prices fell by 13.5% during 2008.

Keshav Thukaram, Managing Director of buy to let property services portal Smartlandlord.co.uk, responds to the UK's Council of Mortgage Lenders' 2009 market forecast.