buy to let News

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.

Despite the credit crunch, the lettings market is strong and landlords should remain calm and confident, say haart estate agents.

The downward turn of LIBOR is good news for the residential and buy to let mortgage industry, although there is still a long way to go before market liquidity really frees up.

Smartlandlord.co.uk welcomes the publication of the Review of the Private-Rented Sector (PRS) written by Dr Julie Rugg and David Rhodes as good news for landlords.

Letting site takes off Two pilots are behind a new web site, launched two weeks ago which concentrates solely on property lettings. The Lettingsite.co.uk features thousands of residential and commercial properties and is completely free for agents.

It is widely predicted that the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will hold the base rate steady at 5.00% when it announces the outcome of its deliberations on 7 August.

Scheduled price rises in property developments are often just a gimmick used by developers to motivate buyers to move quickly.

Property across Scotland is letting faster than at any time in recent years with continuing high tenant demand, according to latest research by Scotland’s leading online letting portal Citylets.

Foster & Partners has unveiled initial plans for the City Pride site, bordering The Landmark, Canary Wharf. Proposals include a 200 bed 5-star hotel, more than 400 luxury flats and restaurants.

Interest in the Germany from visitors to TheMoveChannel.com has soared over the last month, with the sleeping giant of Europe's property market breaking into the top five of our Top of the Props chart for the first time in over a year.

International investors that move quickly to buy property in Brazil are enjoying a significant uplift on prices, thanks to the double whammy effect of a strengthening currency and steadily rising costs of construction.

Following a pre-launch period where early investors can enjoy a discount of 8%, prices on the Porches development currently being marketing by E-Quity are set to rise on the 6th July.

Leading buy to let mortgage broker Let Property Strategies Limited has this week relaunched its specialist website at www.letpropertystrategies.co.uk

Clear Property Investment, an industry leader in buy-to-let property investment, unveil new website and plans to expand their business onto the high street

Recent economic stability and changes in lending laws are, for the first time, making it possible for the country’s working class to buy their own homes.

A land of beauty, with its lagoons, mountains and beaches, Santa Catarina combines the buzz of modern life with the serenity of Mother Nature. But is this sunshine state a natural successor to São Paulo when it comes to property investment?

Buy to Let in Portugal to meet the ever growing self catering holiday rental market. Online rental bookings are set to grow as a result of the current economic situation.

The city of Joinville, in Santa Catarina, Brazil, is a regional powerhouse that contributes a high proportion of the economic output to one of the country’s wealthiest regions.

Mortgages for Business, the leading specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning landlords almost all buy to let products in the marketplace are now priced above a ‘psychological’ 6%.

Below market value property, strong rental yield driven by genuine tenant demand, an area of high employment with good prospects for long term capital growth and a typical landlord’s insurance policy to give added protection.

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

Ads Property and Finance, Mortgage broker and provider of residential and commercial loans in UK is now offering best rate deals on Remortgages in UK.

Ads Property and Finance, Mortgage broker and provider of residential and commercial loans in UK is now offering best rate deals on Remortgages in UK.

Renovated properties and deposit size are affected

Ads Property and Finance, independent Mortgage broker and provider of secured and unsecured loans in UK have launched a new Mortgage and loan website to boost sales in slowing property market.

Independent mortgage broker ADS Property and Finance has teamed up with leading Mortgage lenders in UK to promote residential and commercial mortgages online via dedicated mortgage website

ADS Property and Finance, London based mortgage broker have launched a new mortgage website allowing first time buyers and buy to let mortgage customers to apply online.

ADS Property and Finance, Mortgage brokers in London have launched an online Mortgage and loan application service allowing both residential Mortgage as well as commercial Mortgage customers in UK to apply online.

New website, Property Investment Unleashed, aims to give property investors all they need on one site, including the latest worldwide property related news, a free interactive forum, investment guides and property investment opportunities.

As widely predicted, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) today announced that the base rate will remain at 5.25% during March.

As a result of Erinaceous Insurance Services Ltd the owners of HomeLet rental insurance purchasing Letsure in 2007, you can no longer buy Letsure on line, but HomeLet rental insurance instead via jml insurance

Free ebook from Webooks.co.uk: “How to Buy and Let a Holiday Cottage”, is a step-by-step guide to purchasing, marketing and letting a holiday home.

Free ebook from Webooks offers information to those planning to invest in buy-to-let property in France. Users can access the full text of “Buy to Let in France”, a step-by-step guide to purchasing, marketing and letting a property in France.

Free online ebook from www.Webooks.co.uk. 'The New Landlord's Guide to Letting' offers step-by-step advice to help budding landlords make the most of their investment.

More than one third of UK landlords are still unaware of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), according to an independent survey commissioned by The Money Centre, one of the country’s largest independent buy-to-let mortgage brokers.

One of the latest European hot spot for investments in the property game is the vastly overlooked Ukraine. Ukraine in Eastern Europe doesn’t attract a fraction of the attention it surely will in future years. Is now the time to invest in Ukraine?

The old jml Property Insurance web site created in 2002 was looking dated, so a brand new easy to use site was added in May 2007

A slow down in the housing market over the summer has proved a boon for buy-to-let investors looking to purchase property below market value from homeowners in a rush to sell, according to The Money Centre

Learn the secrets of buy to let from the experts in Northampton

Free Property Investment Workshops hosted by The Money Centre

Learn to earn from property investment: Free buy to let workshop visits Nottingham

Landlord survey shows rate rises fail to dent confidence in the UK buy to let market

Letting experts Citylets’ most recent data shows that landlords are not passing on increased costs to tenants, despite rises in UK interest rates.

Barclays Woolwich announce the launch of a new buy to let 'fix and track' mortgage to help beat swap rate volatility

As students finish their exams or take a break for the summer holidays, many landlords have to cope with their property becoming unoccupied for a number months until the new term begins.