Average Rental Prices Drop As Yields Remain Steady New data published by Your Move and Reeds Rains shows that average monthly rental prices in England and Wales have fallen on a monthly basis for the first time since March 2015, with the average national monthly rental price down by 0.1% in August, dropping from £804 [...]

UK Property Demand Reaches 11 Year High The number of people wanting to purchase properties in the UK has hit its highest level for over a decade thanks to record low mortgage deals, low interest rates, decent rental yields and pension reforms opening up investment opportunities for the British public According to data published by [...]

Separate Indices Report PRS Rental Prices Reach Record Highs As Well As Falling Rents There are conflicting reports being circulated by leading property specialists regarding the amount of rent being charged in the UK’s private rented sector (PRS) during October 2014. According to the latest buy to let index data published by LSL Property Services, [...]

Great Time For Buy-To-Let Investment As UK Property Price Increases Greater Than Fixed Rate ISA’s More UK investors are choosing to purchase buy-to-let property rather than saving money with an ISA because the returns are far better. UK property prices have risen by 11% year on year compared to the best fixed rate ISA offered by banks [...]

Average private rental sector (PRS) rents hardly changed since May 2013 The latest buy-to-let index from LSL Property Services shows that growth in buy-to-let landlord rental income has dropped below the inflation rate, for the first time in 5 years, despite the continued strong tenant demand. The LSL buy-to-let index shows that PRS rents have [...]

Buy-to-let remortgages eclipse property purchase borrowing Buy-to-let remortgages have witnessed a huge surge in demand during the second quarter of 2013, as existing landlords refinance to raise capital for further rental property purchases. Remortgaging activity has eclipsed all other types of mortgage transactions covering multiple property types, other than granting new mortgages for buy-to-let property [...]

Landlords Want Long Term Rental Tenants In the UK long term property renting has become more of a necessity for those who cannot afford to buy a home of their own. Millions of Britons have already resigned themselves to never owning their own home as they become more comfortable with the prospect of long term [...]

Property investors are being urged to thorough research in order to be very selective about the areas they choose to purchase investment property in during 2012. Poor returns from savings and the continuing strong demand for rental property will be the driving factors behind an increase in property investment in the UK buy to let [...]