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Landlords’ property hotspots revealed: Milton Keynes, Bristol and Manchester see surge in buy-to-let purchases as renters return to towns and cities Buy-to-let purchases in town and city centres were up 100% in 2021 Milton Keynes saw a whopping 667% increase in buy-to-let mortgage purchases Bristol and Manchester saw 4 times the number of mortgage completions  Analysis taken … Read more

My partner and I are in the process of buying our first buy-to-let property investment. Whilst arranging the mortgage, our broker asked if we had considered an interest-only deal. Apparently this is quite common in buy-to-let? Having looked at the figures, it would mean we would be paying only £190 a month. This is significantly … Read more

The cost of living crisis is likely to be felt for the majority of Britons this year.  Fuel and energy prices are up, as is almost every type of building material. Food prices are soaring, while second hand cars are 31 per cent more expensive than they were in April. But added to the misery … Read more

Bristol has been named the UK’s best city to be a buy-to-let landlord, thanks to its healthy house price growth and high proportion of renters.  Following closely behind Bristol, the prestigious university cities of Oxford and Cambridge were ranked second and third.  This was according to specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender Aldermore’s Buy-to-Let City Tracker, which … Read more

More than half of landlords that own less eco-friendly homes are considering selling them, due to growing concerns over the Government’s Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) requirements.  As many as 52 per cent of landlords who own a property with an EPC of D or worse have thought about selling some or all of their properties, … Read more

Many Britons had to ditch foreign holidays due to the pandemic and instead descended on mass to the UK’s tourist hotspots. But with the travel ‘red list’ being cut down to just a handful of destinations, going abroad is now easier than it has been for months. Those seeking to buy a holiday let in … Read more

UK renters are waiting 41 days on average for their landlords to fix serious issues such as damp, loss of heating and water leaks, new research has found. Housing disrepair is a major problem for both social and private renters across the country, with two thirds of tenants experiencing some sort of disrepair, according to … Read more

Britain’s landlords did not embrace the stamp duty holiday with fervour as feared, new research suggests.  The share of homes going to property investors edged up slightly, but not to the degree that some had suggested it would in a forecast rush to take advantage of lower tax rates. In fact, buy-to-let investors completed tens … Read more

Buy-to-let landlords can now bag mortgages with interest lower than 1 per cent, after two lenders slashed their rates. Those buying a home to live in have enjoyed super-low rates for some time, but this is the first time landlords have been able to get in on the action. The Mortgage Works, Nationwide’s buy-to-let arm, … Read more

More women than ever are becoming landlords, as their interest in property continues to outpace other investments such as stocks and shares and cryptocurrency.  Women now make up 48 per cent of the 2.6million buy-to-let landlords in the UK, according to analysis by London estate agent, Ludlow Thompson.  Whilst the number of male landlords increased … Read more