LETTING & ESTATE AGENT
More needs to be done to focus on improving renting rather than obsessing over property ownership, according to a specialist provider of retirement rental properties for the over 55s.
New research claims that the financial benefits of renting rather than owning may have been under-rated.
Asking rents rose 3.0 per cent outside of London in 2016 - but will rise 4.0 per cent in 2017.
If rental yields form a crucial part of your property investment strategy in 2017, look no further than the North West of England, according to Rightmove.
Buy-to-let lending returned to some form of normality during the fourth quarter of 2016, according to fresh lending figures.
Annual rental price growth slowed to just 1.7% in December, which was less than half the 3.8% increase recorded in December 2015, according to HomeLet's latest Rental Index.
The average rent paid for a residential property in the UK outside London hit £750 in December, rising by 2.04 per cent on average over 2016.
Buy-to-let mortgage rates are expected to fall in 2017 for ordinary landlords, but get more expensive for professionals with larger portfolios, according to a leading mortgage broker.
There is yet more evidence that an increasing number of buy to let investors are setting up companies to offset the worst impact of changes to mortgage interest tax relief.
Halifax is offering £500 cashback to buy-to-let borrowers, as well as homemovers, first-time buyers and customers remortgaging from their current lender on qualifying mortgages.
No fewer than 60 per cent of buy to let investors say they believe they will be hit by forthcoming changes to mortgage interest tax relief and mortgage lending affordability rules.
As we embrace the New Year, property coach and landlord Hazel De Kloe, discusses the changes landlords should expect in the next 12 months.
