LETTING & ESTATE AGENT
We are pleased to announce that following the government’s guidance on moving home during the coronavirus pandemic, our branches in England have now re-opened for pre-booked appointments, and our branches in Scotland in Wales will start re-opening their doors over the coming days. Health and safety remains our main priority, and in line with government’s advice, a number of strict measures have been put in place to protect our staff and customers. Visit our branch page to find contact details for your local office.
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The total housing wealth owned by UK landlords has increased substantially over the past five years, underlining why bricks and mortar remains a safe haven for thousands of buy-to-let investors.
Paragon Bank, one of the country's leading specialist buy to let mortgages houses, almost halved its lending to landlords in the last three months of 2016.
Gross mortgage lending reached a remarkable £246 billion in 2016 - that's 12 per cent higher than the previous year and the highest annual gross lending figure since the economic downturn began in 2008.
The private rented sector has been given a welcome boost in thanks to new research that suggests most tenants with renting for the foreseeable future.
The latest HM Revenue and Customs figures show that there were 1.23 million property transactions in 2016, the highest figure recorded since 2007.
The housing market ended 2016 on a positive note, according to the latest report from the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA).
The Bank of England's decision to keep the base interest rate at the record low of 0.25% has kept buy-to-let headline mortgage rates steady.
Buy-to-let mortgage rates were largely unaffected by a sharp increase in swap rates in the final quarter of 2016, but this is unlikely to remain the case in 2017.
The trend for long-term renting continues to gather pace, according to research from the Deposit Protection Service (DPS).
The cost of private rented housing is roughly mirroring changes in earnings across England - but in the social rented sector rents have increased faster than wages.
