A survey of landlords conducted by Paragon Mortgages found that the average yield across their rental portfolio had increased slightly from 6.1% in Q1 to 6.2% in Q2. Encouragingly the survey also found that...
According to LSL’s latest Buy-to-Let Index, the average residential rent across England and Wales is now 1.4% higher than in June 2013 which is below the rate of inflation (CPI of 1.9%) for the thirteenth...
80% of landlords are worried about the new immigration legislation which comes into force in October 2014. These are the findings of a study conducted by The Online Letting Agents. Such worries could lead...
A new survey conducted by Ocean Finance has revealed that half of tenants in the UK feel that they have been ripped off by either a private sector landlord or letting agent. The main...
The new national campaign against selective licensing schemes is to seek a legal opinion on the issue of tenants’ legal rights to the peaceful enjoyment of their property. The launch comes as Liverpool city...
According to tenant eviction and rent recovery firm Landlord Assist, imposing lending restrictions on the buy to let mortgage market in the UK could have damaging consequences for landlords and the supply of rental...
The private rented sector in Wales is to experience massive changes after the Housing Wales (Bill) was approved this week. Landlords and letting agents will not only have to be registered, but if they...
An all-party parliamentary group of MPs has said that bad landlords should be subject to a nationwide ban. In addition, the group said that the introduction of a national landlord register should also be...
New figures release from the May 2014 HomeLet Rental Index show that average UK private home rents have increased 7.5% in the last 12 months, whereas national average earnings are rising at 1.7%. The...
Gross yields on standard buy to let properties have dropped to 6.3% in the second quarter according to the latest Mortgages for Business Complex Buy to Let Index. This is causing landlords to look...