UK Mortgage & Property Related News
Landlords are opting to set up buy-to-let companies in record numbers as they race to benefit from better tax rates, says Hamptons.
Limited companies help investors to make their buy-to-let businesses more profitable.
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Despite a challenging rental market, buy-to-let properties in England and Wales are delivering their highest average gross yields in nearly a decade.
According to research by Hamptons, the average gross rental yield on a newly purchased buy-to-let in England and Wales has reached 7.2%.
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Landlords may be having jitters about investing in new properties ahead of potential Capital Gains Tax rate hikes and new EPC regulations.
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A prominent industry analyst has hit out at the Renters Rights Bill, saying it is an attack on the “entire UK property market.”
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Street by street surveys are underway in London by a council that wants to catch out landlords who have forgotten or avoided buying a license.
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The number of tenanted properties being listed on the sales market has fallen by nearly -20% since the end of June, suggesting that the Renters’ Rights Bill has not yet resulted in a landlord exodus.
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The number of buy-to-let (BTL) property purchases in the UK fell 25 per cent from 240,800 in 2022/23 to 192,100 in the year ended March 31, 2024.
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Two-thirds of buy-to-let (BTL) landlords have said they feel optimistic about the future of their property investments when it comes to both capital growth and rental returns, a survey from a lender found.
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Unions are calling on ministers to undo “years of damage to the housing sector” by the previous Conservative government and honour its pledge to tackle the housing emergency by introducing a form of rent cap.
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Jamie Fraser, 56, has been a landlord for 27 years but has recently started selling off his portfolio of properties, ahead of the changes that the Labour Party is likely to bring in at the end of this month.
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