UK Mortgage & Property Related News
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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Tom Entwistle gives his tips on surviving and thriving in the buy-to-let business after the new bill becomes law.
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It’s a strange conundrum. While it might seem logical to try to get more landlords competing to drive down renting costs, it seems like the new government is happy to make things more difficult for landlords
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Although the Bank of England has held its base rate steady, lenders are getting ahead of the competition leading to falling buy-to-let mortgage rates.
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Some 45% of first time buyers have to pay both rent and mortgage payments at the same time because they cannot align the end of their rental contract with the purchase of their new home.
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The leader of tenant activist group Generation Rent has renewed calls for the Labour government to introduce rent controls.
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It’s a tough time for landlords, with new legislations, CGT tax rises, incorporation challenges, EPC requirements, The Renters Rights Bill and mounting financial pressures, there’s no surprise that many landlords are looking to sell.
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A landlord in Colchester has been handed a £5,000 civil penalty notice for failing to license his unsafe HMO.
Following a complaint made one of the tenants, the council’s private sector housing team discovered that a family of four and two unrelated men were living in a four-bedroom flat.
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Higher borrowing costs, a reduction in tax relief on additional homes, plus more stringent requirements for landlords under the new Renters’ Rights Bill, are combining to take much of the shine off buy-to-let as an investment.
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The huge imbalance between supply and demand in the private rental sector will continue into 2025, says Zoopla.
It says that the demand for rented housing has slowed as one -ff pandemic factors start to fade and lower mortgage rates help some renters buy their first home.
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