Landlords continue to exit UK market with the another 151,000 sales of buy-to-lets and holiday homes in a year
Landlords continue to exit the UK property market, with the sale of another 151,000 buy-to-let and holiday homes in the…
The best of times or the worst of times? The future for buy to let – Stimson
“The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there”, wrote L.P. Hartley in The Go Between. Perhaps…
Buy-to-let mortgage affordability – a guide for landlords
Buy-to-let mortgage affordability stress test A stress test is designed to make sure that you can continue to pay your…
‘Want to be a landlord with fewer than 10 properties? Don’t bother’
Even though the sales market is stagnant, he says the rental market is “absolutely on fire” and high-quality properties can…
Limited company buy-to-lets: are they better?
The short answer is: it depends. There’s lots of things to factor in: how many other properties you own, how…
Converting a residential mortgage to buy-to-let
You’ll have to get permission from your lender to do this. If you don’t change your mortgage, you risk invalidating…
The difference between a buy-to-let and a residential mortgage
For almost all buy-to-let mortgages: 1. Your mortgage payments will usually be interest-only, with a bill for the total loan…
Crunch time for student buy-to-lets
Renting properties to students has been a good business for Rakesh Parmar. He has a full-time job as an IT…
I hate landlords. Now I’m becoming one
My hatred for landlords has never been personal. Sure, some of them were shoddy, overcharged me on utilities and left…
Buy To Let Mortgage Market Booms
The actual value of the buy-to-let mortgages equates to approximately £41.3 billion, showing a significant level of investment in buy-to-let.…