Private landlords are well used to coming under pressure about the rise in rents in the South East and London, but now the focus is in on north of the border in Scotland. New figures show that rents in Scotland reached an all-time high of £672 in the three months […]
Landlord mortgages may cost more
Landlords may find arranging a buy to let mortgage more expensive as an upheaval in the way financial advisers are paid threatens to ban lenders paying commission or other inducements to recommend a loan.
Private landlord finds unusual way to solve damage by tenant problem
Private landlords Jax Ayton and her husband David, from Darlington, were horrified to find their property had been trashed by a past tenant and stripped bare by thieves. Left uninhabitable after the tenant had knocked holes in the wall, burned down the garage and left animal mess everywhere, the Ayton’s […]
Buy-To-Let repossessions fall
Figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CHL) last week reports that repossessions across the mortgage industry had fallen to their lowest level since the financial crisis. This includes the buy-to-let sector, where arrears and repossessions have also dropped. CHL said that quicker turnaround times when dealing with maintenance […]
Private landlords evade £550m tax
Private landlords are evading up to £550 million in tax on rents every year, according to official figures.
Property is pension for private landlords
Private landlords see their buy to let properties as retirement savings and plan to live off the income generated from their investments.
Student hall fees double in a decade
The cost of living in student halls has doubled in a decade and is threatening to price some students out of a university education.
Buy to let lending grows, but no boom
Lenders are advancing more buy to let mortgages worth more money to landlords – but the market is still running at around a third of the level of the boom years before recession hit.
Odd things tenants want from landlords
Landlords and letting agents are used to running around to deal with odd requests from tenants, but some just fail to understand that property professionals are not their servants.
New landlord lender kicks off first deal
New buy to let lender Cambridge and Counties Bank’s first buy-to-let has hit the market.
