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KEYWORD "Rental Yields" - 71 RESULTS
Rental yields up to 7.8% in parts of capital city

Edinburgh-based property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2024. The...

29 August 2024

From: Breaking News

Buy To Let yields rise for HMOs and company landlords

Landlords generated average rental yields of 6.3% in the second quarter of the year, research for Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report...

09 August 2024

From: Breaking News

Rents rising in most areas as high interest rates hit long-term supply

Asking rents continue to show posi­tive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...

15 July 2024

From: Breaking News

Politicians should realise how rent controls force landlords out - call

The pressure on rents for new tenancies in Scotland’s private rented sector have started to ease with all major cities now...

10 May 2024

From: Breaking News

Good News - buy to let yields at their highest for six years

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

03 May 2024

From: Breaking News

Buy To Let property profile changes as landlords diversify

Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook.  In both 2022 and 2023,...

12 April 2024

From: Breaking News

Top 10 Hotspots for portfolio buy to let investors

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

10 April 2024

From: Breaking News

Top agency insists rental sector negativity is exaggerated

Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...

31 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Cut-price properties tempting investment buyers, says accountancy chief

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

27 September 2023

From: Breaking News

Rebranded agency says students now drive the lettings market

Investors looking to add to their portfolios in 2023 should be urged to consider student housing opportunities, according to a Newcastle...

05 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Yields rise in areas where rents outstrip capital appreciation

Rental yields have increased by as much as 2.5 per cent in the past year as rent values outperform house prices.  The...

22 February 2023

From: Breaking News

Investing in 2023? New buy to let hotspots identified in survey

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

23 December 2022

From: Breaking News

Warning to buy to let sector - yields are set to drop

The current higher interest rate environment and the temporary mortgage product withdrawals after the mini Budget will hurt future rental yields,...

21 October 2022

From: Breaking News

Rental market to outperform sales for years to come - new analysis

New long-term analysis by Hamptons says rental growth will cool over the coming years but will still outperform house prices between...

02 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Tenants demand better quality and bigger HMOs, survey shows

Tenants are demanding better quality HMOs according to new research from specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank. The bank’s survey of...

18 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Corporate investors side-stepping tax set to move into rental sector

A leading market analysis suggests that the private rental sector may be set to benefit from large scale corporate investors seeking...

16 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Yields dip but forecast remains for strong demand through 2022

Annual rental yields in England and Wales have dipped but tenant demand is set to stay strong for the rest of...

21 April 2022

From: Breaking News

They’re back: Parents are buying buy-to-lets for student offspring

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

11 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Research shows best university locations for buy to let investment

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

30 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Revealed: What landlords are thinking, saying and planning right now

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...

25 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Another warning to John Lewis and Lloyds - stay out of rental sector

Last week the tax firm Blick Rothenberg advised John Lewis and Lloyds Bank to stay out of the private rental sector...

20 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Work-from-home locations where agency says rental market is red hot

The Leaders Romans Group has identified four locations which it says have come into their own since the working-from-home craze started...

24 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Manchester next stop for agency specialising in investment property

An agency which has for the past 11 years specialised in south west London is now expanding with a new office...

07 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Buy to let optimism shown by larger mortgages, claims finance house

The popularity of buy to let mortgage products offering exclusive rates for higher value loans is a sign of optimism in...

31 March 2021

From: Breaking News

PropTech service claims agents win ‘competitive edge’ thanks to data

A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...

22 February 2021

From: Breaking News

Revealed - where to find the best yields, according to Zoopla

Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields.  The analysis is based on rental returns...

10 September 2020

From: Breaking News

 Still possible to get strong buy to let rental yields - and here’s where…

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

23 June 2020

From: Breaking News

Revealed: the optimum property type for the best buy to let yield

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...

21 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

06 February 2020

From: 60 Second Interview

Brexit doubts means tenants get lavish extras says trade group

A lettings sector trade group says lavish additional services are being offered by landlords who are nervous that Brexit will lead...

27 January 2020

From: Breaking News

Top cities for buy to let revealed by new market tracker

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

10 December 2019

From: Breaking News

Battered and Bruised: but a few buy to let investors remain optimistic

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

30 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Revealed: the 10 key locations for buy to let investors in 2020

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

18 October 2019

From: Breaking News

 Best Yields, Best Returns - HMOs prosper in volatile lettings market

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...

11 September 2019

From: Breaking News

Lettings sector confidence plunges to historic low

Landlords’ confidence in the success of their own businesses has plunged in recent months.  Only 29 per cent of landlords have positive expectations...

27 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Strong short-let rental yields revealed in northern cities

London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...

27 August 2019

From: Breaking News

London agency steers wealthy landlords towards north of England

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

01 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Yields stable as rental market settles down for summer

There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...

02 July 2019

From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors cashing out are key to fate of sales market - claim

A leading housing market analyst says the sales market is increasingly determined by the acts of buy to let and other...

14 June 2019

From: Breaking News

Buy to let yield ‘could be 16% if investors analysed key data’

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors could earn in excess of double the eight per cent yield most aim...

08 April 2019

From: Breaking News

London rents set to increase next year as supply diminishes

Rent increases seen in London this year are likely to continue in 2019 because of the diminishing supply of homes to...

05 December 2018

From: Breaking News

Revealed: where to find the highest buy to let rental yields

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...

03 December 2018

From: Breaking News

London lettings market will recover - but it'll take two years at least

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...

03 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Yield of Dreams: research reveals the highest buy to let returns

A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...

29 June 2018

From: Breaking News

Go Figure: GoCompare says London is UK's second best buy to let city

We’re all for an optimistic interpretation of events but a new tool from comparison website GoCompare lists the UK’s top buy...

28 June 2018

From: Breaking News

Revealed: Britain's best and worst yields for buy to let

An analysis of over 580,000 properties has produced a league table of Britain’s best and worst buy to let postcodes in...

18 June 2018

From: Breaking News

Midlands and north of England come out top for buy to let yields

Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance.  Both cities enjoy average rental...

29 January 2018

From: Breaking News

Buy to let slowdown may threaten house prices - claim

A pullback in the buy to let market is threatening to reduce sale prices further in London and parts of the...

18 December 2017

From: Breaking News

Rental yields - London and SE fail to break into top 25 postcodes

A survey has been undertaken of the top 25 UK postcodes in terms of yields for investors - and London and...

17 November 2017

From: Breaking News

Buy To Let lender targeting Airbnb and holiday lets investors

The specialist property investment lender Together is diversifying its product range to cater for investors who want to let out their...

31 October 2017

From: Breaking News

'Top Slicing' mortgages may allow more lettings sector borrowing

Consumer organisation Which? says a handful of buy to let mortgage lenders have found a way of helping so-called ‘portfolio landlords’...

24 October 2017

From: Breaking News

Confidence ebbing away in private rental sector, says trade body

Buy to let investors are losing confidence in their ability to rely on steady rental yields, according to recent figures from...

08 August 2017

From: Breaking News

Build To Rent on the march in major Scottish cities

Purpose-built and professionally-managed Build To Rent - until now seen as a primarily London phenomenon - appears on the march in Scotland...

12 July 2017

From: Breaking News

BTL index: Nothing to choose between Tory and Labour-voting regions

The top ten buy-to-let postcodes in England and Wales are evenly split between locations that voted for the Conservatives or Labour. Luton...

16 June 2017

From: Breaking News

Half of buy to let investors vague on cost of mortgage interest change

Almost half of the investors in the private rental sector do not know what the changes in mortgage relief will cost...

10 May 2017

From: Breaking News

Online agency claims Manchester is magnet for buy to let investors

Upad, which claims to be Britain's larges online lettings agency, says Manchester has seen a 100 per cent increase in buy to...

09 March 2017

From: Breaking News

Sub-let 'agency' markets rental homes on portals and Airbnb

A new form of agency which wants to blend traditional letting with Airbnb-style short lets has launched in London.    Lavanda claims it...

21 February 2017

From: Breaking News

Renting may be financially more worthwhile than previously thought

New research claims that the financial benefits of renting rather than owning may have been under-rated.   A financial researcher at the University...

12 January 2017

From: Breaking News

Agents' figures show London's rents dipping over the Brexit period

Data from London agency Portico suggests rents dipped 1.7 per cent during the May to July period, covering six weeks leading up...

04 August 2016

From: Breaking News

Property investment specialists analyse coastal buy to let potential

Property investment specialists at online consultancy LendInvest have analysed coastal towns across England and Wales for their buy to let potential...

24 June 2016

From: Breaking News

Buy to let index reveals biggest returns now lie far beyond London and SE

A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...

13 May 2016

From: Breaking News

Revealed: where to find Britain's highest rental yields (apparently)

A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...

09 May 2016

From: Breaking News

New figures confirm rush to beat buy to let stamp duty surcharge

There is more evidence that the buy to let sector has experienced a surge of activity as investors rush to complete...

09 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Returns from buy to let investment at their highest for over a year

Returns from buy to let properties have risen to their highest level in over a year.  Data from Your Move and Reeds...

19 February 2016

From: Breaking News

North west England is highest yielding region for buy to let

Peer-to-peer lender Lendinvest, using data from Zoopla and the Land Registry, says Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Coventry and Oldham produce the highest...

16 December 2015

From: Breaking News

Country agency asks: are Tories restricting supply of rural homes to let?

The rural agency team at Bidwells says it is concerned the Conservative government may - by accident or design - be...

15 December 2015

From: Breaking News

Yields and appreciation make investors nearly 10% annually say agents

Buy to let investors in England and Wales have seen their returns rise to around 10 per cent in the past...

20 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Lettings guru takes a pop at Zoopla's university lettings guide

A row has broken out between one of the north east’s most prominent letting agents and Zoopla over the worst place...

21 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Pensioner buy-to-let hotspots revealed

Brandon in Suffolk is the most profitable location for pensioners to invest in buy-to-let property with an average yield of 8.59%. This...

25 August 2015

From: Breaking News

HMO investment surge in the North West

There has been a huge increase in the number of investors acquiring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in the North West...

24 August 2015

From: Breaking News

Letter from the Publisher: Are brownfield sites the solution to the UK’s housing shortage?

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...

15 May 2015

From: Features

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