For a while I’ve been warning on this site that despite mixed signs now is probably not the right time to invest in buy to let. My reasoning has been based on a couple of simple points that you can summarize basically into two worries that have made me reluctant to recommend getting back into [...]
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Is Buy to Let About to Improve?
After a long and hard fall in property prices and returns on buy to let investments, many landlords and prospective investors are desperate for any sign that property markets are about to turn. The signs have been mixed as I outlined in an earlier post – Is now the time to invest in Buy to [...]
Buy to Let Returns Will be Hit by Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
The new government’s decision to increase capital gains tax will have a fundamental impact on the returns that buy to let investors can expect to make. This should force any existing investor to reassess their portfolio and also prompt all potential landlords to carefully calculate the impact. The new government plans to increase capital gains [...]
Buy to Let Investing in East London for Higher Yields
Investors in many of London’s Eastern villages were among those that got their fingers burn worst in the recent downturn. Many had bought flats off plan hoping to cash in on demand from people working in Canary Wharf and the City. They also hoped that otherwise quite down and out little villages such as Woolwich [...]
Why Buy to Let Crashed – And Why it May Crash Again
Here’s a little video illustrating the problems that were in the buy to let and housing markets and that seem to be making their way back into it:
Is Now the Right Time to Invest in Buy-to-Let Properties?
The buy to let property market has endured a brutal downturn. It may still have further to fall before it is safe for landlords to start investing in residential property again.
New Rules May Slam Student Buy to Let
Student buy to let has been one of the better areas in which to make property investments in the UK in recent years. Not only do student lets offer higher rental yields than lets to families, but they have also often required lower capital spending. In today’s tough market conditions it has proved to be [...]
Even More Signs of Revival in Rental Markets
Trying to read rental market and predict it is a bit like trying to read tea leaves. There are so many moving parts that keep shifting, each of which could have a big impact on the rents (and thus rental yield) that you can achieve. The latest research out from the Association of Residential Letting [...]
Further Signs of Revival in the Buy to Let Property Market
The past few weeks have seen several encouraging signs of a revival in the buy to let property market. One came from British Land Plc, a large investor that usually puts its money into office towers and big shopping centres. It recently agreed to manage a £300 million residential property fund that will invest in [...]