Landlord

Oxford is the best city for BTL investors

If you’re among the Buy-to-Let investors who are seeking to grow their portfolio of UK rental properties, you might be interested to know that new research suggests Oxford could be the best location for your plans. When comparing the rental market across the UK’s various cities, a combination of key performance indicators point to the southern city as delivering the best yield and longer-term returns for Private Rental Sector (PRS) investors.

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Rent Guarantor Jan 08, 2020

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Short-term let market remains popular in London

With short-term let’s still a popular option with property investors and landlords, particularly in London, it appears that the market is opening up more completely to include business travellers, rather than just recreational visitors. Building on success across Europe and the US a new firm is targeting London as one of the next cities in which it will provide property as a service for those travelling abroad for work for extended periods.

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Rent Guarantor Jan 06, 2020

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Build-to-Rent popularity continues to grow

The UK’s Build-to-Rent (BTR) sector has gone from strength-to-strength in recent years. After gaining some £2 billion of investment to the UK in the first nine months of 2019 alone, to bring the five-year total invested in it to £10.6 billion, it appears that even more investors are keen to get in on the action.

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Rent Guarantor Jan 03, 2020

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PBSA market seen positive for investors in 2020

The outlook for the UK’s Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) industry is strong for 2020, with a number of details supportive of growth. According to global property management business JLL, the combination of demand for higher education being on the rise, the UK’s deserving reputation for excellence in this area, along with the income earning potential of this property niche, its prospects are positive for students and investors.

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Rent Guarantor Dec 30, 2019

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RLA calls for landlord repossession process reforms

The UK Government should take the time to make meaningful reforms to the Private Rental Sector, (PRS) including the creation of a new housing court to help ensure landlords can pursue eviction proceedings in a timely and organised manner, once Section 21 repossessions are no longer an option. Steps must be taken, not only to ensure tenants are protected and treated fairly but also that landlords are supported and can invest in the sector, with confidence that they can evict bad tenants without lengthy processes and a loss of income.

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Rent Guarantor Dec 27, 2019

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Tenant Fees Ban not affecting rents - yet

Recent research suggests that contrary to some expectations, the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act in England and Wales, hasn’t led to widespread increases in rent. Even though rents are rising in some regions, the reason for that is more likely to be a lack of rental stock, rather than the additional rules and regulations letting agents and landlords must follow.

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Rent Guarantor Dec 23, 2019