Landlords insurance: Number of first-time landlords rises

16 May 2013  Video News
The number of landlords buying their first properties is on the rise, according to new research by Paragon Mortgages.

This recent data has highlighted that 22 per cent of all buy-to-let business lending in the first quarter of 2013 was given to first-time landlords, a figure which has been rising since the middle of 2009. Continue reading →

Posted in Landlord Insurance

Landlords insurance: 13.4% of lending is for let landlords

10 May 2013  Video News
One in every eight pounds that was lent through mortgages in the first quarter of 2013 was to buy-to-let landlords, according to new figures by the Council for Mortgage Lenders (CML). Continue reading →
Posted in Landlord Insurance

Landlords insurance: Landlords to check migrant tenants

9 May 2013  Video News
New plans, announced by the Queen this week (April 8th), will have landlords check on the immigration status of all their tenants, in order to make sure that they have the right to live in the UK. Continue reading →
Posted in Landlord Insurance

Landlords insurance: Catchment areas offer premium rental yields

7 May 2013  Video News
Landlords have been encouraged by industrial analysts to build their property portfolios in school catchment areas, where premium rents and high yields await. Continue reading →
Posted in Landlord Insurance

Landlords insurance: Landlords benefit from boosted lending

2 May 2013  Video News
It has been suggested that buy-to-let landlords will be one of the groups of individuals to benefit most from the recently boosted Funding for Lending scheme. Continue reading →
Posted in Landlord Insurance

Landlords insurance: Coastal towns offer high buy-to-let yields

28 April 2013  Video News
It has emerged that northern cities and coastal towns are offering buy-to-let landlords the highest yields, according to new research by HSBC. Continue reading →
Posted in Property market trends

Landlords insurance: Remortgaging rose to 69% in Q1 of 2013

25 April 2013  Video News
There has been a sharp rise in the number of landlords insurance policy holders who are wanting to expand their property portfolios in the first quarter of the year, according to a new report by specialist broker Mortgages for Business. Continue reading →
Posted in Property market trends

Landlords insurance: Smaller properties offer higher yields

22 April 2013  Video News
Landlords insurance policy holders are being encouraged to invest in one or two bedroom properties, as they tend to offer the highest returns, according to new research by Countrywide. Continue reading →
Posted in Landlord Insurance

Landlords insurance: London boroughs face benefits cap first

18 April 2013  Video News
Four boroughs in London are already facing the new coalition benefit caps, before the changes are implemented nationwide later this year Continue reading →
Posted in Landlord Insurance

Landlords insurance: Rise in pensioner landlords

15 April 2013  Video News
More and more elderly landlords are “almost stumbling” into the private rental sector, according to property specialist Belvoir. Continue reading →
Posted in Landlord Insurance