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 … Continue reading →

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).

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.

Landlords have been encouraged by industrial analysts to build their property portfolios in school catchment areas, where premium rents and high yields await.

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.

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.

Four boroughs in London are already facing the new coalition benefit caps, before the changes are implemented nationwide later this year

More and more elderly landlords are “almost stumbling” into the private rental sector, according to property specialist Belvoir.

There has been a large increase in the number of tenant arrears, according to new research published by LSL Property Services.

The new Universal Credit scheme by the coalition government has come under severe criticism by a variety of MPs, landlords insurance policy holders and leading industrial experts.