Buy To Let

10 top tips for buy-to-let landlords

The Happy Tenant Company brings you 10 top tips to help buy-to-let landlords.

Glasgow gives the best return for student landlords

Glasgow offers best yield on student buy-to-let property

New research by property website Zoopla has found that Glasgow, followed by Manchester and Hull offer the best returns for student buy-to-let landlords.

The West Brom BS has raised BTL tracker rates

Anger as West Brom raise BTL rates by 2% on "lifetime" tracker

Mortgage brokers and investors have expressed anger at the decision by the West Brom to raise buy-to-let mortgage rates by 2.0% on its "lifetime" tracker.

More tenants were able to get on the property ladder in May

LSL: Pace of rent rises slows as more tenants buy

LSL Property Services reports that rents went up by just 0.1 per cent in May as more people were able to get onto the property ladder.

The Leeds BS has cut rates on some of its buy-to-let mortgages

Leeds BS cut rates by up to 0.70% on buy-to-let mortgages

The Leeds Building Society has announced that it has cut rates on its buy-to-let mortgages by up to 0.70 per cent.

Home repossessions were stable in the first quarter of 2013, says the CML

CML: Repossessions stable in Q1 helped by low mortgage rates

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reports that home repossessions rose slightly in line with seasonal trends in the first quarter of 2013.

Virgin Money has cut rates across its mortgage range

Virgin Money cuts residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

Virgin Money has unveiled changes to their residential and buy-to-let mortgages with rate cuts of up to 0.15 per cent on residential products and up to 0.54 per cent off buy-to-let rates.

Rents fell to a six-month low in January

Rents down to July 2012 levels but "coiled for spring bounce"

LSL Property Services reports that the cost of renting fell for a third consecutive month to £732 per month the lowest they have been since July 2012 but are "coiled for a spring bounce."

Rental yields are predicted to fall in 2013

Rightmove: Rents to fall in 2013 but landlords will still invest

Rightmove reports that rental yields will slow in 2013 but landlords will continue to invest as tenants continue to be trapped in the rental market.

BM Solutions has cut rates on its BTL mortgages

BM Solutions reduces buy-to-let rates and offers cashback

BM Solutions has reduced mortgage rates on a range of its buy-to-let mortgages and introduced a cashback option.

How to avoid being labelled a bad landlord

Generation Rent: The Great Debate

Panel including Property Editor Julian Knight and Sean Hooker from my|deposits, live online at www.letyourproperty.tv on Tuesday 20th November at 15:30.

Leeds BS has cut rates on one of its buy-to-let mortgages

Leeds BS cut buy-to-let mortgage rate to 3.99%

The Leeds Building Society has cut the rate on its 2-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage rate to just 3.99 per cent for those with a 35 per cent deposit.

LSL Property Services report a rise in rental costs for May

Rents rise to £712 a month in May, reports LSL

Average rental costs increased to £712 a month in May in the UK, with London seeing a larger increase with rents reaching a record high of £1,038 a month in the capital.