The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has warned of an increase in rogue landlords.
Despite the financial problems associated with being a student, the numbers are growing and there is a rising demand for good, well priced student accommodation.
Becoming a buy to let investment professional has become a popular way to ensure a comfortable retirement income as the returns are far better than savings returns or annuity rates which are historically low.
The Financial Service Authority has issued warnings that there has been a marked increase in buy-to-let mortgage fraud by people who are unable to gain an owner-occupier mortgage offer from lenders.
A buy to let mini boom has continued, with a report by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) showing that mortgage lending to investors is up by 32% in a year.
Landlords’ mortgage borrowing has risen by nearly a third in the last year, with half of those applying for buy to let mortgages buying their first investment property
First time buyers are finding it increasingly difficult to gain access to the best mortgage deals as lenders have cut their rates for people with larger deposits to put down on a property
According to a report by the letting agency LSL Property Services, the rental market in the UK is continuing to rise.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has reported that rents will rise by 3.9% over the next 12 months enabling landlords to profit from property
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