If you thought that the market was in the doldrums, then think again. In the past few months there has been an enormous surge in demand for buy to let properties and mortgages. If you don’t believe me just check out some of the recent headlines in the papers. Buy-to-let mortgage loans ‘up 32%’ – [...]

I’ve said for a while that property investors looking for higher rental yields should consider student lets. And it seems I am not the only one. I just saw this statement out from Colordarcy, an agency that specialises in investment properties. Most of what it says makes a lot of sense, but I do worry [...]

Rents on Buy to Let properties have climbed to record highs in September while rental yields have now reached 5.3%, thanks to tenant demand, according to the latest report by SLS Property. In particular rents in London have been rising fast. In September, the average rent in England and Wales rose by 0.7% to £718 [...]

I came across an interesting article in the Telegraph this week that says that Buy to Let has had a new lease of life (read the full article here). The glut of retirees becoming amateur landlords has been created by the absence of alternative ways of boosting their income. For example, David Wright, a retired [...]

In property investing, as in life, timing is everything.  Buy at the right time and you can do well. Buy at the wrong time and you could be badly burned. It is a lesson that a lot of investors should have paid more attention to during the boom and it may cost them dearly now. [...]