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. [...]