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Buy to Let Yields to Fall in 2012

The latest data show that rents fell in November for the first time in 10 months, while property prices kept falling, all of which meant 2011 wasn’t a great year for buy to let returns. According to the latest survey from LSL Property Sercvices, rents fell 0.4% in December to an average £717 a month. [...]

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Is Buy to Let About to Improve?

After a long and hard fall in property prices and returns on buy to let investments, many landlords and prospective investors are desperate for any sign that property markets are about to turn. The signs have been mixed as I outlined in an earlier post – Is now the time to invest in Buy to [...]

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Buy to Let Returns Will be Hit by Capital Gains Tax (CGT)

The new government’s decision to increase capital gains tax will have a fundamental impact on the returns that buy to let investors can expect to make. This should force any existing investor to reassess their portfolio and also prompt all potential landlords to carefully calculate the impact. The new government plans to increase capital gains [...]

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Buy to Let Investing in East London for Higher Yields

Investors in many of London’s Eastern villages were among those that got their fingers burn worst in the recent downturn. Many had bought flats off plan hoping to cash in on demand from people working in Canary Wharf and the City. They also hoped that otherwise quite down and out little villages such as Woolwich [...]

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Is Now the Right Time to Invest in Buy-to-Let Properties?

The buy to let property market has endured a brutal downturn. It may still have further to fall before it is safe for landlords to start investing in residential property again.

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Consider Students for Higher Buy to Let Rental Yields

Property investors looking to get higher rental yields than they would get from most buy to let properties, they should consider targeting the market for student lets. Rents for students have generally been rising over the past few years thanks to good demand. And because many investors have been wary of going into this market, [...]

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Rising Rents Likely to Benefit Buy to Let, Survey Shows

The returns that a buy to let property investor makes depend mainly on three key factors. The first is the price you pay to buy a property. This is the one you have the most control over as you can always choose not to buy if the market is looking frothy. The second factor is [...]

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Buy to let and inflation

Buy to Let Property investing and inflation

One worry at the top of many investors’ minds in the aftermath of the great recession is whether inflation will rear its head again. In short, this article will show how over recent years, buy to let property investments would have provided investors with a good deal of protection against inflation. In Britain this is [...]

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The economics of buy to let property investment

Buy to Let properties make money from two sources that you need to understand if you are to be successful in this field. rental yield, and capital appreciation Rental yield of buy to let properties Rental yield is a measure of how much income you expect to make from a rental property. What’s known as [...]

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