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An overwhelming majority of buy-to-let landlords are optimistic about their future in the private rental sector with 84% looking to maintain or expand their portfolio over the next 12 months, fresh research shows. Just 16% of landlords are looking to reduce the number of properties they have over the next 12… Read More »Vast majority of BTL landlords remain committed
A London estate agency says one of its buyers wants to delay completion until November 1 “just in case stamp duty is changed in October”. Aylesford International director Brendan Roberts says one of his firm’s buyers made the request following speculation that stamp duty could be lowered by Chancellor Sajid Javid.… Read More »Stamp duty could be lowered by Chancellor
Barclays has introduced a new set of rate reductions to its buy-to-let and residential ranges. In total, there have been 19 changes, with cuts of up to 0.13%. In Barclay’s BTL section for purchase and remortgage, the 60% loan-to-value (LTV) two-year fix with £1,795 product fee has had its rate cut… Read More »Barclays introduces fresh rate cuts
The Labour Party could bring in a radical “right to buy” scheme if it gains power at the next general election which could help millions of private tenants in the UK to buy their rented homes at a reasonable price, the shadow chancellor has suggested. John McDonnell is promoting the… Read More »Labour to allow private tenants to buy their rented homes!
Leeds Building Society has this morning launched a new range of 10-year fixed rate buy-to-let products. There is a product available at 2.49% up to 60% loan-to-value (LTV) and 3.29% deal up to 70% LTV. Both products are subject to a £999 product arrangement fee and come with free standard valuation and fees… Read More »Leeds BS launches 10-year fixed rate mortgage range
25% of private landlords do not meet safety standards A quarter – 25% – of homes rented from private landlords fail to meet the national Decent Homes Standard when taking into account hazards, costs and other characteristics, analysis of the English Housing Survey reveals. Households containing several million people are… Read More »25% of private landlords do not meet safety standards
Many buy-to-let investors in the UK seem to be sitting on their hands at the moment, owed mainly to the tax and regulatory changes seen in the past few years, not to mention Brexit uncertainty. But Overseas buyers appear to view existing market conditions as ideal for acquiring property in… Read More »Overseas Investors piling money in to London
WHITE people are leaving some towns at record rates as ethnic minorities move in, a study shows. Experts warn action is needed now to tackle the “increasing segregation”. England’s white population overall fell from 86.8 per cent in 2001 to 79.8 in 2011. During that ten-year period, the number of… Read More »Divided Britain – White Flight
The Saint Hilarion Castle lies on the Kyrenia mountain range, in Cyprus. This location provided the castle with command of the pass road from Kyrenia to Nicosia. It is the best preserved ruin of the three former strongholds in the Kyrenia mountains, the others being Kantara and Buffavento. The castle… Read More »Saint Hilarion Castle
Mass immigration has turned London into a city that is ‘no longer English’, John Cleese claims. The comic was asked what he thought about British culture and the recent London riots during an interview on 7.30, a television show in Australia, where he is currently on a stand-up tour. He replied:… Read More »London Is ‘No Longer an English City’
