Fair Rents & Rental Yields

Fair Rents & Rental Yields

Buy to let rent falls moderating, but south of England still lags

The first month of 2026 brought signs that falls in rental growth are beginning to moderate. ...

Lender insists Buy To Let still gives strong yields

Fleet Mortgages makes the claim in its latest buy to let market snapshot ...

Legal & General acquires 147 single-family Build To Rent homes

Legal & General’s Suburban Build-to-Rent platform - known as LGSBTR - is working with the Vistry Group on a £40m deal to bring forward 147 new Build To Rent homes in Coventry. ...

Buy To Let mortgage borrowers are getting younger, data shows

The average age of landlords acquiring new rental property with a buy to let mortgage has fallen over the past decade, driven by strong growth in the proportion of landlords in their 30s.   Paragon Bank analysis of industry data ...

Mortgaged Homes Could Easily Improve Energy Efficiency – claim

The significant majority of mortgaged residential properties currently below Energy Performance Certificate band C could achieve band C or above by investing less than 5% of the asset value. ...

FinTech link allows lender to offer ultra-fast insurance quotes

Nottingham Building Society has partnered with insurance technology firm, Uinsure to provide home insurance quotes in as little as 60 seconds. ...

Shock government figure means likely delays to first rate cut

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several this year - could now be delayed.  ...

Buy To Let arrears double in 12 months

Cases of buy-to-let arrears have doubled in a single year, according to a new analysis. ...

Mortgage chiefs tell Rishi he’s just kicking the Eco can down the road

There’s been a backlash from the mortgage industry following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Eco U-turn last week.  ...

70% of landlords own rental properties with D-grade or below EPCs

Despite Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) changes slowly creeping up, the majority of landlords still have low ratings. ...

Boost values – floor plans increase rents up to 26% monthly

Giraffe 360 have discovered that, when marketing a rental property, adding a floor plan to the listing can significantly boost the rental income of landlords. ...

Insight – Monthly London rent could last for 5 in these European capitals

Living as a resident in London can burn quite a hole into your pockets, but in comparison, by how much exactly? ...

Crossrail rentals – how has it impacted the market?

Tenants who would like to make the most of Crossrail will pay up to 89% more to reside within arm’s reach of a Crossrail station a recent study by London rental platform, Rentd, shows and rental values within these postcodes ...

London’s cycle route homes command a hefty premium after pandemic

The pandemic has changed the way people have grown accustomed to travelling, with many forced to opt for other methods of transportation, and recently a number of Londoners have decided that their bikes would be most efficient. ...

Rental demand rises across London

UK transactional rental platform, Rentd, revealed that the London rental market is on the rise. The research shows a quarterly increase in rental demand in Q1. ...

Barclays slashes mortgage rates across 22 products

Barclays has cut mortgage rates across 22 products and by...
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Mortgage lending holds up in March as 63,500 granted

Lenders granted more mortgages in March than the six-month average,...

Almost half of renters ready to buy if mortgage matched rent

Nearly half (47%) of renters would buy now if their...