New buy-to-let lending in the first three months of the year totalled £3.7bn, with 32,300 mortgages taken out by buy-to-let investors, latest figures have shown.
There’s a new rush into buy-to-let as savers flee low-rate accounts in search of higher income from property - but beware the range of rules for landlords and the costly implication of mistakes.
The cost of renting for flats has reached an all-time high, according to an index by Findaproperty.com. It said letting costs had risen overall in the first quarter of 2012 - the first rise since last summer.
The document, intended for both landlords and tenants, could include legal fire safety standards and rules governing anti-social behaviour, MPs were told.
A flicker of life has been spotted in the property market by RICS, but will the spring and summer bounce arrive in 2012? We analyse the latest house price reports.
A rise in the number of tenants struggling to pay their rent as household finances become more stretched, has been reported by almost half of letting agents.
Buy-to-let has seen a short-term reversal in fortune, as rents dip and mortgage costs rise again, but frustrated first-time buyers could continue to benefit landlords, a broker forecasts.
The report estimates there are 4.8million privately rented homes in Britain, compared to just 2.5million a decade ago, a boon for buy-to-let investors.
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People in Brighton are being encouraged to enter the UK buy-to-let market by the city council, as it aims to reduce waiting lists for its social housing.
The world's demand for food is rising - and so is the price of what we eat. We take a look at an investment fund that sets its target on the world's appetite and has returned 14% in the two years since its launch.
A Money Mail investigation has revealed how desperate High Street investors have finally lost faith with professional fund managers who have consistently failed to deliver the goods.
Each day we round up the share recommendations from national newspapers and the weekly investment magazines. So far this week: Aviva, BP, and J Sainsbury.
As many as 20,000 pensioners may have been mis-sold investment bonds by NHFA advisers, it has emerged, as owner HSBC fought to repair its reputation after allegations that staff targeted lone elderly customers.
The Invesco Perpetual fund was the UK equity income top performer of 2011, but its fortunes changed as pharmaceutical stocks lost favour, so what is star manager tipping now?
Investors' huge appetite for income has been highlighted by Tesco Bank taking £200m of orders for its latest retail corporate bond and closing it early.