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  • Which Buy To Let Mortgage Is The Best?
    By: Michael Hatfield | - If you are an investor hoping to purchase a buy to let property, then a buy to let mortgage can be important to you. As an investor, your primary concern will be to get the best buy to let mortgages available at hand so that you can make profits with a low investment. This will give your business a good start and with proper handling of the finances, you will be able to repay your mortgage in no time with a fixed asset to enjoy for a lifetime. For this, it is necessary that you make your initial ...
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  • Optimising Property For The Rental Market
    By: Melissa Chappell | - Changes in the real estate market over recent months have resulted in a growth trend in the lettings market. Property investors are increasingly attracted to yield returns obtainable from the buy-to-let potential of properties currently undergoing slow capital growth rates.

    The attraction for placing properties onto the rental market while waiting for the re-sale market to improve is clear, yet as the number of properties available for rental increases, the need to optimise a proper ...
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  • Turkish Tourism Fuelling Buy-to-let Markets
    By: Melissa Chappell | - While any property investing market can be a potentially lucrative buy-to-let location, several factors of individual regions stand out to enable ideal returns. Turkey has strengthened as an optimum investment location, assisted greatly by the strong growth of the tourist market.

    Development over the past 5 years in the Turkish tourism industry has run parallel with the demand for affordably priced and excellent quality of buy-to-let property. Demands for self catering accommodation ...
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  • Is Now A Good Time To Nab A Property Bargain?
    By: Mary Waring | - Experienced property investors do not tend to follow the sheep, and now will be an ideal time to add to their portfolio. Prices are dropping and tenant demand is rising sharply. Even with rental rates falling - a long-term view on a buy to let property is still a good idea - and the "pros" know this.

    Inexperienced property investors buy when all around them are buying, which pushes the prices up and makes it more difficult to buy at a competitive price.

    Experienced ...
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  • Buy To Let Repossession Figures May Be Inflated
    By: Karl Hopkins | - The Buy to Let industry has been reacting to the Ministry of Justice and Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) recent mortgage possessions data showing Landlord Possession Actions during the first quarter of 2009.

    The figures showed that 35,745 landlord possession claims were issued using the standard and accelerated possession procedures on a seasonally adjusted basis, which was 5 percent lower than in the first quarter of 2008 and 1 percent lower than in the fourth quarter of 2008. ...
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  • Student Tenants Provide A Counter-cyclical Buy To Let Investment
    By: Karl Hopkins | - Rental growth and high occupancy rates continue to attract investors to the student accommodation sector, though the limited availability of appropriate investment vehicles risks frustrating attempts by individual investors to benefit from the sector, according to a new report from Savills Research.

    "High demand, low supply growth, rising rents and high occupancy rates make student accommodation an investment vehicle of choice during uncertain economic times, and suggest that the ...
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  • New Code Of Conduct For Buy To Let Landlords Explained
    By: Karl Hopkins | - A new code of conduct and complaints system for residential landlords has been launched by the British Property Federation (BPF).

    The new scheme also offers a free downloadable tenancy agreement form which has been welcomed by Shelter, the housing charity.

    The complaints system claims to offer independent redress to tenants on all aspects of their tenancy and the BPF says it is the first time that landlords have willingly signed up to any such measure.


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  • Buy To Let Mortgages : The Story, The Headlines And The Facts
    By: G M | - In UK, the buy to let market experience a boom in last few years, from almost extinction on late 80s. I intend to explore the why, the story behind headlines, what can go wrong, when can go right.
    One the most important days for Buy to let market was the day the Housing Act 1988 passed on parliament. Until then the rules for letting were very rigid, making potential investors run away from buy to let. The Housing Act 1988 brought more flexible rules providing a fairer legal frame ...
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  • Tips On Securing A Buy To Let Mortgage For Property
    By: articleguyy | - So what does one do to make certain that they have a good chance of getting a mortgage in this poor financial condition? Well the main thing to do is to get a copy of your credit report to analyse the state of your credit. That suggests getting a credit report on the web for as little as 5 pounds and reviewing through the history to confirm you have not faired poorly on your credit.

    If you see a negative tally on your score, you will be told the basis why and the company who has w ...
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  • Buy To Let And The Credit Crunch: Market, Mortgages,tips
    By: G M | - For Buy to Let market, the last few months have been difficult for the landlords with the credit crunch came increase on arrears, lack of buy to let mortgages and tougher lender's criteria. But it is not all bad news, the houses are cheaper to buy, the rents still increasing and rental demand at all time high.
    Credit Crunch

    Last year, we started to see the effects of too much borrowing and declining in house prices in USA. One year later, economies throughout the world star ...
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  • Landlords Buy To Let Insurance Made Easy
    By: Shaun Parker | - Making a decent return on your investment has become increasingly difficult of late, thanks to the global credit crunch, which has resulted in the UK recession. With interest rates so low, investing your money into banks and building societies is far from prudent these days, and with buy to let mortgages much harder to come by, owning a second property is not so easy either, but despite the slowdown of the property market it still can be a decent cash cow.

    Of course the rental mar ...
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  • A Guide To Getting Started In A Uk Buy To Let House
    By: James Joyce | - Are you thinking about investing in a buy to let house? The necessity for homes to let probably isnt going to wane in the near future, even though the UK mortgage and banking industries have been very up and down as of late. Due to this fact, an opportunity will always present itself in making a potential profit in this area. The question is this: what should a person look for when hunting for a nice buy to let prospect in the fluctuating economy of today?

    Seeking a Good P ...
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  • Fundamentals Of Buy-to-let Mortgages In The Uk You Must Know
    By: Richard Heaney | - Buy-to-let mortgages is common way in which most landlords in the UK raise money to buy properties which can be further rented to earn them a steady income in the long term. Though the current recession and resulting credit crunch has shrunk the market as also the rate of loan approvals, some good deals for buy to let commercial mortgage are still available if you know how to go about it correctly. This article will help you clear some doubts with regard to buy to let mortgages in the UK.
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  • An Overview Of Small Business Mortgages
    By: Richard Heaney | - A small business mortgage loan is something to which small businessmen generally turn to whenever there is a requirement to buy some business property or any other business asset. Business mortgages are offered by banks for around 20 years, during which the lender has legal rights over the asset purchased until the loan is fully paid back by the borrower.

    Getting this type of loan from any reputed UK based company is not tough if you have a satisfactory financial record and have ...
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  • Commercial Property Mortgages What Borrowers Should Do
    By: Richard Heaney | - Commercial property mortgages are generally used by businesses to acquire business assets, business expansion, business real estate refinance etc. This type of loan is secured by collateral in the form of commercial property, which will be used by the lender to recover the full amount of the loan outstanding in the event of default on the part of borrower.
    There are mainly three sources of commercial property mortgages - banks, third-party lenders and commercial mortgage brokers.
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  • Property Investors Get Bank Rate Boost
    By: Karl Hopkins | - On Thursday 5th February 2009 the Bank of England brought the base rate down to an all-time low of just 1 per cent.

    Landlords with interest only and tracker mortgage arrangements stand to benefit from the cut. And with some analysts predicted the bank rate may come down further, fixed rate loans are looking distinctly unattractive.

    "While borrowers on tracker rates will welcome the rate cut, it is doubtful whether it will create the conditions to achieve significant ...
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  • Housing Benefit Makes Way For New Allowance
    By: Karl Hopkins | - How housing benefit - now transmuted into 'local housing allowance' - is calculated and paid has changed.

    Since 7 April 2008 the allowance has been based on the area in which the claimant lives and the size of their household. The allowance is intended for people who rent their homes from private buy to let landlords, who are on a low income, and need help to pay their rent.

    The new Local Housing Allowance applies to all private sector tenants who make new claims f ...
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  • A Travellers Guide To Thailand
    By: Karl Hopkins | - Formerly 'Siam', Thailand took on its present name in 1939 shortly after a change from absolute to constitutional monarchy.

    For much of the time since then the military has been involved in government. An unbroken period of civilian rule that began in 1992 was ended with a 2006 military coup, suspension of the constitution and declaration of martial law.

    An interim government has been formed and a new constitution is being drafted with elections promised in late 20 ...
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  • Landlord Loses Appeal Against Conviction At Crown Court
    By: Karl Hopkins | - Mehrban Haq, of Rawstrone Street, Blackburn, was convicted following a trial last July for failing to show that he had exercised a proper 'Duty of Care' regarding rubbish produced at one of his properties and found dumped in a back street.

    Blackburn magistrates heard a member of the public witnessed a man dumping rubbish in the alley at Stansfeld Street, Blackburn. An investigation was launched and the rubbish was traced to a property in Coleridge Street, Blackburn, which was owne ...
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  • A Travellers Guide To Italy
    By: Karl Hopkins | - Italy, a founder member of the EU, is a relatively young country which was only unified as a nation in 1861. It has land borders with Austria, France, San Marino, Slovenia, and Switzerland while the Vatican City is a separate state within Rome.

    The country's long coastline, stretching some 7,600km, has contributed to problems with immigration control. Besides deep rooted problems, such as the need to import most raw materials, the country is also plagued by corruption and crime.< ...
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  • A Travellers Guide To Hungary
    By: Karl Hopkins | - Hungary became a Christian Kingdom around 1000 A.D. and for many centuries acted as a bulwark against Ottoman Turkish expansion into Europe.

    The country eventually evolved to become part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which fell apart during World War One. And then fell under Communist rule after World War II.

    During the leadership of Janos Kadar in 1968, Hungary began to liberalize its economy. Hungary had its first multiparty elections in 1990 and started a fre ...
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  • Buy To Let London
    By: Vasiliy | - Are you looking for a Buy to let mortgage? Whether you are an experienced landlord or merely looking for your first rental property, we are here to help. We will checkthe whole market to find the most appropriate mortgage for your circumstances. We check hundreds of deals available, taking into accountyour needs and requirements. For many of our customers, buy to let is a serious business and finding a right mortgage is crucial.The right product is not always the cheapest, but for the majority o ...
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  • Letting Agents Get Away With Money For Nothing
    By: Karl Hopkins | - There are stories there of overcharging, failure to take up references, failure to collect or pass over rent, poor or non-existent paperwork, and failure to respond to requests from either landlords or tenants.

    Landlords in London and the south east also complain that many agents expect to be paid when tenants renew their agency initiated tenancy agreements, even if they have had to do nothing to secure that renewal. Worse still, and what seems to annoy landlords even more, is tha ...
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  • Buy To Let Mortgage Broker
    By: KonovaloV | - Are you looking for a Buy to let mortgage? Whether you are an experienced landlord or merely looking for your first rental property, we are here to help. We will checkthe whole market to find the most appropriate mortgage for your circumstances. We check hundreds of deals available, taking into accountyour needs and requirements. For many of our customers, buy to let is a serious business and finding a right mortgage is crucial.The right product is not always the cheapest, but for the majority o ...
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  • A Primer On Buy To Let Mortgages
    By: Richard Heaney | - Since its inception in 1996, the buy to let mortgage has provided investors, cash rich individuals, professional landlords etc. with a comparatively safe investment avenue which is not only bound to appreciate in the long term, but also provides a steady and reasonable return in the form of rent received from tenants.

    Given the current bloodbath in the real estate market and the recessionary trends in the economy in general, such a positive perception on buy to let mortgages in th ...
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  • Going For A Buy To Let Mortgage Makes Sense Even Today
    By: Richard Heaney | - The day Lehman Brothers went under, it formally sounded the start of difficult times for the mortgage business. Though the fault lines were apparent since the sub-prime crisis had rocked the financial markets last year, this event seems to have lent a terrible blow to the mortgage market.

    But is it really so? Isn't this just a temporary loss of confidence in the market? Have asset finance and buy to let mortgage deals for deserving borrowers evaporated completely?


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  • A Guideline On Buy To Let Mortgage Loans
    By: Richard Heaney | - Buy to Let mortgage is a type of loan used for purchasing property which you can let out to rent after getting the ownership. Especially in the UK, Buy to Let properties have become quite popular. While some people are seasoned investors, others look at it as a source of income. Lets discuss the various aspects of the Buy to Let mortgage investment route.

    Different Types of Buy to Let mortgages available in the UK

    In the UK, there are many lenders who offer vario ...
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  • Looking For Cheap Houses In Uk
    By: Jay Parmar | - Property Facts
    More and more property investors are adding UK investment property to their portfolios and its changing the way we think about financial planning. You are probably aware that in recent years, interest rates and stock market returns have been low. Many investors have started to notice that their home is their highest performing asset. The Property Investment Professionals Property developer is a new level of straight-talking professionalism to property investment. Our goa ...
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  • Buy To Let Mortgages And Landlords Building Insurance
    By: derek smiley | - A buy to let mortgage is a type of mortgage loan obtained to buy a property. The property is obtained to be let out by the buyer. With this type of mortgage you would typically pay mortgage interest only and can be used for up to 90% of the estimated value of a property.

    Landlords building insurance is not only a requirement by your buy to let mortgage company by also for your own protection if something was to go wrong. A good policy should cover your liability to tenents and als ...
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  • Investing In Rental Properties
    By: derek smiley | - Many people say that what you know best, you are able to do best, but this is not always the case. Most people that are in the business have an idea of how to evaluate the rental property, which are mainly residential housing properties. This is because they have had the experience of comparing mortgages and getting a buy to let mortgage is not really much different.

    Since many home owners have rented houses before, or have bought or sold a des res house before, they generally are ...
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  • Buy To Let Bridging Loan Advice
    By: derek smiley | - A buy to let mortgage is a type of mortgage loan obtained to buy a property. The property is obtained to be let out by the buyer. Sometimes a buy to let bridging loan will be necessary if the mortgage cannot be obtained quck enough or you are in the process of selling a house.

    With this type of mortgage you would typically pay mortgage interest only and can be used for up to 85% of the estimated value of a property. A buy to let mortgage sum is allowed to be spent on the purchase ...
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  • The Essential Facts About Buy-to-let Mortgages In The Uk
    By: James Grantworth | - Buy-to-let mortgages are for investors and homeowners who want to buy into the property market, purchasing houses specifically for the purpose of letting them out to tenants.

    Not only is the owner able to benefit from capital value appreciation of the house, but also likely to be better able to maintain the property and realise much of his loan repayment from the income from letting. There are two contrasting sides to this buy-to-let phenomenon. It drives property prices higher, a ...
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  • What Are The Best Buy To Let Mortgages
    By: James Grantworth | - Searching for the best buy to let mortgage deal can take a lot of time and energy as there are so many different products available on the market. It really is worth spending time researching all of the available deals and the more time you take analysing the market, the more experince you will gain and the process will become easier and easier. Don't forget that getting the very best mortgage deal for your own persnal circumstances will determine your own success as a property investor...so tak ...
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  • What Is A Buy To Let Mortgage?
    By: James Grantworth | - Buy to Let Mortgages are loans specially designed for anyone who wishes to invest in the property market by buying one or more houses and renting them out to tenants. Buy to Let Mortgages differ from previous investment vehicles by specifically using the rental revenue as the main factor when determining the ability of the buyer to meet the monthly mortgage payments. Many high street banks and building societies now offer a buy to let mortgage product. The percentage which the buy to let ...
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  • Buy To Let Investment Is Getting Hot, So Don't Get Left In The Cold
    By: Gordon Marsden | - More and more investors are looking to alternative investment options, and the largest single investment category is without a doubt property. Think about it for a second, there is a finite amount of land, and populations continue to grow. The simple equation of supply and demand means the property (in prime locations) will continue to be an excellent long term investment as demand outstrips supply.

    As wealth increases per capita people have more disposable income to invest. Histo ...
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  • Guide To Buy To Let Mortgages
    By: Derek Both | - One of the most popular areas of property development in recent years has been the buy-to-let facility. Favoring both professional property developers, as well as savvy consumers who can afford to do this, it allows a mortgage to be taken out for the sole reason of letting the property immediately.

    With recent figures showing the average price of a house in the United Kingdom now a staggering 167,000 GBP, it's becoming increasingly difficult for people to buy a home, especially in ...
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  • Buy To Let In The South East Of England
    By: Alex R Lydall | - From South to South East

    Finding the right property is key to making any Buy to Let investment work to your advantage. In England, the acquisition of property for this purpose has tended to be more prevalent in the Southern parts, seen as the more densely populated and wealthier region. There is little doubt that population density in Greater London and the surrounding Home Counties is a key factor here. Whether you are targeting students, families or perhaps dual income couples ...
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  • Mortgage Lenders And Specialist Lending
    By: James Copper | - Fierce competition amongst mortgage lenders in recent years has brought about great news for the consumer - The Banks & Building Societies scrapping for business has only resulted in a greater depth of choice and value, for nearly every type of borrower, from those looking to obtain a mortgage for the first time through to those looking to remortgage their existing one.

    In todays market, the traditional one size fits all type of mortgage has long disappeared - individual borrower ...
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  • Real Estate Investment - A Guide On Buy To Let
    By: James Copper | - The process of purchasing an investment property is very different to that of buying a home for example, for you and your family to live in. There are many other considerations that must be taken into account before making this big step.

    The buy-to-let boom of recent times has seen many more competitive mortgage deals become available, adding fuel to an already blazing fire. Many borrowers have found that they have come unstuck whilst jumping on the bandwagon without properly res ...
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  • Buy To Let The Basics
    By: landlord | - The industry experts and financial counselors predict a solid future for buy-to-let businesses. Of course, like any investment, there are risks to be taken. And the buy-to-let business makes no exception; this kind of investment doesn't offer guarantees, but for those who have more faith in bricks and mortar than stocks and shares, we offer some valuable tips:

    1. Research the market



    This is probably the best advice that anyone could give you, a ...
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  • 10 Tips For Buy-to-let Investment Success
    By: James Copper | - The Buy-To-Let market place is booming. More and more people are investing in a second property as a long term investment plan. As attractive as the proposition sounds, there are a number of potential pitfalls that need to be taken into consideration. Use the steps below to ensure that your Buy-To-Let investment is a success.

    #1 Choose The Right Property
    The location is extremely important. Make sure that speak to a number of local letting agents to determine the supply and ...
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  • Italian Buy To Let
    By: Nigel Massey | - It seems that in recent years much of the world went buy to let crazy. The push for this was after the technology bubble burst, stocks crashed and investors looked elsewhere.

    But the differences in the rules and available deals vary greatly from country to country. I have experience with both the UK and Italian property markets and thought I would write about Italian buy to lets and the differences with the UK.

    Italian Money Probably the best place to start is to g ...
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  • The Uk Property Boom - Will It Continue In 2007?
    By: Ray Prince | - In a December article in "This is Money", they conducted a poll in which 55% of people expected prices to rise in 2007, and of these they expected the rise to be 6% or more.

    This was compared to the previous year when 43% of those polled expected prices to rise.

    In addition, The Halifax has stated that UK house prices have increased on average 10.6% over the last decade. The Nationwide quote that the average house price is now 168,500. This is 6 times the averag ...
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  • Happy Birthday Buy To Let
    By: Martyn Witt | - This summer marks the Tenth anniversary of the buy-to-let mortgage. In July 1996 Mortgage Express (part of the Bradford & Bingley group) were the first to trial a dedicated buy-to-let mortgage product, and currently has a market share of approximately 20 per cent.

    Buy-to-let mortgages evolved after new legislation within The Housing Act gave landlords more power to evict tenants who were not keeping up with their rent. In September 1996, the Association of Residential Letting Agen ...
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  • Buy To Let Dream Or Nightmare?
    By: Michael Challiner | - Are you thinking of investing in a buy-to-let property? A great number of people have done so already and according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders, individuals taking out buy to let mortgages rose by 483 per cent in the five years to 2005.

    The vast majority of these landlords probably have no trouble at all with their tenants, either by luck or careful vetting, but you may need strong nerves to watch a new television series entitled Tenants From Hell, featuring real-life hor ...
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  • Offshore Mortgages For Non-uk & Uk Residents Buying Uk Property
    By: Nigel Osgood | - Copyright 2006 Nigel Osgood

    MORE PEOPLE COULD BENEFIT FROM AN OFFSHORE MORTGAGE THAN YOU WOULD THINK!

    If you fall into any of the following categories and are considering buying or remortgaging a residential property in the UK for investment or buy to let purposes, you could be one of them:

    (a) Non-UK residents (UK expatriates and Nationals of another country) wishing to purchase/remortgage a property in the UK for investment/buy to let purposes

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  • Some Information On Buy To Let Mortgages; Are They Right For You?
    By: Michael Challiner | - The government predicts an increase of more than 2 million UK households over the next 10 years, due mainly to an increase in EU immigrants and a trend of smaller households. This obviously leaves a good opportunity for would be buy to let landlords, especially with the better buy to let rates we are currently experiencing and the extra tenants wanting accommodation.

    So, what are the requirements of buying to let? Well, the main requirement of a buy to let mortgage is that the ren ...
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