Buy-to-let landlords active investors in H1
Landlords purchased more homes in the first half of 2022 than any year since 2016, analysis from Sequre Property Investment shows.
Daniel Jackson
Bradford is the UK’s top yield hotspot
Landlords in the Bradford postcode BD1 are typically achieving rental yields of 11.6%, making it the best region to profit for investors, research from PropertyData and Sequre Property Investment shows.
Property outperformed stocks, bonds and gilts in past decade
Buy-to-let property has delivered better returns than stocks, bonds and gilts over a ten-year period, analysis by AJ bell shows.
More crypto investors getting into property
Investors in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are turning to property for a more stable alternative, Sequire Property Investment research shows.
Nottingham is high yield hotspot
The city has a typical house price of £201,013, while there’s a large proportion of semi-detached (27%) and detached (24%) homes offering strong yields.
North West home to the best rental yields
House prices are still relatively low in the North West, at £185,171, while annual house price stood at 8.1% in the region as of July 2021.
Rental stock plummets in Q3 – as renters face strong competition for properties
There’s been a consistent decline since Q4 2020 when renters were spoilt for choice, with 171,080 homes to choose from.
London rental income still dwarfs the rest of the UK
With typical rents averaging £20,556 per year, the amount is so high that it equates to 4.3% of the region’s GDP, as well as nearly 31% of all the rents collected in the UK.
Sizable minority of landlords hit by rental arrears during covid
The impact of this has varied, as 27% were only hit by one months’ rent, while 23% were only out of pocket by between one and two months’ rent.
The North East on the verge of rental market boom
Sequre said the incoming investment is already having an effect, as rental demand in the North East is higher than in the North West and England as a whole.
