Despite the pandemic, UK property has proven to be a resilient asset class and one that delivers profit regardless of the economic climate. A recent report also highlighted that profitability was strongest amongst landlords who had more than one rental investment property, highlighting the benefits of scaling your portfolio.
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Here’s what we’ve seen in the news this week:
UK house price rises accelerate, says Nationwide: UK house prices accelerated in August, the Nationwide has said, with values now 13% higher than before the pandemic. The building society said that annual house price growth sped up, to 11%, with the average home costing £248,857. Read more.
Banks To Become Landlords In Growing ‘build-to-rent’ Sector: Big companies pile into housing market that has proved resilient throughout the pandemic. Read more.
Four out of five landlords secure a profit from buy to let: Some 83 per cent of landlords have made a profit from their lettings activities in the second quarter of 2021 – a slight fall from earlier this year but a strong result according to Paragon Bank, which has undertaken the survey. Only four per cent of landlords record a loss “which we see is relatively stable when we look at profitability over a longer term” states the bank. Read more.
Revealed – the rental market’s most lucrative sector: Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape – student lettings. Since 2016 student properties have delivered a mean gross yield in England of 6.15 to 6.6 per cent, says Paragon – beating the overall rental market yield which has a window of 5.43 to 5.6 per cent. Read more.
