Buy-to-let hot spots outside London

Good news for buy-to-let investors outside London, as recent Savills research reports that the current lack of mortgage finance available means that rental hot spots around the country are providing excellent investment opportunities for those looking to  nvest in the private rental sector.

Lucian Cook, a director of Savills residential research, commented, “Private renting is becoming a way of life for a much wider  pectrum of people in the UK and the number of tenants ‘trapped’ in the sector shows no sign of decreasing,”

“Moreover, not only are more people renting, and for longer, but the social profile of tenants is changing and broadening. Private renting is increasingly becoming a way of life for a wide spectrum of people in their 30s and 40s.”

As the private rental scene continues to grow, now looks like the right time for Bristol based investors who are considering the buy-to-let market to make their move.

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Buy To Let Remortgaging On The Rise

The number of buy to let remortgages has reached a new high for the year, according to recent research from haart estate agents.

New figures show that the percentage of people looking to remortgage has risen to its highest level to date in 2012 as landlords look to use the equity in their portfolio to help part fund the cost of additional buy to let purchases.

What’s more, haart is seeing an increasing number of first time landlords  looking to remortgage in order to have the capital to buy a new property whilst  at the same time rent out their current property. Buy to let accounts for almost one in five mortgage applications which it processes.

Says David Miles, Managing Director of haart Financial Services: “Our latest figures show that experienced landlords are happy to continue to invest in property by expanding their portfolios to meet the high tenant demand in many areas of the country. It is also interesting that some homebuyers are using the equity in their current properties to invest in buy to let for the first time.

“Whilst lending criteria understandably remains risk averse, there are still many great opportunities for landlords to maximize their yields from all sorts of property across the country, and my feeling is that our buy to let lending will continue to grow during 2012.”

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Bristol’s commercial market is doing well

Office space take up in Bristol has increased by 44 per cent in the first three months of 2012, according to a report from Colliers International. A total of 117,000 sq ft of space was taken up in the city centre, which is an increase in the previous quarter.

Finzels Reach’s Bridgewater House is one of the biggest commercial buildings currently on the Bristol market. Offering over 100,000 sq ft Grade A office space and designed by award winning architects Sheppard Robson, Bridgewater House has much to offer prospective tenants.

Law firm BDO will occupy 8,707 sq ft of the building in June this year.

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