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The economic turmoil following the shock Brexit vote is hampering one of the UK’s biggest buy-to-let landlords in his attempt to sell 900 rented homes. Fergus Wilson, a private buy-to-let landlord who has been mired in controversy for years, has had his attempts to sell his entire portfolio of around 900 residential properties to foreign investors, wealthy

                A recent study by LSL Property Services found that landlords’ finances are at their healthiest in nearly 10 years. Surprisingly, given recent changes, the figures have shown that buy-to-let mortgage arrears have dropped dramatically since the last quarter of 2015 and are at their lowest level since the back end of 2007. In th

We all know headlines sell newspapers, but a report in yesterday’s Daily Mirror brought shame on a host of letting agents across the country that have either been accused or convicted of ‘ripping off’ landlords and tenants, acting as a timely reminder that landlords must conduct careful due diligence and considerable thought when deciding on which lett

Landlords are increasingly expected to exploit a loophole in the law that allows them to avoid the Chancellor George Osborne’s hefty, punitive tax raid on rental properties, according to a leading mortgage expert.Simon Bayley, commercial director at Foundation Home Loans’, expects to see soaring numbers of buy-to-let investors set up companies to acquire