BTL and Boom in the same BBC headline!

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tim123 replied

7 March 2008, 12:12
Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post

I hope that all the BTL'ers lose 000's so that my and your kids will again be able to buy a place to live.

You hope that all BTLers lose zeros. Um

tim
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Fred Bloggs replied

7 March 2008, 09:03
I hope that all the BTL'ers lose 000's so that my and your kids will again be able to buy a place to live.
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thunderlizard replied

6 March 2008, 19:39
Demand for rental property is rising (for various reasons)

-one of the main ones being that house prices have risen out of 1st time buyers' reach. Assuming (sweepingly) that these 1st time buyers will no longer be so much priced out of the market by naive BTL investors chasing the same stock, all's right with the world.
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shoes replied

6 March 2008, 19:22
Originally posted by bogeyman View Post

It's bad news for the Johnny-come-lately, wanabe BTL-mortgaged landlords trying to get their leg up on the bandwagon

Until property prices fall enough to make BTL an investment with a reasonable yield again.
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bogeyman replied

6 March 2008, 18:26
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7279154.stm

The buy-to-let housing boom may be about to stall, according to a survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).

Its survey of residential lettings says the number of new instructions from landlords fell towards the end of 2007, for the first time since 1998.

Boomed! (past tense)

Demand for rental property is rising (for various reasons).

Consequently rents are rising due to demand.

This is good news for established landlords (those who have been in the game for years and have little or no mortgage liabilities on their props.).

It's bad news for the Johnny-come-lately, wanabe BTL-mortgaged landlords trying to get their leg up on the bandwagon as it rolls past.

Hey ho!
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DimPrawn started a topic BTL and Boom in the same BBC headline!

6 March 2008, 15:34
BTL and Boom in the same BBC headline!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7279154.stm

The buy-to-let housing boom may be about to stall, according to a survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).

Its survey of residential lettings says the number of new instructions from landlords fell towards the end of 2007, for the first time since 1998.

Boomed! (past tense)
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