Average rents at all-time high and more buy-to-let mortgages

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Average monthly rents have reached an all-time high of over £700 as lenders launch more investment mortgages.

According to LSL Property Services, average monthly rents rose to £701 in England and Wales and £1006 in London. The average rental yield is up to 5.2% a year.

Figures from Rightmove, the property site, show that some areas are yielding as much as 8.1% and the average yield on student accommodation is as high as 10%.

An estimated 5,700 investors entered the buy-to-let market for the first time in the three months to the end of June, said Paragon, the buy-to-let specialist lender. Landlords now account for nearly one in ten new mortgages, the highest level since 2008.

The increase in lenders offering buy-to-let mortgages is clearly starting to make a difference and there are now 403 investment mortgages, compare to 298 in April 2011.

Aaron Strutt, a broker at Trinity Financial, says: "Lenders want to lend at the moment and they know that buy-to-let popularity is on the up.

“NatWest for Intermediaries lowered some of their investment mortgages buy 1.4% last week and other specialist lenders are making more rates available.

"Trinity works with a number of landlords and developers and we can access some of the lowest rates available in the market. If you think we could help, feel free to give us a call."

July 20, 2011

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