2015: Year of the Landlord

2015: YEAR OF THE LANDLORD There are an estimated 565,000 Buy To Let landlords in the UK 1 IN 5 LANDLORDS ARE BUY TO LET LANDLORDS Number of landlord 100 90 80 70 60 50 properties purchased 40 30 20 10 (In thousands) 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 43% Properties of Buy To Let Landlords plan on increasing their rental property portfolio in 2015. 24% plan on purchasing one further property. 14% intend on purchasing two or more. THE AVERAGE BUY TO LET LANDLORD OWNS 1.4 HOUSES AND 1.3 FLATS As for houses in multiple cccupations... 53% of HMO Landlords are planning to increase their Buy To Let portfolio in 2015. 53% 297% plan on purchasing 2 new properties 29% 1-% plan on purchasing 3 new properties 14% AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT IN THE UK HAS RISEN BY 3% IN 2014 £745 £767 December 2013 December 2014 This increase is due to the high demand for rental property in the UK, with an average of seven tenants now chasing every new property on the market, as more households are now choosing renting over home ownership. TOTOTOTA TO LET IN THE EAST OF ENGLAND, THE AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT HAS RISEN BY OVER DOUBLE THAT FIGURE AT 7.6% 49% of landlords predict that property prices in the UK will increase by up to 10% 28% PROPERTY PRICE PREDICTIONS within the next five years predict that they will increase by over 10% Infographic by Sources наМ SHBURNHA 1) YouGov report - Buy-to-let landlords and mortgages 2) Telegraph - How stamp duty overhaul will save buy- to-let investors £50m each year 3) Platinum Property Partners - Half of buy-to-let investors anticipate an interest rate rise in 2015 year 2 in 5 plan INSURANCE SERVICES www.ashburnham-insurance.co.uk expland their portfolio Please credit with link should you wish to embed this infographic on your website. Thank you!