Buy to Let Overview

Buy To Let is the initiative devised by the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and supported by the leading Buy To Let mortgage lenders including GMAC Residential Funding, Mortgage Express, Paragon Mortgages, Bank of Ireland Mortgages and Cheltenham and Gloucester.

Buy To Let is designed to stimulate the growth of the Private Rented Sector by encouraging private investors to take the opportunities given by low, highly competitive, interest rates and the reasonable certainty of sustained capital growth over the coming years.

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• Background information on Buy To Let
• Now is the moment
• Look, Locate & Learn
• What a Letting Agent does
• Build a portfolio while overseas
• To Furnish or not to furnish
• Lending to Investor Landlords
• Market Overview
• The Returns
• The ARLA History of Buy to Let Investment 2001-2007

Note:

The information is for guidance only. The responsibility for the financial decision to Buy-to-Let can only rest with the investor. Most letting agents will not accept responsibility for the validity of investments, costs incurred or for mortgage arrangements made, although those who are also registered as financial advisers may do otherwise.

It should be noted that as with any investment, returns and capital values can go down as well as up; and the investor should be fully aware of the terms and conditions applied by the chosen mortgage lender. Letting agents must present their own written terms of business for letting and managing properties