{"id":9230,"date":"2018-01-05T15:45:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T15:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=9230"},"modified":"2023-10-05T15:38:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T14:38:46","slug":"this-week-apps-landlords-lagging-london-mortgage-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/news\/this-week-apps-landlords-lagging-london-mortgage-market\/","title":{"rendered":"This week: Apps for landlords, lagging London and the mortgage market"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new year has got off to a positive start, with new technology on the way as well as some good news for some of the regions of the UK. Despite buy-to-let landlords arguably getting a raw deal from the government of late, there are still strong yields to be found in the right places, and some of the apps on offer can make the job even easier. Here’s a rundown of seven things you might have missed this week…<\/p>\n

1. 11,000 UK homes empty for over 10 years, but it\u2019s a third less than in 2010<\/h4>\n

Councils have brought 23,000 empty homes<\/a> back into use over the past five years, although more than 11,000 have now been unoccupied for over a decade.<\/p>\n

\"empty<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Landlords should try these apps to help them do business<\/h4>\n

The rise of\u00a0proptech\u00a0has brought a new wave of apps helping landlords<\/a> do anything from find tenants to manage properties and make calculations. Here are a few that could come in handy\u2026<\/p>\n

\"apps\"<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0London exodus sees young professionals flocking to the north<\/h4>\n

Workers are moving away from the capital<\/a> to places like Manchester and Birmingham, and many major businesses are following suit.<\/p>\n

\"Manchester\"<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Are we about to see an online mortgage revolution?<\/h4>\n

Finding and applying for a mortgage<\/a> has always been a fairly long-winded and often tedious process, but it seems the mortgage industry is finally catching up with the digital revolution.<\/p>\n

\"digital\"<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Revealed: The UK\u2019s top performing cities \u2013 and the biggest improvers<\/h4>\n

Considering factors such as jobs, health, income, skills and housing, the rankings for the performance of the UK\u2019s largest cities<\/a> have been revealed.<\/p>\n

\"Oxford\"<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Buy-to-let yields remain strong \u2013 if you know where to look<\/h4>\n

For landlords and investors, a property\u2019s potential return on investment<\/a> is key to making the right purchase choice, so finding the best location to invest your money is vital.<\/p>\n

\"telescope\"<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0Beat the boom: why Preston could be the next investment hotspot<\/h4>\n

With millions of pounds being ploughed into the city centre, Preston<\/a> is seeing a snowball effect as more investors are spotting opportunities in the city.<\/p>\n

\"Preston\"<\/p>\n

For more on what 2018 might bring for the property market, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new year has got off to a positive start, with new technology on the way as well as some good news for some of the regions of the UK. Despite buy-to-let landlords arguably getting a raw deal from the government of late, there are still strong yields to be found in the right places,… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":6119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,26,59,6],"tags":[341,342],"class_list":["post-9230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buy-to-let-landlords","category-london","category-tax-mortgages-money","category-trending-news","category-uk-housing-market","tag-newsletter","tag-roundup"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6097056,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230\/revisions\/6097056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}