Buy-to-let incorporations reach an all-time high as tax changes bite
The latest Hamptons index tells us that the national rate of rental price inflation ticked up sharply towards the end of 2020. The annual rate jumped from 1.4% in October to 4.1% in December. This is the fastest pace of rental growth recorded in more than four and a half years, since July 2016.
Landlord property sales drop to a seven-year low
131,900 buy-to-let homes were sold-off by investors in 2020, says Hamptons; the lowest number since 2013.
‘There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam’ – Hamptons
Landlords accounted for one in every six agreed sales last month, as investors rush to take advantage of the Stamp Duty holiday in a small-scale re-run of 2016.
Stamp Duty holiday ‘fails to ignite a buy-to-let spending spree’
“The overall impact of the stamp duty holiday on investor activity has been relatively muted," says Hamptons' research chief Aneisha Beveridge.
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