Buy to Let Index

This is the second Birmingham Midshires Buy to Let bi-annual Review. The Review covers property prices and rental values for Buy to Let (BTL) properties both at national and regional levels. The figures are calculated on a "standardised" basis so that price and rent movements are tracked on a like-for-like basis. This is the UK's only measure of the BTL market on this basis. The figures are based on the BTL lending of Birmingham Midshires, one of the UK's largest BTL lenders

• Average total return for a buy to let investor was 16.3% in the year to December 2007, up from 13.5% in 2006
• Average price of a typical BTL property in the UK increased by 10.9% during 2007 to an average price of £154,795
• Rental yield on UK BTL properties rose marginally to 5.4% in year to December 2007
• Northern Ireland BTL investors had strongest gains with total returns of 44.3% in the year to December 2007
• Average rent in the UK rose to £698 per month in 2007 from £617 in 2006, an increase of 13.1%
• There are no regions where the average price of a BTL property is below £100,000

Downloadable Resources

BTL Price Index Press Release - February 2008 (.PDF, 82K)

Contact Details

For further information please contact Clare Mortimer at BMPressOffice@birminghammidshires.co.uk