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Buy-to-let is a British phrase referring to the purchase of a property specifically to let out, that is to rent it out. A buy-to-let mortgage is a mortgage loan specifically designed for this purpose. Buy-to-let properties are usually residential but the term also encompasses student property investments and hotel room investments. [1]
Domestic real estate represented the largest non-financial asset in the UK, with a net worth of £5.1trillion (2014). [3] Foreign investment plays a substantial role in the UK's real estate market, particularly in London, and foreign companies and individuals invested around £20billion in UK real estate in 2012. [4] [needs update]
A sale-and-leaseback is typically a commercial real estate transaction in which one party, often a corporation, sells its corporate real estate assets to another party, such as an institutional investor, or a real estate investment trust , and then leases the property back at a rental rate and lease term that is acceptable to the new investor ...
Commercial property, also called commercial real estate, investment property or income property, is real estate (buildings or land) intended to generate a profit, either from capital gains or rental income. [1] Commercial property includes office buildings, medical centers, hotels, malls, retail stores, multifamily housing buildings, farm land ...
A lease option (more formally Lease With the Option to Purchase) is a type of contract used in both residential and commercial real estate.In a lease-option, a property owner and tenant agree that, at the end of a specified rental period for a given property, the renter has the option of purchasing the property.
Balanced Commercial Property Trust, formerly BMO Commercial Property Trust, is a large British investment trust dedicated to investments in commercial properties. Established in 2005, the company, which was formerly known as F&C Commercial Property Trust , was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Starwood Capital Group ...
Rightmove plc is a British company which runs rightmove.co.uk, the UK's largest online real estate property portal. [3] Rightmove is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index .
Government statistics show that long-term empty homes are generally concentrated post-industrial areas, in the North of England and in seaside towns, where property prices are generally lower, with the lowest percentage in London, which had 20,795 long-term empty properties, with the highest in Barrow-in Furness, Burley and Blackburn. [94] [95 ...