UK buy-to-let has delivered total returns of 2,130% since the launch of the first buy-to-let mortgage in September 1996, according to analysis from Hamptons. Hamptons said £1 invested in the average UK buy-to-let property in late 1996 would have generated £22.30 in total returns by...

The number of residential mortgages worth £5 million or more rose last year as wealthy buyers increasingly used borrowing to fund prime property purchases, according to Karis Capital. Data supplied by the Financial Conduct Authority to the specialist real estate finance advisory firm showed 333...