The latest research from Countrywide has founs that there has been an increase in London based investors purchasing buy-to-let homes outside the capital. According to the report, the proportion of investors from the capital buying outside of London reached 50% in 2017 compared with 19% in 2011. Last year, London investors bought over 22,000 (22,296), homes outside the capital up from 3,311 in 2010 when the Countrywide Lettings Index began. This is more than the number of homes sold in Manchester and Birmingham combined last year (21,951). A record proportion of London investors are looking North in search of higher yields and lower stamp duty costs. The East has the highest proportion of London landlords overall […]