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Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

Almost one in three buy to let landlords are set to sell up in the next 12 months. That’s the shock statistic...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...

There’s been a significant increase in the buy to let mortgage product range according to analysis by independent service Moneyfacts.  A year...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

Buy to let mortgages have seen the largest interest rate increase of any mortgage category according to new research. Barrows and Forrester...

A sales agency specialising in disposing of buy to let portfolios says it’s now received an averaged 240 enquires a month...

A respected property lawyer is accusing the government of helping nuisance tenants at the expense of the weak and vulnerable. Ian Narberth,...

Just as transactions in the mainstream market ramp up for spring and summer, so enquiries about buy to let mortgages have...

Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency.   So far this...

A lettings agency says it’s vital that the government reconsiders the new laws and regulations seen as attacking landlords. The Leaders Romans...

Leaders Romans Group is offering its landlord clients a new investment service. ‘Smart Investment’, powered by GetGround, is described as a fully...

The latest high end agency to predict the mainstream market next year is Strutt & Parker - and it’s less downbeat...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

The law around the requirement for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rental properties will change in England on October 1. Propertymark...

The government has issued detailed guidance ahead of a change in the law around smoke and carbon monoxide alarms coming into...

The finance arm of LSL Property Services - known as Pivotal Growth - has snapped up a specialist mortgage service. Pivotal Growth...

The costs of upgrading properties to meet new energy efficiency standards are likely to be passed on to tenants via higher...

Agents tasked with persuading possible investors as to the benefit of buy to let have new ammunition, in the shape of...

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...

Skipton International says it’s seen “remarkable growth” in the Buy To Let mortgage market for expats, with completions skyrocketing in comparison...

While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...

Buy To Let lending is set to fall back this year, after a hectic 2021. That’s the forecast from the Intermediary Mortgage...

UK Finance, the umbrella group representing major mortgage lenders, says there will have been a massive 83 per cent surge in...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

A new bank called Monument is aiming at property investors and established buy to let landlords seeking to grow their portfolios. Its...

A new report suggests that agents may already be seeing more middle-aged and older landlords - and if that hasn’t happened...

The flurry of increased interest in buy to let means the choice of mortgage products for investors is now greater than...

There’s good news for the buy to let sector today as an independent mortgage market monitor reports a 15-month high in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...

A third of buy to let investors would change the way they voted in the EU referendum if they could. That’s the...

One of the most active lenders for international investors in UK buy to let claims to have produced a market-leading mortgage...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Independent service Moneyfacts says that while the buy to let mortgage sector remains resilient, it has contracted slightly in recent weeks...

The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...

A  buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...

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There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

Two major buy to let lenders have slashed their rates in a bid to win business. One of the highest profile lenders,...

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

Mortgage costs in the buy to let market have continued to fall over the last three months - a trend seen across...

Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...

Buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage rates continue to drop but at a slower rate than in previous months, according to the latest Property...

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...

Landlords can make savings by switching their buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages as average costs have started to fall.  The latest analysis from Mortgage...

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...

The government says thousands of families could benefit from changes to mortgage rules announced by Metro Bank. Currently the bank prevents landlords...

We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at...

There was a notable increase in the number of older buy-to-let investors in 2018, according to Commercial Trust Limited. The specialist buy-to-let...

Fergus Wilson, arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord and almost certainly the individual with the largest number of buy to lets in...

Buy to let mortgage costs remain stable with little movement recorded over the past three months according to a market snapshot...

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...

An online platform says its management service for landlords can vary depending on individual client needs - a vital response to...

Buy to let may have been in the doldrums in recent years thanks to new taxes and stricter regulations but there’s...

A survey of mortgage experts conducted by one of the largest specialist buy to let lenders suggests that Brexit is hitting...

With good news in the buy to let sector in short supply, here’s a promising start to the week - a...

The man who is arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord - Fergus Wilson - is likely to be issuing up to 90...

One of the buy to let sector’s main mortgage lenders, Paragon, has refreshed its range of mortgages with new products which...

The Daily Mail has reported on a massive buy to let fiddle which involved a £10.8m property empire, rents totalling £500,000...

The head of a buy to let specialist mortgage broker insists the sector remains a solid investment despite the slew of...

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...

If you’re a landlord who owns a buy to let property or perhaps a portfolio and need to raise money against...

Data produced by Sainsbury’s Bank Mortgages gives a trend-bucking upbeat assessment of investors’ renewed interest in buy to let.  Figures siuggest that...

A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...

London is back as the most popular part of the UK for buy to let investment according to an analysis undertaken...

Buy to let is still an attractive investment compared to other asset classes but to make the best of the opportunity...

The cost of buy to let mortgages remain at record lows and - with little movement in costs and rates over...

The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there is now a record number of mortgage deals for those entering the buy...

One in five UK landlords have entered buy to let without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’ or...

There’s been a big rise in the proportion of landlords remortgaging according to one of the sector’s most prominent lenders, Paragon. In...

The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...

An online petition which calls on the government to reintroduce full buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief and abolish the 3% stamp...