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

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

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

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

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...

Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

Mortgage experts are expecting significant falls in the cost of borrowing this week as lenders drop their rates. Following last week’s decision...

A stark warning has been made to lettings and estate agents that interest rates as high as seven per cent may...

Most economic and housing analysts believe another base rate rise is on the cards for next month - but the sharp...

A property industry commentator wants buy to let mortgage rules to be relaxed so that frustrated sellers can let out their...

The Bank of England has announced its latest change in base rate, which is used by most lenders to determine interest...

A prominent lettings and sales agency says there are four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff, despite interest...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

Spanish bank Santander says UK residential property prices look set to fall 10 per cent this year and will return to...

The equity release market has expanded by 27 per cent to hit a record £5.58 billion of new lending last year,...

Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...

Data from the mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance shows the wisdom of agents having a lettings division. The body says: “We...

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has agreed to raise interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 2.25...

A leading business consultancy says the Bank of England will once again increase interest rates by twice the minimum permitted. CMC Markets...

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...

The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...

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

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

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

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

A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...

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

A lender is now offering what it calls ‘instant decisions-in-principle’ for buy to let purchasers still buying property at the moment. Landbay...

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

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

Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...

The Nationwide is the latest lender to say it will not insist its buy to let borrowers enforce a No DSS...

Brexit is not a good reason for delaying buy to let investment, insists a mortgage chief. Andrew Turner is chief executive at...

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...

A lender has launched a new product which is thought to be the first mortgage explicitly aimed at borrowers who propose...

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

A specialist buy to let lender is making changes to its lending conditions to ensure its residential and commercial borrowers conform...

The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says some buy to let mortgage rates have gone back to record lows. The monitor says...

Nearly three quarters of portfolio landlords have found it more difficult to secure a mortgage since the Prudential Regulation Authority’s changes...

One of the lettings sector’s biggest lenders, Santander, is allowing its buy to let landlord borrowers to offer assured shorthold tenancies...

Portfolio landlords unable to borrow or contemplating selling because of new Prudential Regulation Authority rules are being urged to consider equity...

The mortgage director of Romans, one of the country’s largest agency groups, says the new Bank of England rules being introduced...

Consumer group Which? is warning that buy to let investors with multiple properties in one locality could risk being turned down...

The number of new buy to let mortgages available to investors has hit 1,725 - its highest point since 1,942 products...

A new snapshot of the buy to let mortgage market suggests costs have dropped further over the past three months as...

Skipton is the latest lender to confirm that it will continue lending to so-called portfolio landlords after new Bank of England...

Property investment platform LendInvest has raised £50m thanks to the over-subscription of its first retail bond, launched on the London Stock...

The number of mortgage products has more than doubled over the past two years, according to new data released by sourcing...

The number of buy-to-let mortgage loans fell by over a fifth during April, according to the latest figures from the Council...

High street operator Metro Bank has announced that it is entering the consumer buy-to-let market and will now accept consumer applications...

One of the biggest lenders to the buy to let community, Santander, is to lower its affordability assessments from next Wednesday.   It...

The range and pricing of buy to let mortgage products for limited companies has never been better according to a survey...

The Metro Bank is the latest to make changes to its buy to let mortgage portfolio in a bid to attract...

The imminent mortgage interest tax relief changes coming into effect in April has triggered a surge in the number of mortgage...

The Leeds Building Society is the latest buy to let mortgage lender to amend its criteria for borrowers ahead of new...

The Financial Times reports that the Bank of England is questioning buy to let mortgage lenders and banks as part of...

The Bank of England has been given additional powers by the government to control mortgage lending for buy to let investors. The...

Credit rating consultancy Experian says it is cheaper to rent than buy in 84 per cent of areas, while it's cheaper...

An outspoken mortgage chief has criticised other lenders for supplying buy to let products to “every Tom, Dick and Harry” since...

The chief executive of financial consultancy Clayton Euro Risk says changes soon coming in to tighten the criteria applied to buy...

A group campaigning to secure refunds on alleged mortgage interest over-charging by buy to let lenders is calling on letting agents...

A market survey by specialist broker Mortgages for Business reveals that there has been a substantial increase in lending in the...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says the bank is keeping a close eye on the buy to let market -...

The Property 118 website - which last week won a notable victory in the Court of Appeal against a building society...

A warning is being issued that the types of mortgages still being extended to buy to let investors risks them becoming...

The financial editor of The Guardian newspaper claims that - despite widespread criticism within the lettings industry of the latest buy...

An industry body says proposals by the Bank of England to curb buy to let lending are “premature.” The Bank’s Prudential Regulation...

Banks approved 45,892 mortgages for house purchases last month - a 20 per cent rise on the February last year, with...

Barclays has increased its age cap for those applying for buy to let mortgages from 75 to 80 with immediate effect. The personal...

A specialist buy to let lender says some mainstream mortgage companies are over-charging borrowers who have incorporated in order to minimise...

Many lenders are holding the equivalent of ‘mortgage January sales’ in order to kick-start the market for borrowers, according to a...

Buy To Let mortgage lending grew 17 per cent in 2015 but faces a potential slump after April, according to property...

The government is poised to launch a consultation document which is expected to advocate further restrictions on buy to let mortgage...

The Basel Committee - an international forum which sets standards for bank regulations in individual countries - says financial institutions should place greater emphasis...

A new survey of mortgage approvals suggests first time buyers are continuing to lose out - and are thus likely to...

Ahead of expected restrictions on buy to let lending to be introduced next year by the Bank of England, some individual...

The popularity of buy to let continues to soar according to data analysts Moneyfacts, despite a raft of new regulations coming...

Almost three-quarters of homeowners with interest-only mortgages - many of them buy to let landlords - are worried they may not...

Measures which discourage investment in the private rented sector can only push up rents and harm tenants more than landlords, a...

Some 60% of landlords have no intention of investing in their property to make it more efficient, despite new energy efficiency...

When Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently announced that interest rates would have to start to rise sooner...

Analysis by financial services comparison website Moneyfacts suggests that since so-called ‘pension freedom’ was introduced in the spring the number of...

This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...