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04 August 2022
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The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...
20 June 2022
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There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...
28 January 2022
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A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...
24 December 2021
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A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...
12 October 2021
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ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...
19 February 2021
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Independent service Moneyfacts says that while the buy to let mortgage sector remains resilient, it has contracted slightly in recent weeks...
19 August 2020
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A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...
17 July 2020
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The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...
22 May 2020
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Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...
12 May 2020
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Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...
15 April 2020
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A lender is now offering what it calls ‘instant decisions-in-principle’ for buy to let purchasers still buying property at the moment. Landbay...
24 March 2020
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Mortgage costs in the buy to let market have continued to fall over the last three months - a trend seen across...
20 December 2019
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A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...
14 June 2019
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Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...
16 April 2019
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The Nationwide is the latest lender to say it will not insist its buy to let borrowers enforce a No DSS...
21 March 2019
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Brexit is not a good reason for delaying buy to let investment, insists a mortgage chief. Andrew Turner is chief executive at...
01 March 2019
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A survey of mortgage experts conducted by one of the largest specialist buy to let lenders suggests that Brexit is hitting...
15 February 2019
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With good news in the buy to let sector in short supply, here’s a promising start to the week - a...
11 February 2019
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A lender has launched a new product which is thought to be the first mortgage explicitly aimed at borrowers who propose...
19 July 2018
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The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there is now a record number of mortgage deals for those entering the buy...
04 July 2018
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A specialist buy to let lender is making changes to its lending conditions to ensure its residential and commercial borrowers conform...
23 March 2018
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The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says some buy to let mortgage rates have gone back to record lows. The monitor says...
06 March 2018
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Nearly three quarters of portfolio landlords have found it more difficult to secure a mortgage since the Prudential Regulation Authority’s changes...
24 January 2018
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One of the lettings sector’s biggest lenders, Santander, is allowing its buy to let landlord borrowers to offer assured shorthold tenancies...
09 January 2018
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Portfolio landlords unable to borrow or contemplating selling because of new Prudential Regulation Authority rules are being urged to consider equity...
06 October 2017
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The mortgage director of Romans, one of the country’s largest agency groups, says the new Bank of England rules being introduced...
29 September 2017
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Consumer group Which? is warning that buy to let investors with multiple properties in one locality could risk being turned down...
19 September 2017
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The number of new buy to let mortgages available to investors has hit 1,725 - its highest point since 1,942 products...
13 September 2017
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A new snapshot of the buy to let mortgage market suggests costs have dropped further over the past three months as...
16 August 2017
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Skipton is the latest lender to confirm that it will continue lending to so-called portfolio landlords after new Bank of England...
16 August 2017
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Property investment platform LendInvest has raised £50m thanks to the over-subscription of its first retail bond, launched on the London Stock...
11 August 2017
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The number of mortgage products has more than doubled over the past two years, according to new data released by sourcing...
12 July 2017
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The number of buy-to-let mortgage loans fell by over a fifth during April, according to the latest figures from the Council...
15 June 2017
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High street operator Metro Bank has announced that it is entering the consumer buy-to-let market and will now accept consumer applications...
14 June 2017
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One of the biggest lenders to the buy to let community, Santander, is to lower its affordability assessments from next Wednesday. It...
13 April 2017
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The range and pricing of buy to let mortgage products for limited companies has never been better according to a survey...
05 April 2017
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The Metro Bank is the latest to make changes to its buy to let mortgage portfolio in a bid to attract...
31 March 2017
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The imminent mortgage interest tax relief changes coming into effect in April has triggered a surge in the number of mortgage...
14 March 2017
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The Leeds Building Society is the latest buy to let mortgage lender to amend its criteria for borrowers ahead of new...
08 December 2016
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The Financial Times reports that the Bank of England is questioning buy to let mortgage lenders and banks as part of...
29 November 2016
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The Bank of England has been given additional powers by the government to control mortgage lending for buy to let investors. The...
17 November 2016
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Credit rating consultancy Experian says it is cheaper to rent than buy in 84 per cent of areas, while it's cheaper...
08 November 2016
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An outspoken mortgage chief has criticised other lenders for supplying buy to let products to “every Tom, Dick and Harry” since...
28 October 2016
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The chief executive of financial consultancy Clayton Euro Risk says changes soon coming in to tighten the criteria applied to buy...
04 October 2016
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A group campaigning to secure refunds on alleged mortgage interest over-charging by buy to let lenders is calling on letting agents...
19 July 2016
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A market survey by specialist broker Mortgages for Business reveals that there has been a substantial increase in lending in the...
07 July 2016
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Bank of England governor Mark Carney says the bank is keeping a close eye on the buy to let market -...
06 July 2016
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The Property 118 website - which last week won a notable victory in the Court of Appeal against a building society...
14 June 2016
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A warning is being issued that the types of mortgages still being extended to buy to let investors risks them becoming...
10 May 2016
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The financial editor of The Guardian newspaper claims that - despite widespread criticism within the lettings industry of the latest buy...
31 March 2016
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An industry body says proposals by the Bank of England to curb buy to let lending are “premature.” The Bank’s Prudential Regulation...
30 March 2016
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Banks approved 45,892 mortgages for house purchases last month - a 20 per cent rise on the February last year, with...
25 March 2016
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Barclays has increased its age cap for those applying for buy to let mortgages from 75 to 80 with immediate effect. The personal...
27 January 2016
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A specialist buy to let lender says some mainstream mortgage companies are over-charging borrowers who have incorporated in order to minimise...
19 January 2016
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Many lenders are holding the equivalent of ‘mortgage January sales’ in order to kick-start the market for borrowers, according to a...
08 January 2016
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Buy To Let mortgage lending grew 17 per cent in 2015 but faces a potential slump after April, according to property...
05 January 2016
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The government is poised to launch a consultation document which is expected to advocate further restrictions on buy to let mortgage...
15 December 2015
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The Basel Committee - an international forum which sets standards for bank regulations in individual countries - says financial institutions should place greater emphasis...
11 December 2015
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A new survey of mortgage approvals suggests first time buyers are continuing to lose out - and are thus likely to...
11 December 2015
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Ahead of expected restrictions on buy to let lending to be introduced next year by the Bank of England, some individual...
09 December 2015
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The popularity of buy to let continues to soar according to data analysts Moneyfacts, despite a raft of new regulations coming...
18 November 2015
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Almost three-quarters of homeowners with interest-only mortgages - many of them buy to let landlords - are worried they may not...
26 October 2015
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Measures which discourage investment in the private rented sector can only push up rents and harm tenants more than landlords, a...
20 October 2015
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Some 60% of landlords have no intention of investing in their property to make it more efficient, despite new energy efficiency...
20 August 2015
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When Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently announced that interest rates would have to start to rise sooner...
24 July 2015
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Analysis by financial services comparison website Moneyfacts suggests that since so-called ‘pension freedom’ was introduced in the spring the number of...