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There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

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

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

The buy to let sector appears more heavily reliant on mortgages than some analysts have previously suggested. Specialist lending service Octane Capital has...

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

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

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is today charing a crisis meeting of mortgage lenders, as calls mount for him to take action to...

Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...

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

Buy to let investors have created the largest increase in the mortgage market in the past year, it’s being claimed. Octane Capital...

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

A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...

Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...

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

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

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

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...

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

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

There’s been an “unprecedented” across-the-board fall in fixed rate buy to let mortgage rates according to an online investment platform.   Property Master...

Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

A specialist broker says the costs of most fixed rate buy to let mortgages are beginning to rise.  Property Master warned last...

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

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...

New figures out show that buy to let mortgage rates are showing the effects of last month’s base rate rise. Online mortgage...

First the good news - investors are still purchasing buy to let properties; the less good news is that it’s a...

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

A buy to let mortgage firm says it’s likely that there will be a spike in refinancing enquiries as landlords meet...

Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...

The conclusions of a new think tank analysing the private rental sector are “fundamentally wrong” according to a trade body.  The Residential...

The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...

A campaign opposing the government’s recent tax changes which have penalised buy to let investors has taken a leaf out of...

Buy to let investors are taking a wait and see approach when it comes to additional investment in the sector according...

One of the most famous names in buy to let mortgages, Paragon, has revealed that it’s on the acquisition trail. There had...

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...

There’s been a significant rise in the number of fixed-rate buy to let mortgages available to limited companies, says independent mortgage...

The price of some buy to let mortgages looks set to rise across the board following the decisions of two of...

A new survey by a leading lettings trade body suggests that the Bank of England’s attempts to make buy to let...

The cost of most mainstream buy to let mortgages is increasing according to online operator Mortgage Brain. The cost of a two...

Well over half of those investors who recently secured buy to let mortgages risk facing losses when mortgage interest tax changes...

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

The consumer organisation Which? is warning that buy to let mortgages could become more expensive in the near future. This is despite...

There has been a sharp rise in the cost of buy to let mortgages since the November 2 announcement increasing the...

There’s been another large increase in the number of buy to let mortgages sought by limited companies - they accounted for...

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

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a survey reveals that most buy to let and other property investors want the three per cent stamp duty...

A legal firm has added its weight to the warning that many Airbnb hosts could be, by accident or design, breaching...

Buy to let mortgage competition is showing no signs of stopping, thus giving one of the few pieces of good news...

The flat fees for buy to let mortgages are now lower than they have been at any point in the past...

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

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has commissioned buy to let expert Kate Faulkner to assess issues in the private rental sector -...

Skipton International has launched a guide to help expat buy to let investors trying to make sense of the UK government’s...

Investors in buy to let are the marketing target for a service which describes itself as the UK’s first digital mortgage...

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

The proportion of landlords considering commercial loans to fund purchases has doubled over the last 18 months as they try to...

A second firm is suggesting that the cost of Buy To Let mortgages has fallen to a record low - but...

Paragon Bank, one of the country’s leading specialist buy to let mortgages houses, almost halved its lending to landlords in the...

The consumer organisation Which? has joined the chorus of concern that new mortgage restrictions may hit buy to let landlords.   Since January...

There is yet more evidence that an increasing number of buy to let investors are setting up companies to offset the...

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

The government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants - and the possibility that they may instead fall on...

There is good news to end a difficult week for the letting agency industry - there’s been a further drop in...

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

Average rents across the UK are up eight per cent over the past 15 months according to Connells Group - but...

Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...

Agents don’t need reminding that Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today are invaluable sources of daily industry news - but...

The costs of buy To let mortgages have fallen by as much as eight per cent over the past six months.   Software...

New data from referencing company Equifax Touchstone suggests that this July’s buy to let mortgage lending total is 39 per cent...

One of Britain’s leading buy to let mortgage companies says it anticipates that over three quarters of borrowing to purchase BTL...

Mortgage firms insisting on landlords proving their rental income could cover 145 per cent of their monthly payments could lead to...

The TSB is the latest buy to let lender to increase its interest coverage ratio for buy to let mortgages from...

Chancellor George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge imposed on landlords and other second home buyers from April 1 prompted an enormous 142...

A financial journalist has lambasted the government’s anti-buy to let policies, describing them as “political short-termism ... a vote winner to...

Demand for buy to let mortgages in the coming months is expected to fall "significantly" according to a Bank of England...

The imposition of the stamp duty surcharge on additional homes would add another £4,500 to the cost of setting up a...

The Bank of England has released new buy to let mortgage underwriting standards which are expected to set out stricter borrowing...

February has seen a further burst of buy to let activity, fuelled not only by the stamp duty surcharge deadline but...

Some 26,676 court orders were issued for the eviction of private sector tenants in the final quarter of 2015 according to...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has again spoken out about possible “threats” to the economy posed by the increase in...

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

Buy to let loans could outstrip remortgaging within a matter of weeks as landlords rush to beat the April 1 stamp...

Hunters Estate Agents have taken the unusual step for a public company of criticising the government - in this case over...

The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is the latest influential figure to hint that there may soon be additional restrictions...

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

Two interviews given by a deputy governor of the Bank of England appear to suggest that there will soon be additional...

There is another warning today that changes to buy to let mortgage tax relief will lead to increased rents.  Back in July,...

The costs of lender arrangement fees, valuation fees and legal costs attached to new buy to let mortgages are falling as...

The number of buy to let mortgage products has leapt to 953 - an 11 per cent increase in the past...

The number of landlords with buy to let mortgages that are more than three months in arrears has dropped for the...

An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has broken the 10,000 signatures mark which means...

An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has so far attracted 6,300-plus signatures. The petition, which...

A critic of the suggestion that buy to let landlords could set up companies to ‘beat’ the ending of tax breaks...

Agents have expressed their disappointment at the decision by the government to restrict mortgage interest relief for Buy To let investors...

A specialist buy to let lender is increasing the maximum age of the borrower at the end of the mortgage term...