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![Rates War! Mortgage lenders slash BTL borrowing costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/mortgage-400x310.png)
A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Low-EPC homes already tough to sell to landlords - new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Low_EPC-400x310.png)
A new survey reveals that rental properties with an EPC rating below C are already more difficult to sell to other...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let mortgage deals pulled from market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Another buy to let mortgage lender pushing eco-friendly rentals](/img/default/lat.png)
Yet another buy to let lender has released new products aiming to push the sector into more environmentally-friendly properties. The Foundation Home...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vast majority of mortgage lenders still have products for landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big majority of landlords to purchase buy to lets via company structures](/img/default/lat.png)
Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech service complements checks on tenants' social media posts](/img/default/lat.png)
Good tenant referencing should include awareness of would-be renters’ social media history according to RentalStep - but it says more thorough...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![More tenants' social media accounts being checked, claims lender](/img/default/lat.png)
One in nine landlords now check prospective tenants’ social media accounts to try to assess how they may behave as renters,...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Almost one in five buy to let investors commit to sector 'indefinitely'](/img/default/lat.png)
Almost one in five landlords intend to remain in the buy to let market indefinitely according to a new survey. Research for...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![One in six BTL investors set to boost portfolio despite red tape](/img/default/lat.png)
One in five UK landlords have entered buy to let without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’ or...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage borrowing now tougher for portfolio buy to let investors](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and Westminster uncertainty hurting rental sector - survey](/img/default/lat.png)
Political uncertainty across the UK and increased restrictions on buy to let are leading many landlords to raise rents and review...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Forecast that 75% of buy to let mortgages will be via limited companies](/img/default/lat.png)
One of Britain’s leading buy to let mortgage companies says it anticipates that over three quarters of borrowing to purchase BTL...
08 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![New lending rules 'could create 'buy to let mortgage prisoners'](/img/default/lat.png)
A warning is being issued that the types of mortgages still being extended to buy to let investors risks them becoming...
10 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let mortgage chief says lettings sector should 'embrace lending restraint'](/img/default/lat.png)
A risk expert at a leading buy to let mortgage company says the industry should actually embrace the restrictions on lending...