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A high profile mortgage lender operating in the buy to let sector has launched a series of products aimed at investors...

A warning has been issued that as many as 250,000 homes - some likely to be in the private rental sector...

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

New research suggests even those renters who want to be owner occupiers are likely to remain in the lettings sector in the...

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

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

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...

Mortgage lenders and brokers have been too quiet over changes to buy to let lending, according to a trade body. The National...

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...

The National Landlords Association is urging buy to let investors to consider remortgaging in the very near future ahead of new...

Accord Buy To Let is the latest lender to change its lending criteria for portfolio landlords with four or more investment...

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

A series of six video ‘shows’ - ideal for agents to promote to would-be investment buyers - has been launched by...

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

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

The number of buy to let transactions across England and Wales has fallen 8.2 per cent in one month and is down an...

There is a new warning from the Bank of England suggesting that - despite all the recent measures aimed against buy...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has told the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority not to add unnecessarily to the welter...

Landlords are increasingly favouring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and more 'complex property types' due to the often higher yields available.  Mortgages...

A leading chartered surveying firm is stressing the differences that exist between new English and Scottish energy efficiency rules hitting the...

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

The gap between average incomes and the pay of tenants who want to buy their first property has reached a post-recession...

A new report from the independent Social Market Foundation think tank has found that almost two million more people have been...

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

It appears almost certain that the Bank of England is preparing for new mortgage controls in a bid to dampen what...