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A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...
02 August 2022
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The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...
02 February 2022
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Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...
07 December 2021
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A new bank called Monument is aiming at property investors and established buy to let landlords seeking to grow their portfolios. Its...
09 November 2021
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Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...
30 September 2021
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It is understood that Lloyds Bank may use local agencies to find tenants for new private rental sector activities. In recent weeks...
08 September 2021
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The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...
13 July 2021
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Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...
08 July 2021
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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
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It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...
21 June 2021
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Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...
16 June 2021
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The government has admitted that “hundreds of thousands” of people will use the new Breathing Space system, during which they cannot...
05 May 2021
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One of the most active lenders for international investors in UK buy to let claims to have produced a market-leading mortgage...
20 April 2021
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An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...
31 March 2021
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The popularity of buy to let mortgage products offering exclusive rates for higher value loans is a sign of optimism in...
31 March 2021
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An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...
29 March 2021
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Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...
19 March 2021
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The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...
10 March 2021
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A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...
08 March 2021
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This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...
03 March 2021
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A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...
16 February 2021
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The government has announced yet another ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. The existing ban was due to expire...
14 February 2021
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Government data suggests that scare stories talking of a glut of evictions if the current ban is lifted are simply unfounded. Data...
12 February 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...
08 February 2021
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While the Westminster government has extended its version of the eviction ban in England until February 21, a longer ban -...
11 January 2021
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The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...
16 December 2020
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ARLA Propertymark is one of seven trade and charity groups calling on the government to help bail out private renters with...
26 November 2020
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A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...
22 October 2020
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ARLA Propertymark has welcomed the creation of a financial lifeline for tenants in Wales in arrears because of Coronavirus. The association has...
08 October 2020
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Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
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A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...
25 September 2020
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A leading figure in the private rental sector says the lettings industry has been largely ignored once again by Chancellor Rishi...
25 September 2020
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The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...
11 September 2020
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A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...
09 September 2020
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...
07 September 2020
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A scheme providing interest-free loans to tenants with Covid-related arrears should be offered across the UK. That’s the view of David Alexander...
07 September 2020
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ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...
01 September 2020
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A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years. In a...
28 August 2020
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Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...
20 August 2020
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The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...
12 August 2020
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The Welsh Government has launched a new Tenancy Saver Loans scheme to allow tenants to borrow to pay off arrears built up...
12 August 2020
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A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...
07 July 2020
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Landlords who are remortgaging are currently doing so primarily to build a war chest. That’s the view of mortgage brokerage Mortgages for...
30 June 2020
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The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...
15 June 2020
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The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...
02 June 2020
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The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...
18 May 2020
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A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...
15 May 2020
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The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...
06 May 2020
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The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...
28 April 2020
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Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...
02 April 2020
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A council says it’s considering lending funds for improvement to landlords who “behave fairly and appropriately” - and buy into a...
13 March 2020
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A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...
29 January 2020
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A new rental deposit alternative scheme claims that some renters have to resort to high-interest payday lenders in order to afford...
03 January 2020
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There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...
24 December 2019
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A Southampton lettings agency owner has been jailed after defrauding landlords and tenants out of £230,000. Andrew Whitehead has been jailed for...
19 December 2019
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The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...
21 November 2019
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Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...
13 November 2019
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There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...
03 September 2019
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A London lettings agency that has already acquired an independent has now received what is described as a “six figure” loan...
15 August 2019
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A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...
04 June 2019
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The UK’s largest property franchise business, Belvoir Lettings, says it beat its own ambitious target for its franchisees’ Assisted Acquisitions programme...
11 January 2019
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Some 79 per cent of landlords are only servicing the interest on their mortgages, not paying down their loans, according to...
10 December 2018
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Good tenant referencing should include awareness of would-be renters’ social media history according to RentalStep - but it says more thorough...
30 October 2018
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The Nationwide has called for greater consistency in the treatment and return of security deposits so that tenants leaving properties in...
23 October 2018
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One in nine landlords now check prospective tenants’ social media accounts to try to assess how they may behave as renters,...
18 September 2018
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New figures out show that buy to let mortgage rates are showing the effects of last month’s base rate rise. Online mortgage...
14 September 2018
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If you’re a landlord who owns a buy to let property or perhaps a portfolio and need to raise money against...
28 August 2018
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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
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The conclusions of a new think tank analysing the private rental sector are “fundamentally wrong” according to a trade body. The Residential...
26 June 2018
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Investors in buy to let in the UK are losing thousands of pounds in income - and it’s their own fault...
20 June 2018
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Figures from UK Finance show there were 5,000 new buy to let house purchase mortgages completed in April - the latest data...
15 June 2018
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One in five UK landlords have entered buy to let without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’ or...
14 June 2018
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Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...
02 May 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 successful transfer of £12 billion worth of buy-to-let mortgages has been completed. Last year, Blackstone and Prudential purchased the book of...
20 February 2018
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Well over half of those investors who recently secured buy to let mortgages risk facing losses when mortgage interest tax changes...
26 January 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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The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...
23 November 2017
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06 November 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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Political uncertainty across the UK and increased restrictions on buy to let are leading many landlords to raise rents and review...
30 August 2017
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Reference provider Rent4sure says agents should beware of the growing issue of online identity fraud, especially hitting people in their 30s. A...
29 August 2017
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The National Landlords Association is urging buy to let investors to consider remortgaging in the very near future ahead of new...
23 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 flat fees for buy to let mortgages are now lower than they have been at any point in the past...
19 July 2017
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Skipton International has launched a guide to help expat buy to let investors trying to make sense of the UK government’s...
30 June 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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The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...
18 May 2017
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Mortgage lending for the buy to let sector has halved since the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge in April 2016 according...
18 May 2017
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Over 112,000 properties have been purchased through the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme since its launch in 2013 - and...
31 March 2017
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The proportion of landlords considering commercial loans to fund purchases has doubled over the last 18 months as they try to...
27 February 2017
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An attempt is underway to resuscitate the Green Deal which many buy to let and other residential property investors used to...
26 January 2017
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Landlord confidence has returned despite government tax changes to the private rental sector - although research for the survey that produced...
02 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 government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants - and the possibility that they may instead fall on...
28 November 2016
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A major buy to let mortgage provider has eased the criteria to be met by landlord investors who want to borrow...
23 November 2016
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Buy to let lending is well down according to data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Apparently contrary to an optimistic report...
13 October 2016
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The financial downturn was “probably the best thing that could have happened” to this country’s private rental sector according to lettings...
13 October 2016
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There is growing concern over a predicted £5,000 cost to make some buy to let properties energy-efficient under new government plans. An...
04 August 2016
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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
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The TSB is the latest buy to let lender to increase its interest coverage ratio for buy to let mortgages from...
29 June 2016
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A letting agent who scammed dozens of tenants and landlords out of more than £220,000 of rents and deposits has been...
29 June 2016
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There was a massive slowdown in buy to let lending by investors as the additional homes stamp duty surcharge passed -...
16 June 2016
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A mortgage firm specialising in buy to let products says lending to landlords set up as limited companies surged in the...
13 June 2016
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The government is being urged to delay the introduction of new energy efficiency targets in the private rental sector, with a...
18 May 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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A buy to let lender says new underwriting rules from the Prudential Regulation Authority could trigger another rush to snap up...
29 April 2016
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The approaching of the April 1 stamp duty surcharge deadline led to a severe drop-off in buy to let purchasers seeking...
27 April 2016
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Demand for buy to let mortgages in the coming months is expected to fall "significantly" according to a Bank of England...
14 April 2016
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A surge in lending for buy to let properties ahead of April’s stamp duty surcharge means mortgage approvals have reached their...
11 February 2016
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A risk expert at a leading buy to let mortgage company says the industry should actually embrace the restrictions on lending...
11 February 2016
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The government’s initiatives to try to increase house building and owner occupation will not stop demand for rented homes rising by...
03 February 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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Buy to let loans could outstrip remortgaging within a matter of weeks as landlords rush to beat the April 1 stamp...
13 January 2016
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Buy to let tax relief is still set to total around £15 billion annually even after changes to tax relief are introduced,...
21 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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Buy to let lending continues to show a large rise compared to the same time last year according to new figures from...
14 October 2015
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The broker Independent Mortgage Solutions - which until now has found loans for clients interested in residential sales, self-build and buy...
08 September 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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This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...
19 June 2015
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Latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show there were 18,200 buy to let loans in March - up 12 per...