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New research suggests even those renters who want to be owner occupiers are likely to remain in the lettings sector in the...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Nearly half of prospective home buyers have delayed their plans because of the Coronavirus crisis, a mortgage company says. Research by Aldermore...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer. Mary Rouse,...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent service Moneyfacts says that while the buy to let mortgage sector remains resilient, it has contracted slightly in recent weeks...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Four out of 10 mortgage brokers expect more buy to let business in the coming 12 months, according to a Paragon...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant increase in the mortgage choice available to landlords as the buy to let market gets closer to...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
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Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

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

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords have been sharply criticised by a broker for allegedly trying to cash in on the Coronavirus crisis by demanding mortgage...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Lettings PropTech company teclet has announced that its partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau has been extended to offer mortgage and...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The parlous state of many tenants’ personal finances has been highlighted by website CompareTheMarket which claims that one in 10 rely...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...
28 February 2020
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Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest lettings market snapshot by mortgage lender Paragon has found that of the landlords planning to purchase property in the...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Two major buy to let lenders have slashed their rates in a bid to win business. One of the highest profile lenders,...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Mortgage costs in the buy to let market have continued to fall over the last three months - a trend seen across...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A new building society mortgage product is aimed at allowing students to become first time buyers and to simultaneously become first...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New research suggests that the recent fall in the cost of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages may be coming to a halt. Online...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A London-focussed lettings agency is hosting a seminar for landlords in association with a rental sector trade body. The key theme of...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage rates continue to drop but at a slower rate than in previous months, according to the latest Property...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says it has calculated the true cost of being a buy to let investor. Howsy says the average landlord...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

New research shows more than half of landlords plan to use limited companies to buy properties in the year ahead. The study...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords can make savings by switching their buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages as average costs have started to fall. The latest analysis from Mortgage...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Only one in three landlords across the buy-to-let market earn their sole living from their property portfolio, according to research. Specialist lender...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of buy to let products for first time landlords has risen to an all-time high. Data from independent mortgage market...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A specialist broker says the costs of most fixed rate buy to let mortgages are beginning to rise. Property Master warned last...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s youngest lettings franchise holders has opened a second branch by acquiring an independent agency. Kuljeet Aujla, owner of...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading buy to let mortgage provider says the professional landlord with multiple properties is increasingly becoming the backbone of its...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Recent figures suggesting that nearly £1 billion was withdrawn by over-55s through equity release in the first three months of 2019...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News

There was a notable increase in the number of older buy-to-let investors in 2018, according to Commercial Trust Limited. The specialist buy-to-let...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let mortgage costs remain stable with little movement recorded over the past three months according to a market snapshot...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let may have been in the doldrums in recent years thanks to new taxes and stricter regulations but there’s...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey of mortgage experts conducted by one of the largest specialist buy to let lenders suggests that Brexit is hitting...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

With good news in the buy to let sector in short supply, here’s a promising start to the week - a...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the buy to let sector’s main mortgage lenders, Paragon, has refreshed its range of mortgages with new products which...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The Daily Mail has reported on a massive buy to let fiddle which involved a £10.8m property empire, rents totalling £500,000...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Most buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages are currently cheaper than they were a year ago - some by as much as £29...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Some 79 per cent of landlords are only servicing the interest on their mortgages, not paying down their loans, according to...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The head of a buy to let specialist mortgage broker insists the sector remains a solid investment despite the slew of...
20 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Some broadly good news to end the week - rents are predicted to grow 13.7 per cent in the next five...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of buy to let lenders lending to limited companies has risen by 47 per cent over the past year,...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News
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The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
29 August 2018
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OneSavings Bank, the parent organisation of specialist buy to let lender Kent Reliance, has given a warning on the possible impact...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Data produced by Sainsbury’s Bank Mortgages gives a trend-bucking upbeat assessment of investors’ renewed interest in buy to let. Figures siuggest that...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

First the good news - investors are still purchasing buy to let properties; the less good news is that it’s a...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News

London is back as the most popular part of the UK for buy to let investment according to an analysis undertaken...
30 July 2018
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 93 per cent of landlords financing buy to let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let is still an attractive investment compared to other asset classes but to make the best of the opportunity...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A lender has launched a new product which is thought to be the first mortgage explicitly aimed at borrowers who propose...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News

High-profile buy to let mortgage lender LendInvest says it’s going to allow applicants to prove their ID online via photographs. It’s working...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let mortgage lender says buy to let investors should act now - even if it means borrowing...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The cost of buy to let mortgages remain at record lows and - with little movement in costs and rates over...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there is now a record number of mortgage deals for those entering the buy...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The next phase of the government’s Rent Recognition Challenge takes place this week, as six short-listed PropTech companies know which will...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy to let mortgage firm says it’s likely that there will be a spike in refinancing enquiries as landlords meet...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Mortgage lenders and brokers have been too quiet over changes to buy to let lending, according to a trade body. The National...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body says it has evidence that families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Investors in buy to let in the UK are losing thousands of pounds in income - and it’s their own fault...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

New research nearly two out of five landlords will use limited companies to buy properties over the next year compared to...
11 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A campaign opposing the government’s recent tax changes which have penalised buy to let investors has taken a leaf out of...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s been a big rise in the proportion of landlords remortgaging according to one of the sector’s most prominent lenders, Paragon. In...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News

An online petition which calls on the government to reintroduce full buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief and abolish the 3% stamp...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Specialist mortgage broker Commercial Trust says there was an increase in buy to let purchase activity in London during the first...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors are taking a wait and see approach when it comes to additional investment in the sector according...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the most famous names in buy to let mortgages, Paragon, has revealed that it’s on the acquisition trail. There had...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of buy to let mortgage products on the open market has passed the 2,000 mark for the first time. This...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Research by a prominent letting agency suggests that the majority of renters in his city would be happy to sign tenancy...
27 April 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant rise in the number of fixed-rate buy to let mortgages available to limited companies, says independent mortgage...
24 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Small-scale landlords and those with the very largest portfolios appear to be ‘resizing’ - selling off some units to cope with...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The price of some buy to let mortgages looks set to rise across the board following the decisions of two of...
12 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let lender is making changes to its lending conditions to ensure its residential and commercial borrowers conform...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey by a leading lettings trade body suggests that the Bank of England’s attempts to make buy to let...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...
20 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England has issued gloomy figures on buy to let lending, suggesting the clampdown on mortgage interest tax relief...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Two agencies in Cheshire have merged, allowing a lettings business to now offer sales, mortgages and other home mover packages to...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

An ‘instant EPC ratings check’ has been created on the website of Mortgages for Business allowing agents to check the ratings...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The cost of most mainstream buy to let mortgages is increasing according to online operator Mortgage Brain. The cost of a two...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The number of buy to let properties in arrears has risen again according to figures released by UK Finance, formerly the...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 44 per cent of landlords plan to expand their portfolios before July 2018 despite tax obstacles, according to...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Net buy to let investment has fallen 80 per cent in the past two years, a mortgage lenders’ group claims. The Intermediary...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy to let lender Commercial Trust claims at least two other regions of the UK are now vying with London...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Well over half of those investors who recently secured buy to let mortgages risk facing losses when mortgage interest tax changes...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures appear to show that younger people may prefer investing in property over pensions - giving new hope to the...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Homes in Multiple Occupation produced average yields of 8.9 per cent in 2017, the highest of all buy to let property...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Almost three-quarters of buy to let mortgage transactions made by landlords operating via limited companies in the final quarter of last...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech platform has launched today linking tenants’ rental payments with their Experian credit histories, as well as providing reports...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A digital start-up that uses algorithms to match the requirements of landlords against the entire buy to let mortgage market of...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy to let lender Accord Mortgages says seven per cent of its business in 2017 came from first time landlords...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Online letting agency Upad is linking with high profile independent finance service John Charcol in a bid to make it easier...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The consumer organisation Which? is warning that buy to let mortgages could become more expensive in the near future. This is despite...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been a sharp rise in the cost of buy to let mortgages since the November 2 announcement increasing the...
05 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Some 30 per cent of landlords may be discouraged from using a letting agent if landlord fees increase as a result...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s best known and highest profile buy to let specialist lenders says the number of new BTL mortgages being...
24 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Over two thirds of landlords are reluctant to invest in new properties as a result of the stamp duty surcharge on...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The autumn's Prudential Regulation Authority changes, coupled with months of rate rise predictions, seem to have had little effect on the cost of...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A record 65 per cent of landlord purchases over the last 12 months were made by cash buyers according to Countrywide. In the...
13 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector is likely to benefit as a result of first time buyers’ lack of understanding of the timings,...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The specialist property investment lender Together is diversifying its product range to cater for investors who want to let out their...
31 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading independent mortgage market monitor is warning that increases in mortgage costs are now proving the latest blow to the...
31 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is reported to be launching its next online offer - a mortgage brokerage called Mojo Mortgages - early next year. The...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Consumer organisation Which? says a handful of buy to let mortgage lenders have found a way of helping so-called ‘portfolio landlords’...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services, which owns Your Move and Reeds Rains lettings and estate agencies, is investing in an online buy to...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

There’s been another large increase in the number of buy to let mortgages sought by limited companies - they accounted for...
12 October 2017
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s best known buy to let lenders, Paragon, is combining its Mortgage Trust and Paragon Mortgages product ranges...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The increasing number of renters and low interest rates for existing home owners mean that the total rent bill is now...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Consumer group Which? is warning that buy to let investors with multiple properties in one locality could risk being turned down...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The buy to let market risks becoming a car crash following the changes of lending rules for so-called portfolio landlords with...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A third of tenants can't imagine ever taking their first step on the property ladder and owning their own home. This is...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

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

Redwood Bank, an online institution which says one of its target customers is the professional landlord within the private rental sector,...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a survey reveals that most buy to let and other property investors want the three per cent stamp duty...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association is urging buy to let investors to consider remortgaging in the very near future ahead of new...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A tenant appears to be entitled to pay sub-market rent for the rest of his life after a legal case involving...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A legal firm has added its weight to the warning that many Airbnb hosts could be, by accident or design, breaching...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A new snapshot of the buy to let mortgage market suggests costs have dropped further over the past three months as...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Nationwide - the UK's second largest buy to let lender - has reported a 20 per cent drop in profits and admits...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has announced a major overhaul of its buy to let mortgage offer, but it is bucking the trend...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Leeds Building Society is the latest major lender to reveal changes to buy to let lending ahead of new rules coming...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Specialist mortgage lender Skipton International says it has received over £500m of expat mortgage enquiries for UK buy to let property...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Coventry building society is the latest buy to let lender to tighten its portfolio buy to let criteria ahead of new...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Buy to let mortgage competition is showing no signs of stopping, thus giving one of the few pieces of good news...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Mortgage Advice Bureau increased revenue by 15 per cent to £49m in the first half of 2017, and reports that the...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy To Let is the latest lender to change its lending criteria for portfolio landlords with four or more investment...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The flat fees for buy to let mortgages are now lower than they have been at any point in the past...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Landlords continue to look for cheaper, higher-performing properties according to the results of an index produced by Mortgages for Business. An analysis...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Paragon is the latest lender to announce it’s falling in line with Bank of England Prudential Regulation Authority requirements for more...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of mortgage products has more than doubled over the past two years, according to new data released by sourcing...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has commissioned buy to let expert Kate Faulkner to assess issues in the private rental sector -...
11 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages says its most recent survey of buy to let investors makes it clear that the vast majority want the...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Over half the value of buy to let lending in the second quarter of this year was provided to limited companies...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Expanding buy to let lender Landbay says it plans to launch an accounting, reporting and tax compliance service for those holding...
27 June 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The nation's landlords are adapting to ongoing restrictions to tax relief on buy-to-let mortgage interest, according to Mortgages for Business. Upon releasing...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Investors in buy to let are the marketing target for a service which describes itself as the UK’s first digital mortgage...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported that its new buy to let lending totalled £556.2m for the six months to the end...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A series of six video ‘shows’ - ideal for agents to promote to would-be investment buyers - has been launched by...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A well known specialist mortgage lender for the buy to let sector, Paragon, has refreshed its offering in the light of...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A letting sector trade body says two thirds of the largest buy to let mortgage lenders do not allow landlords to...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been a three per cent increase in remortgaging levels amongst buy to let investors in March according to data...
20 April 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Data from the first three months of this year suggests that investors are increasingly purchasing smaller, cheaper properties. Specialist lender Mortgages for...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The range and pricing of buy to let mortgage products for limited companies has never been better according to a survey...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy to let lender Paragon Mortgages has given an upbeat forecast for the private rental sector, despite the arrival of...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The Metro Bank is the latest to make changes to its buy to let mortgage portfolio in a bid to attract...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Specialist mortgage lender Together is the latest company to back the idea of rent payment records being used to measure the...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The imminent mortgage interest tax relief changes coming into effect in April has triggered a surge in the number of mortgage...
14 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A trade body claims that vulnerable tenants are finding it harder to access rented housing because of tax changes being introduced...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A 27 year old father of two has secured over 140,000 signatures for an online petition demanding that rent payments be...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is writing to the Office for Budget Responsibility asking it to provide clarification on controversial tax...
07 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Loughborough Building Society is launching a Buy For Uni mortgage product seeking to encourage students to buy a home -...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The proportion of landlords considering commercial loans to fund purchases has doubled over the last 18 months as they try to...
27 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Tenant demand for private rented accommodation is continuing to rise according to a market report from specialist lender Paragon Mortgages. While a...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A new form of agency which wants to blend traditional letting with Airbnb-style short lets has launched in London. Lavanda claims it...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Protests planned by tenants’ groups for many Santander bank branches over the past weekend turned instead into celebrations after the institution...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A second firm is suggesting that the cost of Buy To Let mortgages has fallen to a record low - but...
14 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide claims that the proportion of landlords paying in cash for a property reached 61 per cent in January, the highest...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Despite the challenges faced by the buy to let sector, mortgage companies are fighting hard for business - and two and...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A trade magazine and a national newspaper are reporting anger amongst landlords, tenants and housing groups following the discovery of a...
02 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The buy to let mortgage market has suffered something of a battering in recent months but now Post Office Money is...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Approved Letting Scheme is the latest organisation to back a system allowing tenants to strengthen their credit history, simply...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Paragon Bank, one of the country’s leading specialist buy to let mortgages houses, almost halved its lending to landlords in the...
30 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England's decision to keep the base interest rate at the record low of 0.25% has kept buy-to-let headline...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages, best known for its significant position in the buy to let market, has launched a range of residential mortgage...
17 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The consumer organisation Which? has joined the chorus of concern that new mortgage restrictions may hit buy to let landlords. Since January...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News

New research claims that the financial benefits of renting rather than owning may have been under-rated. A financial researcher at the University...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Independent financial services monitor Moneyfacts claims that a new report is about to reveal the withdrawal of 74 buy to let...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News

There is yet more evidence that an increasing number of buy to let investors are setting up companies to offset the...
06 January 2017
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 60 per cent of buy to let investors say they believe they will be hit by forthcoming changes...
04 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of buy to let transactions across England and Wales has fallen 8.2 per cent in one month and is down an...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The Leeds Building Society is the latest buy to let mortgage lender to amend its criteria for borrowers ahead of new...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News

There is a new warning from the Bank of England suggesting that - despite all the recent measures aimed against buy...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The proportion of private landlords in arrears is substantially under half the proportion of owner occupiers in the same position according...
01 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The Financial Times reports that the Bank of England is questioning buy to let mortgage lenders and banks as part of...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants - and the possibility that they may instead fall on...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages’ parent firm, the Paragon Group of Companies, remains bullish about the buy to let sector despite the series of...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News

There is good news to end a difficult week for the letting agency industry - there’s been a further drop in...
25 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A major buy to let mortgage provider has eased the criteria to be met by landlord investors who want to borrow...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Metro Bank says its residential mortgage customers are now allowed to rent their properties through Airbnb and similar sites for up...
18 November 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant drop in the amount borrowed by buy to let investors over the past year, despite a rise...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Another prominent mortgage chief has called on the government to show its support for the private rental sector by repealing some...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Average rents across the UK are up eight per cent over the past 15 months according to Connells Group - but...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let landlords may be forced to raise rents or even sell their properties because of the government’s new tax...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Anyone who thought the buy to let sector’s recent anger at higher government taxes may have been misplaced may wish to...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A London council has set up a system to allow council tenants to buy into a shared ownership scheme which it...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The campaign group Generation Rent says most buy to let properties are not mortgaged and many landlords are unaffected by current...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Agents don’t need reminding that Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today are invaluable sources of daily industry news - but...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The Mortgages for Businesses brokerage says in the third quarter of this year the proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A survey of 18 mortgage lenders reports that the buy to let sector has seen a rise in mortgage deals of...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Details of the Bank of England’s statement outlining tougher rules on mortgage lending to buy to let investors have been shown...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Over 5.5m Britons think that they will never be able to own a home on the grounds of cost. A survey of...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Several property experts have warned of possible dangers in landlords forming limited companies in a bid to minimise their tax liabilities. There...
28 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let (BTL) investors continue to benefit from falls in mortgage rates, particularly those looking for longer-term agreements. Analysis by Moneyfacts.co.uk shows that...
22 September 2016
From: Breaking News

An action group campaigning on behalf of landlords has confirmed that it is ready to begin legal action against the Bank...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
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The costs of buy To let mortgages have fallen by as much as eight per cent over the past six months. Software...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News

New data from referencing company Equifax Touchstone suggests that this July’s buy to let mortgage lending total is 39 per cent...
24 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Leeds Building Society has changed its mortgage criteria in a bid to encourage longer-term private rentals. The UK’s fifth largest society will...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let mortgage arrears are set to fall below 7,000 by the end of the year according to one lender’s...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News

More than half of tenants would move or consider moving to a different town or city in order to buy a...
22 July 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

There has been another high-level prediction that mortgage lending for buy to let investors is likely to be restricted further in the...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The growth in buy to let mortgage products - rising rapidly until recently - has now begun to drop off. Products increased...
14 July 2016
From: Breaking News

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

A market survey by specialist broker Mortgages for Business reveals that there has been a substantial increase in lending in the...
07 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Mortgage firms insisting on landlords proving their rental income could cover 145 per cent of their monthly payments could lead to...
05 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The TSB is the latest buy to let lender to increase its interest coverage ratio for buy to let mortgages from...
29 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies Your Move and Reeds Rains claim rents have started to drop in many areas following the arrival of a...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News

There was a massive slowdown in buy to let lending by investors as the additional homes stamp duty surcharge passed -...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News

SDL Bigwood - owned by Century 21 UK franchise parent company Shepherd Direct Limited - has been selected as the lettings...
15 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The exemption of residential property from the new Capital Gains Tax cuts tops the list of concerns expressed by professional landlords...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News

It is now thought that the likely average payout to each buy to let borrower affected by this week’s court decision...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A landmark court ruling against the West Bromwich building society has come down in favour of buy to let investors. The case...
09 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords are increasingly favouring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and more 'complex property types' due to the often higher yields available. Mortgages...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge imposed on landlords and other second home buyers from April 1 prompted an enormous 142...
18 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let returns have exceeded those from the FTSE-100 with average gains of 9.6 per cent across England and Wales...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News

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

Ahead of what some consider as the likely tightening of buy to let mortgage lending criteria by the Bank of England...
04 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let lender says new underwriting rules from the Prudential Regulation Authority could trigger another rush to snap up...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backed the raft of measures seen by many as anti-buy to let, including the restriction on...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Two of the industry’s biggest estate agency groups have selected the same firm to provide their legal services. Hillyer McKeown has been...
19 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A financial journalist has lambasted the government’s anti-buy to let policies, describing them as “political short-termism ... a vote winner to...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Independent comparison website Moneyfacts says mortgage lenders are slashing rates on products designed for landlords, in a bid to buoy up...
15 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Demand for buy to let mortgages in the coming months is expected to fall "significantly" according to a Bank of England...
14 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The imposition of the stamp duty surcharge on additional homes would add another £4,500 to the cost of setting up a...
04 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The financial editor of The Guardian newspaper claims that - despite widespread criticism within the lettings industry of the latest buy...
31 March 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England has released new buy to let mortgage underwriting standards which are expected to set out stricter borrowing...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Banks approved 45,892 mortgages for house purchases last month - a 20 per cent rise on the February last year, with...
25 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Credit scoring company Experian is launching a scheme that allows private sector tenants the opportunity to use their rent-paying records to...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Some 66% of landlords predict more rental sector turbulence in this week's Budget, according to research by property crowdfunding platform The...
14 March 2016
From: Breaking News

February has seen a further burst of buy to let activity, fuelled not only by the stamp duty surcharge deadline but...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Some 26,676 court orders were issued for the eviction of private sector tenants in the final quarter of 2015 according to...
08 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages, one of the most influential buy to let lenders, has upgraded its website to allow intermediaries to submit applications...
23 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A new report from the independent Social Market Foundation think tank has found that almost two million more people have been...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services has taken a 65 per cent share in Group First Limited which provides mortgage and protection brokerage services...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A risk expert at a leading buy to let mortgage company says the industry should actually embrace the restrictions on lending...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Around a fifth of investors plan to sell their buy to let properties this year, thanks to the recent measures against...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been another substantial increase in the number of buy to let mortgage applications made by limited companies - suggesting...
03 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The three per cent stamp duty surcharge proposed for purchases of buy to let and holiday homes risks being seen as...
01 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages, one of the buy to let sector’s biggest and best-known lenders, says its buy to let lending in the...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has again spoken out about possible “threats” to the economy posed by the increase in...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Fleet Mortgages is telling clients to choose an efficient conveyancer if they are buying an investment property with a view to...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The governor of the Bank of England has ruled out an immediate rise in interest rates because of the turmoil in...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A financial analyst says current buy to let mortgage constraints - with a strong possibility of more later this year - may...
18 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let loans could outstrip remortgaging within a matter of weeks as landlords rush to beat the April 1 stamp...
13 January 2016
From: Breaking News

An analysis by a national newspaper shows that investors purchasing buy to let properties with mortgages are likely to lose money...
11 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Buy To Let mortgage lending grew 17 per cent in 2015 but faces a potential slump after April, according to property...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The Observer newspaper has made an outspoken attack on agents, landlords and others complaining about recent tax and regulation changes to the...
21 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Hunters Estate Agents have taken the unusual step for a public company of criticising the government - in this case over...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Council of Mortgage Lenders is warning of a possible slump for the buy to let market in the next two...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is the latest influential figure to hint that there may soon be additional restrictions...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The government is poised to launch a consultation document which is expected to advocate further restrictions on buy to let mortgage...
15 December 2015
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A new survey of mortgage approvals suggests first time buyers are continuing to lose out - and are thus likely to...
11 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter says it is setting a lettings sector ‘test’ for candidates vying to become the next Mayor of London. “Early...
11 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Ahead of expected restrictions on buy to let lending to be introduced next year by the Bank of England, some individual...
09 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A respected survey of the buy to let market says proposed tax changes and the increased stamp duty on additional homes...
04 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The managing director of the mortgages division of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations, says George...
03 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Two interviews given by a deputy governor of the Bank of England appear to suggest that there will soon be additional...
03 December 2015
From: Breaking News

It appears almost certain that the Bank of England is preparing for new mortgage controls in a bid to dampen what...
02 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Existing and would-be landlords are set to go on a buy to let buying spree, snapping up homes before the three...
27 November 2015
From: Breaking News

There is another warning today that changes to buy to let mortgage tax relief will lead to increased rents. Back in July,...
26 November 2015
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s best known specialist buy to let mortgage companies, Paragon, has revealed a startling 102 per cent increase in...
25 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The popularity of buy to let continues to soar according to data analysts Moneyfacts, despite a raft of new regulations coming...
18 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The costs of lender arrangement fees, valuation fees and legal costs attached to new buy to let mortgages are falling as...
29 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Almost three-quarters of homeowners with interest-only mortgages - many of them buy to let landlords - are worried they may not...
26 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The prospect of lending restraints for landlords next year has done little to deter lenders offering a wide range of deals...
23 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Measures which discourage investment in the private rented sector can only push up rents and harm tenants more than landlords, a...
20 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The number of buy to let mortgage products has leapt to 953 - an 11 per cent increase in the past...
02 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords with buy to let mortgages that are more than three months in arrears has dropped for the...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A prominent letting agent says he wants an immediate interest rate rise - and has even made his case to a...
29 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Landbay, a relatively new peer-to-peer lender focussed on the buy to let sector, has appointed a former senior figure from Paragon...
29 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The Council for Mortgage Lenders is warning the government not to interfere with the Buy To Let sector in such a...
23 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The average void period has dipped below 2.6 weeks per year according to a survey of the private rental sector by...
23 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The government’s response to the online petition against proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is “unfair, incoherent and missing...
17 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The Daily Telegraph has undertaken an interesting exercise which effectively challenges Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that buy to let tax changes...
16 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A firm of specialist solicitors claims that one in five landlords say they will be “out of business due to government...
01 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The petition against the proposed tax changes outlined by Chancellor George Osborne in last month’s Budget has now achieved 20,000 signatures. This...
28 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey of 500 landlords suggest that 10 per cent of them have had difficulties in securing a mortgage over the...
17 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The rise and rise of buy to let continues apace with the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders showing...
12 August 2015
From: Breaking News

New figures from a landlords’ organisation show that mortgage repayments are easily the biggest outgoing for a large proportion of landlords. The...
11 August 2015
From: Breaking News

An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has broken the 10,000 signatures mark which means...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham is the latest to say he would consider rent controls in the private sector if he...
07 August 2015
From: Breaking News

An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has so far attracted 6,300-plus signatures. The petition, which...
03 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A critic of the suggestion that buy to let landlords could set up companies to ‘beat’ the ending of tax breaks...
31 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Half-year figures from specialist buy to let mortgage company Paragon give an insight into the scale of increased activity in the...
30 July 2015
From: Breaking News

When Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently announced that interest rates would have to start to rise sooner...
24 July 2015
From: Features

An accountancy firm is warning that there are pitfalls in trying to avoid the higher taxation which will result from the...
20 July 2015
From: Breaking News

In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...
10 July 2015
From: Features

This week the Chancellor, George Osborne, delivered the first Conservative Budget for almost 20 years. While Mr Osborne claimed that it marked...
10 July 2015
From: Features

Agents have expressed their disappointment at the decision by the government to restrict mortgage interest relief for Buy To let investors...
09 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that mortgage interest tax relief for buy-to-let homebuyers are to be restricted to basic rate of...
08 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England says excessive lending to fund buy to let purchases could pose a risk to the financial well-being...
02 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Analysis by financial services comparison website Moneyfacts suggests that since so-called ‘pension freedom’ was introduced in the spring the number of...
25 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...
19 June 2015
From: Features

Research commissioned by specialist buy-to-let lender, Paragon Mortgages shows that 81 per cent of tenants living in the private rented sector...
16 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Two thirds of landlords plan to buy at least one further property in the next six months, according to Mortgages for...
29 May 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey of financial advisors has reported that the majority expect to do more buy-to-let business in the coming months. Paragon Mortgages’...
29 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show there were 18,200 buy to let loans in March - up 12 per...
20 May 2015
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let lender is increasing the maximum age of the borrower at the end of the mortgage term...
19 May 2015
From: Breaking News

A leading buy to let mortgage provider claims the average deposit of £40,000 for an investment property will deter the private...