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One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...

One of the buy to let sector’s main mortgage lenders, Paragon, has refreshed its range of mortgages with new products which...

Over a third of London investors no longer view property as a good investment, according to a survey of over 1,000...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

The number of buy to let mortgage products on the open market has passed the 2,000 mark for the first time.  This...

Rules introduced last autumn by the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority are hurting the buy to let mortgage market according...

Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...

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

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

Almost three-quarters of buy to let mortgage transactions made by landlords operating via limited companies in the final quarter of last...

Larger scale landlords with 10 properties or more appear to be the most confident about the private rental sector, and are...

One of Britain’s best known and highest profile buy to let specialist lenders says the number of new BTL mortgages being...

The autumn's Prudential Regulation Authority changes, coupled with months of rate rise predictions, seem to have had little effect on the cost of...

Consumer organisation Which? says a handful of buy to let mortgage lenders have found a way of helping so-called ‘portfolio landlords’...

London lettings agency Portico is working with a trade body to organise a seminar on what it admits is the “challenging”...

One of the industry’s best known buy to let lenders, Paragon, is combining its Mortgage Trust and Paragon Mortgages product ranges...

Portfolio landlords unable to borrow or contemplating selling because of new Prudential Regulation Authority rules are being urged to consider equity...

The mortgage director of Romans, one of the country’s largest agency groups, says the new Bank of England rules being introduced...

Consumer group Which? is warning that buy to let investors with multiple properties in one locality could risk being turned down...

The buy to let market risks becoming a car crash following the changes of lending rules for so-called portfolio landlords with...

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

Political uncertainty across the UK and increased restrictions on buy to let are leading many landlords to raise rents and review...

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

Skipton is the latest lender to confirm that it will continue lending to so-called portfolio landlords after new Bank of England...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has announced a major overhaul of its buy to let mortgage offer, but it is bucking the trend...

Leeds Building Society is the latest major lender to reveal changes to buy to let lending ahead of new rules coming...

The Coventry building society is the latest buy to let lender to tighten its portfolio buy to let criteria ahead of new...

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

Paragon is the latest lender to announce it’s falling in line with Bank of England Prudential Regulation Authority requirements for more...

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

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

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

Specialist mortgage lender OneSavings Bank is the latest to announce that it is introducing stricter affordability assessments for all new buy...

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

Details of the Bank of England’s statement outlining tougher rules on mortgage lending to buy to let investors have been shown...

The chief executive of financial consultancy Clayton Euro Risk says changes soon coming in to tighten the criteria applied to buy...

  A letter from the Financial Conduct Authority, leaked to Sky News, suggests that the body is drawing up plans to tighten...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says the bank is keeping a close eye on the buy to let market -...

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

A warning is being issued that the types of mortgages still being extended to buy to let investors risks them becoming...

A buy to let lender says new underwriting rules from the Prudential Regulation Authority could trigger another rush to snap up...

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

The financial editor of The Guardian newspaper claims that - despite widespread criticism within the lettings industry of the latest buy...

An industry body says proposals by the Bank of England to curb buy to let lending are “premature.” The Bank’s Prudential Regulation...

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