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There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...
18 April 2024
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There’s been a bevvy of buy to let mortgage deal changes this week. Shawbrook has made a series of reductions across its...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
West One Loans has launched a new product range, called W3, containing a 6.84% five-year fix with a 4.99% fee and...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s been a huge rise in the number of buy to let property repossessions in the first quarter of 2024 compared...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A mortgage firm that works with landlords claims an increasing number of them prioritise energy efficiency when assessing properties to buy. Some...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There have been more changes to buy to let mortgage ranges from lenders. Coming into effect today, The Mortgage Works will be...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...
15 March 2024
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New research from specialist lender Aldermore reveals the financial boost landlords provide to local economies. Nearly eight out of ten landlords opt...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The bank Shawbrook has completed a buy to let remortgage for a new customer in just 37 working hours. The landlord was...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Buy to let specialist lender Paragon Bank has introduced offers on its two-year fixed rate BTL mortgages, including its lowest rate...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Data from lenders trade body UK Finance show an 18 per cent leap in buy to let arrears in the past...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Buy To Let lender Paragon Bank has added five-year fixed-rate ‘green’ products to its range of BTL mortgages. Rates start at 4.89...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A majority of Buy to Let landlords have been focused on growing property portfolios in the last 12 months, and not...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Suffolk Building Society has launched new mortgage products aimed at private landlords who are planning refurbishments, such as a new...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
An insurance firm claims landlords shopping for a new mortgage deal may be expected by lenders to prepare personal guarantees. Purbeck claims...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Penrith Building Society has scrapped mortgage application fees for all buy to let and residential products, including further advances, until...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
One of the UK’s best known platforms for mortgages has significantly reduced its Buy To Let rates. Starting from 3.79 per cent,...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Some 74 per cent of buy to let landlords are optimistic about the property market in the next 12 months, it’s...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 -...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Monthly interest costs have surged by 283 per cent since 2021 for landlords using interest-only mortgages, research shows. Octane Capital compared rates...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
One in five (20 per cent of) landlords plans to reducing their buy to let holdings according to a new survey. The...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Paragon Bank has launched new five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages with nil product fees. Rates start at 5.80 per cent and there is...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
More than a quarter of private landlords plan to increase the size of their property portfolios in the next year, compared...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Property investment is a dynamic and diverse field, offering numerous opportunities for investors to grow their wealth. At Mortgage Scout, we...
02 December 2023
From: Agent Advice
Landlords need greater support from mortgage advisers in order to navigate the best course through the current economic climate. That’s according to...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A survey by a finance firm suggests not all landlords are passing their higher mortgage costs on to tenants. Octane Capital has...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The Mortgage Lender has two new buy-to-let products. These include a standard two-year fixed, with an initial rate of 4.69 per cent...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...
16 September 2023
From: Tax & Finance
As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...
14 September 2023
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Zoopla says a buy to let property sold off by a landlord is “typically priced 25 per cent lower than the...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Santander has been sharply criticised for increasing its Interest Coverage Ratio just as other lenders have been making it easier to...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ. The analysis...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords and brokers are up in arms about alleged profiteering by buy to let mortgage lenders’ arrangement fees. These jumped last autumn...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A charity has acknowledged that landlords need help to keep their homes, and in turn continue to provide much-needed homes in...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Investors selling a buy to let so far in 2023 made gains which were 10.1 per cent lower than those who...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Data from mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance will make grim reading for anyone interested in the well-being of the housing...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The business editor of London’s daily newspaper, the Evening Standard, has made a strong statement in support of landlords. Jonathan Prynn, in...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A growing number of landlords are incorporating in order to salvage profits from the difficult buy to let sector, a bank...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Beverley Building Society has entered the buy to let market for the first time with two new products. Its variable rate BTL...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The challenges facing the property market right now are well reported; from rising interest rates pushing up mortgage payments to a...
03 August 2023
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The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets again today with strong expectations that they will agree their 14th successive base...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A finance house says it’s seeing an increase in tenants offering to buy their properties off their landlords. James Briggs, head of...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...
29 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
A new Bank of England forecast predicts that average monthly payments on buy to let mortgages will increase by around £275...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Arrears in the buy to let sector are worsening at a faster rate than for homeowners. Octane Capital analysed industry figures on...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Baron John Bird, co-founder of the Big Issue newspaper sold by the homeless and vulnerably-housed, is suggesting that landlords give tenants...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
New data from UK Finance, the mortgage lenders’ trade body, throws light on how the mortgage and interest rate crisis may...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
New data produced by lettings agency Savills gives an indication of how the buy to let sector may be threatened by...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...
02 June 2023
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The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Rising numbers of landlords are likely to switch to specialising in holiday rentals and short-term lets in the months ahead, an...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency says its research shows that higher interest rates have not been passed on to tenants through higher rent. Barrows...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage industry tech firm Twenty7tec says March 2023 saw the highest-ever volume of Buy To Let mortgage searches in a single...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Virgin Money has cut a range of its core, exclusive and buy to let deals. BTL core and exclusive highlights include -...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The Mortgage Works, the specialist buy to let mortgage wing of the Nationwide Building Society, has revised its product range for...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency. So far this...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A survey of landlords suggests that LED lighting is the most popular and effective way they choose to improve a property’s...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
It looks like the buy to let mortgage market has bounced back after the disastrous mini-Budget. Moneyfacts, an independent mortgage monitor, says...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being offered fresh advice if they have been hit with higher interest payments following the base rate rise to...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Suffolk Building Society has announced the launch of a new five-year fixed expat buy to let product for properties with an...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A lender has revealed that it has arranged 14 mortgages in one go for a Buy to Let landlord with over...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, has today announced the rollout of its Limited Company Buy To Let product following a soft...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A survey of some 2,000 landlords shows that more than four in 10 want recent changes to Capital Gains Tax allowances...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
When life is impossibly expensive, it’s not a surprise to see a rise in financial abuse. And to make matters worse,...
10 December 2022
From: Tax & Finance
Although the property and mortgage markets have been in a state of flux for the past few months, with rising interest...
03 December 2022
From: Tax & Finance
The buy-to-let market is going through a rough patch. With legislative change on the horizon, coupled with bleak ROI forecasts, many...
24 September 2022
From: The Big Issues
A specialist buy to let mortgage supplier has funded a £13m refinancing project. Zephyr Homeloans says the landlord borrowed the sum -...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Who are you? I am the Head of Broking for Newable Finance. A specialist commercial finance brokerage. What is Newable Finance? Newable Finance is...
06 September 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
A new analysis by a lending company has revealed the average rent secured on a holiday let in 21 areas of...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The government has issued detailed guidance ahead of a change in the law around smoke and carbon monoxide alarms coming into...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Recent research shows an 18 per cent increase in the number of Green mortgages available in just a six month period. Financial...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Who are you? My Name is Alec Chohan, and I am a senior finance broker within the Newable Finance team based in...
07 June 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
Independent mortgage sector monitor Moneyfacts says the choice for landlords wanting to borrow remains very strong - but increasingly interest rates...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords have been hit with steep rises in the cost of buy to let fixed rate mortgages even before the Bank...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s been a large rise in the number of buy to let green mortgages as the push for greater energy efficiency...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Specialist but to let lender Keystone Property Finance has pledged to help UK landlords who want to house Ukrainian refugees. There have...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Buy to let landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities rather than big urban centres. Data from Paragon Bank shows...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Covid-19 has upended most industries, at least for a short while, over the past two years. But the tourism sector has...
19 February 2022
From: Tax & Finance
The government has hit back at claims from the National Residential Landlords Association that buy to let landlords are being left...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Government plans to rectify dangerous cladding are riddled with confusion and risk needless delays to addressing the problem. That’s the warning from...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...
29 January 2022
From: The Big Issues
There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest buy to let lenders is the latest mortgage firm to launch a green product. From today the Barclays...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A record number of companies were set up last year to hold buy to let property. In total there were 47,400 new...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being warned that the next Bank of England base rate rise, possibly at its next meeting in early February,...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Paragon Bank increased buy to let lending to landlords by 33.9 per cent to £1.61 billion in its last financial year,...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...
25 November 2021
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Recognise Bank has entered the rental market with a new product designed for professional landlords and investors with portfolios of at least...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A new bank called Monument wants buy to let portfolio landlords and other ‘serious’ property investors to be amongst its relatively...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England may have voted to keep its base rate at a historic low of 0.1 per cent yesterday,...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
New research from online buy to let mortgage broker Property Master reveals there are currently 41 BTL mortgages at the record...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A new league table of rental yields available to landlords has been drawn up by PropTech company Inventory Base. It’s examined government...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A platform claims it allows buy to let landlords to set up limited companies within 30 minutes, through which they can...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The Guernsey-based lender Skipton International says there’s been a surge in interest in UK buy to let mortgages from overseas over...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s good news for landlords considering investing or refinancing in the buy to let sector as interest rates are beginning to...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Offa, the UK’s first Shariah-compliant bridging loan provider, has launched a short-term loan system for landlords which is open only in relation...