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A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A mortgage lender survey suggests landlords are returning to fixed rate mortgages. Landbay says more investors are opting for five-year fixed mortgages...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
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
The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices rose by 9.8 per cent year-on-year in December compared with the same month in 2021, the Office for National...
16 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Although most landlords will be on fixed rate mortgages, those suffering because of recent interest rate rises have some good news...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...
17 December 2022
From: The Big Issues
The government must explain how it will help the private rental sector - both landlords and tenants - through the cost...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords have been told that if they want a fixed-rate mortgage to help them through the current financial crisis they will...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has agreed to raise interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 2.25...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior figure at the Bank of England is warning that base rate could rise to 2.0 per cent or more...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
New research showed a large month-on-month increase in the cost of typical buy to let fixed rate mortgages popular with landlords. Online...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England is this week expected to increase base rate for the fifth time in a row. The Bank’s monetary...
14 June 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
Landlords now have to pay as much as £40 extra per property because of interest rate rises. That’s the calculation of online...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being insulated from the worst effects of interest rate rises because lenders are so keen to win and keep...
18 February 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
Consumer choice of buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage products has increased significantly in recent weeks, the latest figures show. The data, taken from the...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Dynamo for Intermediaries has gained exclusive access to Habito’s range of buy-to-let mortgage products, making it the first mortgage club to...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Shorter-term fixed rate mortgages have increased in popularity, with more borrowers opting for two-year fixed rate products, the latest resaerch from...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Virgin Money is targeting buy-to-let landlords looking to lock into decade-long fixed rate mortgage deals, amid fears over the economy and...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Paragon has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, offering lower interest rates, no up-front fees and £350 cashback on selected products. The new...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been an ‘unprecedented’ drop in the cost of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages, according to the latest research from Property...
09 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage costs look set to rise in the near term, according to Property Master. Property Master’s May 2019 Mortgage...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
There is no two ways about it, the buy-to-let market has become much more challenging for property investors of late for...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Paragon has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords, with products including mortgages with no product fee, no...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Accord Buy To Let has cut rates on selected two and five-year fixed rate mortgages by up to 0.04% and extended...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The average cost of three out of six categories of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage has increased over the past month, while...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Amid continued speculation that interest rates will rise later this year, the majority of landlords chose a five-year fixed rate when...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News
The majority of private landlords are understandably looking for greater security in the current climate and that largely explains why they...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lenders have reduced the cost of most of their fixed rate buy-to-let deals for landlords over the past 12 months,...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News
The Mortgage Works has launched a fresh selection of 10-year fixed rate mortgages with rates starting from 2.74%. The specialist buy-to-let arm...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Leeds Building Society has launched what it claims are two ‘market-leading’ discounted buy-to-let variable mortgages that it hopes will attract existing...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lenders have increased their fixed rate buy-to-let deals for landlords, according to Property Master. The firm’s mortgage tracker, which follows a...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Many landlords remain committed to the buy-to-let sector despite government interventions and a wider housing slowdown, new figures show. Despite the adverse...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Do you know how much you could save by switching mortgages? Research from Property Master reveals that landlords on standard variable...
10 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Accord Buy To Let has cut rates across its mortgage range by up to 0.16%. The intermediary-only lender, part of Yorkshire Building...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The cost of five-year fixed rate mortgages has continued to fall despite fears of an imminent interest rate rise, new figure...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Skipton Building Society has cut rates by up to 0.23% across its buy-to-let range on both new acquisition and remortgage deals. The...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A growing number of landlords are opting for five-year fixed rate mortgages in favour of short-term alternatives which demand more stringent...
13 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lenders have cut their rates for buy-to-let investors looking for deals in a bid to attract landlords. The cost of a...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Accord Buy To Let has reduced rates on selected fixed-rate products by up to 0.15%. These reductions are being applied to two-...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let lending margins have been squeezed, with providers absorbing more costs to keep their rates competitive in the last quarter of...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let mortgages made up 17% of all mortgage cases in the three months to October, according to a new report by Paragon...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News
New Street Mortgages has reduced borrowing rates across its entire buy-to-let five-year fixed range by up to 0.65%. The Northview Group subsidiary’s...
07 June 2017
From: Breaking News
An increasing number of landlords are opting for longer term fixed rate mortgages, according to one of the country’s leading mortgage...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Lender Leeds Building Society has launched two new deals to its buy-to-let mortgage range in an effort to entice more landlords...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News
TSB has scrapped the mortgage application fee from all its products, including buy-to-let deals. Aside from the removal of the mortgage application...
26 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Barclays has announced a selection of rate reductions across its main buy-to-let mortgage range in addition to its core residential and...
12 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Interest rates in Britain remain frozen at an all-time low of 0.5%, after the Bank of England decided against the first cut...
14 July 2016
From: Breaking News
A fall in gilt yields will reduce the cost for lenders of longer term funding and hence open the door for...