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Three-quarters of landlords welcome the government’s decision in the autumn to scrap the proposal that all rental property must have an...

A mortgage lender survey suggests landlords are returning to fixed rate mortgages. Landbay says more investors are opting for five-year fixed mortgages...

Many landlords have dropped plans to improve the energy efficiency of their homes following the U-turn by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In...

Almost four fifths of landlords favour raising the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for private rental properties, a think tank claims. The Social...

Specialist lender Landbay has issued another upbeat assessment of the buy to jet sector, bucking the trend of most market reports. It...

Over half of landlords are either against the concept of a private rental sector Ombudsman or are actively against it. As part...

A survey suggests that landlords want to improve the energy efficiency of their properties as soon as possible - despite a...

Some 18 per cent of buy to let landlords have suggested they are not raising rents for tenants despite inflation and...

Against the trend of many recent surveys, a study by lending service Landbay claims over 40 per cent of landlords want...

Unsurprisingly an overwhelming 81 per cent of landlords in a survey feel they are badly portrayed by the media Landlords say they...

Buy to let specialist lender Landbay has brought back its green five-year fixed rate range as well as launching two new...

The mass exodus of landlords unhappy with increased tax and regulation appears not to have happened - at least yet. A quarterly...

Landlords are many people’s favourite pantomime villains, on the hunt to hike rents and squeeze profits. The reality, however, is proven...

New research by the Mortgages for Business brokerage suggests that just under a quarter of landlords’ properties have an Energy Performance...

New research suggests that some landlords are now deliberately choosing to buy properties with weak EPCs in order to upgrade and...

Specialist lender Landbay has launched two new buy to let mortgage products for first time landlords who want to invest in...

Specialist buy to let lender Landbay is the latest to try to turn landlords green by offering discounted mortgages for rental...

Specialist buy to let lender Landbay has launched a range of mortgages for trading limited companies buying or remortgaging houses, apartments, HMOs...

There has been a sharp rise in mortgage approvals, as reported by the Bank of England yesterday.  The latest data reveals that...

Landbay has introduced a new range of ‘special edition’ buy-to-let mortgage products after agreeing a new funding partnership with Canada Square.  The...

Landbay has responded to the growing demand for buy-to-let property by increasing its maximum loan sizes from £1m to £1.5m on...

There has been a significant increase in demand for buy-to-let properties in recent weeks, according to Landbay.  It would appear, based on...

Landbay has joined the Lender Exchange in order to have access to better conveyancing solicitors. Lender Exchange, owned by Decision First, is...

There was an increase in buy-to-let activity in the first three months of 2020, the latest mortgage lending data shows. According to...

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced a product refresh across a series of its products, including the addition of fees to 80%...

Landbay has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage product for a limited time.  The product, which includes a free valuation for standard properties valued...

Landbay, the buy-to-let mortgage lender, has joined forces with The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) to provide landlords using certain...

Landbay has achieved a rather impressive 200% growth in lending volumes over the past 12 months.  The buy-to-let lender reports that recent...

Landbay has become an institutional only platform after closing its retail investment arm and exiting the peer-to-peer lending market. The buy-to-let mortgage...

Fresh research shows that just a quarter of private tenants in the UK are interested in purchasing property in the near...

Most private tenants are not currently interested in buying a property, fresh research shows.  Just 42% of tenants are interested in purchasing...

Whether you are about to acquire a new property or preparing to re-let an existing home, it is helpful to know...

Landbay has announced a new partnership with the Next Intelligence mortgage club, Mortgage Intelligence, Mortgage Next and FYB Network brands that...

Landbay has revamped its range of buy-to-let mortgage deals for professional landlords and reduced rates on selected products, with its most...

Landbay has revamped its range of buy-to-let mortgage products for professional landlords and reduced rates in a bid to win more...

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has conducted an independent Bank of England stress test to project the impact of a major economic...

Landbay has announced that it will be increasing its maximum loan term from 25 to 30 years from 1 May. All products...

The average rent for a property in the UK increased by 0.96% in the year to March but London remains a...

The latest UK Finance household lending and deposits data reveals that gross mortgage lending across the residential market dropped in January,...

MPs will finally hold their vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal tomorrow, with just over two months to go before the...

As 2018 draws to a close, the vast majority of areas have seen rents increase over the past 12 months, according...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector increased by 0.97% in the 12 months to November 2018, virtually unchanged from the...

Crossrail will demand hundreds of millions of pounds from the government in its third bailout of the year according to various...

Tenants typically spend a third of their monthly salary before tax on rent, new figures show, but there are wide regional...

Landbay has partnered with Julian Harris Adviser Network to provide more mortgage brokers and their landlord clients with access to its...

Landbay has enhanced and expanded its product criteria for buy-to-let landlords. The lender has increased its maximum loan size from £1m to...

Rents have had their biggest monthly increase for 28 months, led by gains in the East Midlands, according to the latest...

UK house price growth has slowed to the lowest level since August 2013, according to the latest data from the Office...

Buy-to-let has recently taken a bit of a bashing with some landlords forced to exit the market as profits drop amid...

London house prices are continuing to fall, with the collapse in the buy-to-let sector increasing the number of homes on the...

Rents in London grew by 0.1% in the 12 months to June 2018, the first annual rental rise in the city...

Banks will almost certainly be forced to raise mortgage rates as cheap money provided by a closed Bank of England scheme...

Rental prices in England are increasing at the slowest pace for five years, the latest Landbay Rental Index shows. Rents in England,...

Legal and General Mortgage Club has added Landbay to its lender panel, offering members immediate access to a wide range of...

There has been a sharp rise in demand for buy-to-let mortgages after a number of two-year fixed deals came to end. A...

Demand for property in the private rental market is showing no signs of slowing down, and this is placing upward pressure...

Most areas of England and Wales have seen rental price growth over the past 12 months, but where are rents increasing...

Landbay has launched a new range of buy-to-let products, with a specific focus on enhancing its HMO offering, making it easier...

The average cost of renting a home is now increasing across every UK region for the first time in 19 months,...

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has been added to the SimplyBiz Mortgages panel. The lender offers a host of products aimed at buy-to-let landlords, including...

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay has announced that it is changing its underlying portfolio stress tests for portfolio landlords. It will now...

UK rents grew by 0.56% in 2017, led by gains in London commuter hotspots, according to the latest rental price index...

Millennials renting in this country will have spent more than £110,000 in rent by the time they are finally in a...

There was a symbolic decline in UK rents last month, new figures show. The average UK rent dropped by 0.01% in November, and...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 1.5% in the 12 months to October, but this was...

The Bank of England’s decision to increase interest rates yesterday could lead to rents rising across the country as some landlords...

Following the news that Transport for London has privately warned that Crossrail 2 could be delayed by a decade, to the...

Landbay has reported a record month of buy-to-let lending in September, despite the latest crack down on the sector. Stricter portfolio buy-to-let...

Buy-to-let landlords looking to invest in London’s rental market may wish to consider investing in the capital’s outer boroughs where the...

The steady levels of mortgage activity seen through the first half of the year continued into July, with gross mortgage lending...

UK rental prices paid by private tenants rose by 1.8% in the 12 months to June 2017, fresh figures from the...

Rental prices look set to increase in the coming months on the back of a growing supply-demand imbalance, as more people...

Landbay, the specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender, has joined forces with financial services giant Legal & General to launch Landbay Insurance, a...

The average rental value of a new letting in the UK increased by just 0.24% in the first six months of...

Landbay announced yesterday that it is to launch an accounting, reporting and tax compliance service to help landlords with their tax...

Rents have flat-lined across most of the UK, as a growing number of landlords refrain from asking for rental increases, new...

Despite the fact that UK house prices are continuing to slow, with yesterday’s figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

Young private renters are facing staggering new hurdles to simply live alone and make a decent wage, new research shows.   Those attempting...

The UK property market continued to rally last month, with gross mortgage lending surging by 19% compared with February, but it...

The pace of UK rental growth has more than halved since the end of March 2016, slowing consistently since the introduction...

LandBay has cut rates and fees across its product range for amateur and professional buy-to-let landlords. Rates now start at 3.39% for...

Rent increases across the UK have slowed to their lowest level since 2013, fresh data has revealed, with prices in London...

The chancellor’s pledge to create a £690m competition fund for English councils to tackle urban congestion and develop local transport networks,...

Rents in the residential property sector are continuing to rise across many parts of the UK with no fewer than 20...

Renters are expected to be given a boost with ministers promising new minimum tenancies and vowing to build more homes to...

The Southern Rail strikes which have caused disruption for commuters have started to have an impact on rental price growth in...

The average cost of renting a home has increased outside of London as rent paid rose 2% and pay fell over...

Landbay has launched a range of new buy-to-let products aimed at professional landlords, including expats and those with HMOs. The products, available...

The pace of rental price growth in the UK slowed to 0.05% in the month to October from a rise of...

Landbay has launched a range of limited edition lending products aimed primarily at professional landlords with no early redemption charges (ERCs). The...

Average rents for one-bed rental properties continued to grow during September, despite overall rental growth slowing last month. Landbay's latest Rental Index...

A new tool that allows landlords to compare rents online has been launched by Landbay. The peer to peer lender’s ‘Rent Check’...

Tenants are now spending two-thirds of their disposable income on rent as sky-high prices put even more homes out of reach. The...

With savers receiving dismal returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people have unsurprising turned to residential property as a...

Rents for three-bedroom properties are rising faster than any other property type, increasing by 4.6% annually.  The average figure for all UK...