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The letting agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...

Confidence has returned to the mortgage market, with sentiment improving steadily month by month in the last quarter of 2023, according...

Despite inflationary and mortgage volatility over the last 12 months, a mortgage lender claims over a third of commercial landlords are...

Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...

Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...

A respected financial body is warning that landlords face rising costs of up to 80 per cent in the next two...

The Generation Rent group of activists has written an open letter to mortgage firm chief executives asking for special dispensation for...

By Richard O’Neill, managing director, lettings at Romans Estate Agents As a landlord, your property’s yield is an important figure. It indicates...

The National Residential Landlords Association is meeting with the Department of Education to consider how, if at all, private landlords can...

Landlords and brokers are up in arms about alleged profiteering by buy to let mortgage lenders’ arrangement fees. These jumped last autumn...

A charity has acknowledged that landlords need help to keep their homes, and in turn continue to provide much-needed homes in...

Data from mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance will make grim reading for anyone interested in the well-being of the housing...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets again today with strong expectations that they will agree their 14th successive base...

Mortgage lenders have launched a £5m media campaign to publicise the support available to owner occupier mortgage holders if they face...

Across the country landlords and renters are struggling as mortgage costs soar, tax hikes bite and uncertainty remains about the impact...

There is currently a lot of discussion about the mortgage crisis, its impact on borrowers and landlords – and calls for...

New data from UK Finance, the mortgage lenders’ trade body, throws light on how the mortgage and interest rate crisis may...

There’s a new warning this morning that rents are set to soar as landlords struggle with much higher interest rate payments...

House prices are set to fall much further, a leading property expert has predicted.  Last week credit ratings agency Moody's warned of...

A recent study by nationwide conveyancers Muve, using official data from the Office for National Statistics, has revealed the most and...

The number of borrowers taking out mortgages lasting 35 years or longer has rocketed in the past 12 months, with uptake...

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out ways in which mortgage lenders can help customers struggling with payments - but landlords...

Airbnb has gone into battle against mortgage lenders opposed to their customers letting out their homes. The short let platform is calling...

January 9 is the date from which a range of mortgage lenders are honouring their commitment to ensure flats in blocks...

Increasing numbers of lenders are now offering incentives to win the business of landlords with good, or improving, EPC ratings. In what...

The government must explain how it will help the private rental sector - both landlords and tenants - through the cost...

We seem to be living in a continuous stream of ‘once in a lifetime’ events. From Brexit, to the pandemic and...

Mortgage activity is forecast to fall by six per cent by year-end as the market feels the brunt of interest rate...

The government has developed an insurance scheme which may help landlords who want to see flats in high rise blocks.  Following the...

Landlords are being insulated from the worst effects of interest rate rises because lenders are so keen to win and keep...

Yesterday Landlord Today reported that there was now a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage...

Our housing market needs a long-term vision, and one which is co-ordinated across government and the wider industry. And it is...

An investigation conducted by The Mirror newspaper claims to have found that 55 out of 72 buy to let mortgage lenders...

The Bank of England may have voted to keep its base rate at a historic low of 0.1 per cent yesterday,...

Daytime TV programmes often feature amazing property bargains that can be won at auction - and there are fantastic bargains to...

The buy to let pipeline for one of the sector’s main mortgage lenders is now £911.4m some 39.9 per cent up...

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...

The latest study of the mortgager market by Aldermore Bank suggests the self-employed are finding it harder than ever to get...

The mortgage market is becoming increasingly competitive for landlords who want to take advantage of offers as the economy comes out...

A record pipeline has been reported by one of the leading buy to let mortgage lenders as landlords race to beat...

There’s a warning today that landlords need to move quickly and selectively if they are intending to purchase a property ahead...

The government is establishing a Commonhold Council - a partnership of leasehold groups, industry and government - that will prepare landlords,...

A BBC investigation into ‘No DSS’ statements on two prominent landlord websites has provoked campaigning charity Shelter into an attack on the...

The financial services regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority, is warning mortgage lenders to be strict on their assessment of customers wanting...

A  leading property law firm says the government’s ‘eviction ban by the back door’ means many buy to let properties are...

With the staycation boom caused by Covid-19, which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future as travel restrictions remain for...

An investment consultancy says landlords seeking mortgages to acquire new properties via a company have been finding some applications rejected as...

Who are you? Craig Hayward How do you help landlords and property investors? With over 10 years’ experience we have been helping landlords and...

One of the leading agents is advising landlords that the high-end housing market is ‘edgier’ than before - but there’s no...

The government has published its response to the House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s (HCLG) report on cladding...

Family Building Society has introduced rate cuts across its buy-to-let mortgage range, as well as its owner occupier products.  Rates have been...

With fraudulent mortgage applications up by 5% in 2019, anti-money laundering service, SmartSearch, has compiled some key things to consider to...

The share of gross mortgage lending for buy-to-let purposes during the first quarter of the year was 14%, thus supplying around...

Now home sellers, including buy-to-let landlords, will soon be able to use smartphones, cameras or laptops to capture and share photographs...

The Nottingham for Intermediaries has introduced a new range of fixed and discount mortgage products for buy-to-let landlords.  Issues in relation to...

Almost a third of all mortgage deals, including buy-to-let products, have been pulled from the market in response to the coronavirus...

A high number of buy-to-let landlords are concerned about the impact of the Coronavirus, but The Guild of Letting and Management...

With the rapid spread of coronavirus across the country, more and more landlords are asking what they need to be doing...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) and the National Landlords Association (NLA) are calling for a package of measures from government and...

Older buy-to-let investors are no longer being overlooked by mortgage lenders with the latest move by Gatehouse Bank to increase its...

Next month's Budget is a golden opportunity to reform Britain's broken housing market and get the country moving again, according to...

Whether you’re a first-time landlord or a seasoned investor, finding the right buy-to-let investment is far from simple. With many factors to...

A significant number of landlords plan to remortgage over the next year, fresh research by BDRC, on behalf of Precise Mortgages,...

If you’re an existing landlord with bad credit issues looking to remortgage your buy to let property or perhaps buy a...

Habito has added portfolio landlord mortgages to its buy-to-let product range. Rates are available from 2.54% for individuals and 2.59% for those...

The average homeowner in this country could be £352,500 better off than the average private renter over the next 30 years, even...

When it comes to buying, selling, letting or renting a property, you will likely be faced with words, phrases, acronyms and...

The number of first-time landlord buy-to-let mortgage products hit a record high of  1,474 in October, up 297 on the same...

Purchasing an investment property via a limited company, rather than as an individual, has become significantly more popular, and that largely...

There has been an increase in the number of older people investing in the buy-to-let sector, fresh figures show. Commercial Trust has...

Nationwide were among a small group of mortgage lenders asked to give evidence at a select committee yesterday on restrictions around...

Portico has expanded its client offering with the launch of Portico Finance, a mortgage broker and protection service, designed to offer...

Tax and legislative changes have unsurprisingly left many buy-to-let investors with little alternative but to pass costs onto tenants by pushing up...

Nationwide has announced that it will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The move...

Ipswich Building Society has cut the rates and fees on its existing buy-to-let five-year fixed rate products . There is a five-year...

The increasing tax burden on landlords is likely to result in increased rents, according to research from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders...

Assertions made by UK Finance that the leasehold system is not in need of major reform have been rejected by Leasehold...

Mortgage lenders have reduced the cost of most of their fixed rate buy-to-let deals for landlords over the past 12 months,...

Property website Zoopla is trialling a new Property Valuation Report (PVR) in nine areas across the country ahead of a broader...

A growing number of mortgage lenders are trying to lure both residential and buy-to-let mortgage borrowers with a wide range of...

Campaigners opposed to mortgage lenders allowing landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits tried to voice their discontent over the...

Mortgage lenders have once again been criticised for not permitting landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits – this time...

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...

Investing in buy-to-let property has long been a lucrative business opportunity for both recreational and professional investors, but could harsh tax...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has raised serious concerns that the majority of buy-to-let lenders are preventing landlords renting property to...

Kent Reliance has reduced the cost of its five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages in an effort to attract more business from...

If the rental income calculation on your BTL doesn’t stack up we can help. If you wish to finance a new...

LendInvest has named firms JMW Solicitors LLP and Lightfoots Solicitors on its first official panel of solicitors for its buy-to-let products.  The...

With more than a quarter of those in their late thirties and early forties now renting, the Residential Landlords Association (RLA)...

Mortgage lenders have cut their rates for buy-to-let investors looking for deals in a bid to attract landlords. The cost of a...

The pricing of five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage products continued to fall in the first quarter of the year, according to...

Almost half of portfolio landlords who had submitted a mortgage application since the introduction of the new rules reported a reduction...

With many landlords finding harder to secure a mortgage since the Prudential Regulation Authority’s changes were introduced last year, some buy-to-let investors...

The number of limited company fixed rate buy-to-let products hit a record high this month as mortgage lenders respond to changing...

In recent years, cites within the north of England have attracted more property investors targeting high yields, but new research shows...

A growing number of landlords are using a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) as a tax-efficient way of holding a portfolio of...

Skipton Building Society has cut rates on selected buy-to-let mortgages, as competition between mortgage lenders remains strong. The new buy-to-let range includes...

The majority of UK landlords did not set out to create significant property businesses and, even today, about half (49.7%) of...

Auction rooms across the UK are often filled with property investors, including many buy-to-let landlords, looking to buy property, ensuring that...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has appointed Paul Smee as a new director, as the trade body looks to accelerate growth...