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18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent agent who advises many landlord clients says the Capital Gains Tax cuts announced in the Budget are too small...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Some 40% of residential landlords with a mortgage - fixed, tracker or discount - are due to renew their mortgage rate...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
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
UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...
09 March 2024
From: Agent Advice
Buy to let lender Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024. Manchester, Coventry, Brighton...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...
02 March 2024
From: The Big Issues
Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...
02 March 2024
From: Top tips & guides
Landlords play a crucial role in providing safe and comfortable housing for tenants while also managing rental properties effectively. Staying informed...
01 March 2024
From: Sponsored Content
The letting agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
New reports suggest down valuations are increasing and properties are routinely selling for below asking price - both triggering possible opportunities...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use next week’s Budget as an opportunity to incentivise landlords to make properties...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The buy to let mortgage sector has seen fixed rates fall to their lowest point since September 2022, according to analysis...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent group has thrown its weight behind a ban on mortgages for holiday homes buyers - and its chief...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank says that the Bank of England base rate is likely to stay unchanged at 5.25 per cent for at...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The government’s proposal to introduce a new one per cent deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder...
24 February 2024
From: Rental Reform
A property finance consultancy claims that unmortgageable properties can be snapped up with a discount of 27 per cent. Apex Bridging says...
24 February 2024
From: Top tips & guides
One of the biggest parts of buying a holiday home is securing a holiday let mortgage which can differ substantially to...
24 February 2024
From: Agent Advice
New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Some 69 per cent of landlords have already or are planning to increase the size of their property portfolio, increasing to...
21 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
Although SDLT receipts have been volatile in recent years, the property tax’s effectiveness as a revenue-raiser for the Government is not...
10 February 2024
From: Tax & Finance
A recent survey by digital mortgage lender, Molo, revealed that nearly 60% of UK landlords have seen a rise in late...
08 February 2024
From: Sponsored Content
Landlords seeking capital appreciation will be encouraged from two new housing market surveys - one showing a surprise rise in house...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Confidence has returned to the mortgage market, with sentiment improving steadily month by month in the last quarter of 2023, according...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
In the buy to let market, success goes beyond the transaction of paying rent. Ultimately, fostering a healthy landlord-tenant relationship can...
07 February 2024
From: Sponsored Content
One of the MPs behind the disastrous mini-Budget - which directly led to soaring interest rates - is to stand down...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Six in 10 landlords recorded increased tenant demand for their properties in the final quarter of 2023, Paragon Bank research has...
05 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
There’s a warning today that the Bank of England’s decision to freeze base rate at the high level of 5.25 per...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords and agents are being invited to attend a free event aimed at providing updates on new housing legislation and industry...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The average price of a home in Wales fell to £234,086 at the end 2023 following continued economic and financial pressures,...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Scottish property portal ESPC has announced a free Buy To Let event targeted at aspiring property investors and landlords. The event will...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Paul Johnson - a director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies since 2011 and a visiting economics professor at University College...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A range of specialist buy to let mortgage products covering multi-occupancy properties, mixed-use or part-commercial properties, and expat investors, has been...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The government is considering allowing renters to buy their first homes with just one per cent deposits, according to press reports...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...
20 January 2024
From: The Big Issues
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
A respected league table of yields in different parts of England and Wales has issued its latest figures. The Fleet Mortgages Buy-to-Let...
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
Another survey highlights the relatively low proportion of landlords who appear to allow tenants to keep pets. The analysis, from Confused.com Mortgages,...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A Labour-controlled council is inviting private rental sector representatives to a round-table event which it pledges will not be a talking...
10 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
Landlords have long been a backbone of the auction industry but one player in the sector says the future is online...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest Halifax house price index shows average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in December, the third monthly rise...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...
06 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
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
Awareness of green mortgages is dipping among buyers, according to new research. Almost two thirds of mortgage advisers say their clients have...
04 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
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
New data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals a 22 per cent annual drop in residential transactions in the year to...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A new analysis of discounts available to cash buyer suggests they can save tens of thousands of pounds on some property...
28 December 2023
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
Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...
21 December 2023
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
Two-thirds of private landlords in the UK are optimistic about how their property investments will perform in the coming years -...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices may fall by up to four per cent in 2024 the Halifax is warning. Its Outlook for 2024 report says...
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
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Cash and mortgage housing market data show average prices decline by an annual 4.6 per cent says e.surv. But the monthly trend...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The Mortgage Works is reducing rates on products for new and existing landlord customers by up to 0.40 percentage points, with...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A respected financial body is warning that landlords face rising costs of up to 80 per cent in the next two...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Over a third of current renters believe they will never be able to buy a home in future. And only 29 per...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
UK house prices rose for the second month in a row in November, boosted by a shortage of properties, says the...
08 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
Tenants value location, flexibility and direct landlord relationships according to new research from specialist lending bank OSB Group. The Future Tenant Standard...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
04 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
I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...
02 December 2023
From: Tax & Finance
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
New research shows that a significant number of buyers will pay more for a home with a good EPC rating. The study,...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The two most aggressively pro-tenant activist bodies have accused landlords without mortgages of “cashing in.” According to a poll of more than...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...
18 November 2023
From: Tax & Finance
It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...
17 November 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Lenders’ trade body UK Finance says there were 11,540 buy to let mortgages in arrears of 2.5 per cent or more of...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A panel of experts forecast house prices will fall as much as 10 per cent by Autumn 2024. Financial website Finder brought...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in October, compared to a fall of 0.3 per cent in September says...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A new survey suggests that over three fifths of landlords say private renting is becoming less attractive as an investment option. The...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A new personal guarantee insurance protection service has been launched for professional landlords - triggered by a surge in incorporation. Purbeck Personal...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
October saw a surprise 0.9 per cent rise in UK house prices according to the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
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 new analysis has given one of the most detailed breakdowns of landlords in England. Using a range of government and industry...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent property market analyst says he was “gobsmacked” to hear Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tone down the energy efficiency requirements...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords’ Association’s annual conference next week is a sell out with all 800 or so tickets sold to...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The average new seller asking price has increased by just 0.5 per cent in the past month - the smallest increase...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Thousands of landlords are planning to sell properties. A Simply Business survey of 1,455 UK landlords reveals that a quarter of landlords...
12 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 buy-to-let sector has seen fixed rates fall and product choice grow month-on-month, according to the latest analysis by Moneyfactscompare. Overall buy-to-let...