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In recent years, high property prices have made it difficult for first-time buyers to get on the housing ladder. Despite this,...

Activity in the buy-to-let mortgage market took a dip in November, owed in part to the base rate rise and tougher...

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

The Council of Mortgage Lender’s (CML) buy-to-let forecast for 2017 and 2018 has been revised down from previous expectations at the...

The UK’s rental market showed signs of weakness last month, as the number of homes to let fell as uncertainty and...

The number of buy-to-let loans secured by buy-to-let landlords increased in January to the second highest monthly level since the introduction...

There was a significant rise in the amount buy-to-let landlords borrowed to invest in property before the introduction of new affordability...

Buy-to-let landlords will be left with little alternative but to raise rents or sell their properties due to the government’s punitive...

Buy-to-let lending has fallen significantly as tougher lending rules and the introduction of the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes...

The level of buy-to-let borrowing was down 7% between August and September as the introduction of the 3% stamp duty surcharge...

There was a sharp decline in the amount buy-to-let investors borrowed to acquire property in August, reflecting the fact that a...

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has confirmed that it will introduce tougher underwriting standards for buy-to-let lenders by the start of...

The buy-to-let mortgage market’s recovery continued in June with the number of loans up 12% month-on-month, according to the latest mortgage...

Buy-to-let house purchase lending was under half what it was in the in the months leading up to the stamp duty changes, while...

There has been a significant fall in the number of ‘To Let’ and ‘Let’ properties, according to the latest figures from...

Mortgage lending to landlords plunged by 65% in April compared with the previous month, owed largely to the unusually high level...

Lending to buy-to-let landlords soared last month, with the latest figures revealing that buy-to-let investors borrowed £7.1bn, up 87% month-on-month and...

Just 600 buy-to-let properties were repossessed in the first quarter of 2016, contributing to the lowest ever number of mortgages ending...