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New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...
20 February 2024
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A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...
08 January 2024
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The buy to let sector appears more heavily reliant on mortgages than some analysts have previously suggested. Specialist lending service Octane Capital has...
02 October 2023
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Buy to let mortgages have seen the largest interest rate increase of any mortgage category according to new research. Barrows and Forrester...
19 July 2023
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A property industry commentator wants buy to let mortgage rules to be relaxed so that frustrated sellers can let out their...
12 July 2023
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is today charing a crisis meeting of mortgage lenders, as calls mount for him to take action to...
23 June 2023
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Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...
31 May 2023
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Just as transactions in the mainstream market ramp up for spring and summer, so enquiries about buy to let mortgages have...
10 May 2023
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Buy to let investors have created the largest increase in the mortgage market in the past year, it’s being claimed. Octane Capital...
22 March 2023
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Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...
29 December 2022
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A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...
02 August 2022
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Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...
25 May 2021
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Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...
20 January 2021
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Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer. Mary Rouse,...
01 September 2020
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Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...
12 May 2020
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HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...
22 April 2020
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Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...
15 April 2020
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All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...
27 March 2020
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The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...
19 March 2020
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The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...
31 January 2020
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Mortgage costs in the buy to let market have continued to fall over the last three months - a trend seen across...
20 December 2019
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One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...
28 August 2019
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There’s been an “unprecedented” across-the-board fall in fixed rate buy to let mortgage rates according to an online investment platform. Property Master...
10 July 2019
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Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...
24 June 2019
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A specialist broker says the costs of most fixed rate buy to let mortgages are beginning to rise. Property Master warned last...
07 June 2019
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Buy to let mortgage costs remain stable with little movement recorded over the past three months according to a market snapshot...
01 April 2019
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The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...
05 March 2019
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The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...
13 November 2018
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New figures out show that buy to let mortgage rates are showing the effects of last month’s base rate rise. Online mortgage...
14 September 2018
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First the good news - investors are still purchasing buy to let properties; the less good news is that it’s a...
22 August 2018
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The cost of buy to let mortgages remain at record lows and - with little movement in costs and rates over...
05 July 2018
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A buy to let mortgage firm says it’s likely that there will be a spike in refinancing enquiries as landlords meet...
02 July 2018
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Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...
26 June 2018
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The conclusions of a new think tank analysing the private rental sector are “fundamentally wrong” according to a trade body. The Residential...
26 June 2018
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The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...
15 June 2018
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A campaign opposing the government’s recent tax changes which have penalised buy to let investors has taken a leaf out of...
07 June 2018
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Buy to let investors are taking a wait and see approach when it comes to additional investment in the sector according...
09 May 2018
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One of the most famous names in buy to let mortgages, Paragon, has revealed that it’s on the acquisition trail. There had...
09 May 2018
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Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...
04 May 2018
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There’s been a significant rise in the number of fixed-rate buy to let mortgages available to limited companies, says independent mortgage...
24 April 2018
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The price of some buy to let mortgages looks set to rise across the board following the decisions of two of...
12 April 2018
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A new survey by a leading lettings trade body suggests that the Bank of England’s attempts to make buy to let...
21 March 2018
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The cost of most mainstream buy to let mortgages is increasing according to online operator Mortgage Brain. The cost of a two...
28 February 2018
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Well over half of those investors who recently secured buy to let mortgages risk facing losses when mortgage interest tax changes...
26 January 2018
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Nearly three quarters of portfolio landlords have found it more difficult to secure a mortgage since the Prudential Regulation Authority’s changes...
24 January 2018
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The consumer organisation Which? is warning that buy to let mortgages could become more expensive in the near future. This is despite...
03 January 2018
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There has been a sharp rise in the cost of buy to let mortgages since the November 2 announcement increasing the...
05 December 2017
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There’s been another large increase in the number of buy to let mortgages sought by limited companies - they accounted for...
12 October 2017
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The number of new buy to let mortgages available to investors has hit 1,725 - its highest point since 1,942 products...
13 September 2017
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, a survey reveals that most buy to let and other property investors want the three per cent stamp duty...
24 August 2017
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A legal firm has added its weight to the warning that many Airbnb hosts could be, by accident or design, breaching...
18 August 2017
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Buy to let mortgage competition is showing no signs of stopping, thus giving one of the few pieces of good news...
01 August 2017
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The flat fees for buy to let mortgages are now lower than they have been at any point in the past...
19 July 2017
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The number of mortgage products has more than doubled over the past two years, according to new data released by sourcing...
12 July 2017
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The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has commissioned buy to let expert Kate Faulkner to assess issues in the private rental sector -...
11 July 2017
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Skipton International has launched a guide to help expat buy to let investors trying to make sense of the UK government’s...
30 June 2017
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Investors in buy to let are the marketing target for a service which describes itself as the UK’s first digital mortgage...
31 May 2017
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The range and pricing of buy to let mortgage products for limited companies has never been better according to a survey...
05 April 2017
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The proportion of landlords considering commercial loans to fund purchases has doubled over the last 18 months as they try to...
27 February 2017
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A second firm is suggesting that the cost of Buy To Let mortgages has fallen to a record low - but...
14 February 2017
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Paragon Bank, one of the country’s leading specialist buy to let mortgages houses, almost halved its lending to landlords in the...
30 January 2017
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The consumer organisation Which? has joined the chorus of concern that new mortgage restrictions may hit buy to let landlords. Since January...
16 January 2017
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There is yet more evidence that an increasing number of buy to let investors are setting up companies to offset the...
06 January 2017
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The Financial Times reports that the Bank of England is questioning buy to let mortgage lenders and banks as part of...
29 November 2016
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The government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants - and the possibility that they may instead fall on...
28 November 2016
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There is good news to end a difficult week for the letting agency industry - there’s been a further drop in...
25 November 2016
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The Bank of England has been given additional powers by the government to control mortgage lending for buy to let investors. The...
17 November 2016
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Average rents across the UK are up eight per cent over the past 15 months according to Connells Group - but...
03 November 2016
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Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...
11 October 2016
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Agents don’t need reminding that Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today are invaluable sources of daily industry news - but...
10 October 2016
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The costs of buy To let mortgages have fallen by as much as eight per cent over the past six months. Software...
09 September 2016
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New data from referencing company Equifax Touchstone suggests that this July’s buy to let mortgage lending total is 39 per cent...
24 August 2016
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One of Britain’s leading buy to let mortgage companies says it anticipates that over three quarters of borrowing to purchase BTL...
08 July 2016
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Mortgage firms insisting on landlords proving their rental income could cover 145 per cent of their monthly payments could lead to...
05 July 2016
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The TSB is the latest buy to let lender to increase its interest coverage ratio for buy to let mortgages from...
29 June 2016
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Chancellor George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge imposed on landlords and other second home buyers from April 1 prompted an enormous 142...
18 May 2016
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A financial journalist has lambasted the government’s anti-buy to let policies, describing them as “political short-termism ... a vote winner to...
18 April 2016
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Demand for buy to let mortgages in the coming months is expected to fall "significantly" according to a Bank of England...
14 April 2016
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The imposition of the stamp duty surcharge on additional homes would add another £4,500 to the cost of setting up a...
04 April 2016
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The Bank of England has released new buy to let mortgage underwriting standards which are expected to set out stricter borrowing...
29 March 2016
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February has seen a further burst of buy to let activity, fuelled not only by the stamp duty surcharge deadline but...
11 March 2016
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Some 26,676 court orders were issued for the eviction of private sector tenants in the final quarter of 2015 according to...
08 March 2016
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Bank of England governor Mark Carney has again spoken out about possible “threats” to the economy posed by the increase in...
27 January 2016
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Barclays has increased its age cap for those applying for buy to let mortgages from 75 to 80 with immediate effect. The personal...
27 January 2016
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Buy to let loans could outstrip remortgaging within a matter of weeks as landlords rush to beat the April 1 stamp...
13 January 2016
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Hunters Estate Agents have taken the unusual step for a public company of criticising the government - in this case over...
18 December 2015
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The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is the latest influential figure to hint that there may soon be additional restrictions...
17 December 2015
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The Basel Committee - an international forum which sets standards for bank regulations in individual countries - says financial institutions should place greater emphasis...
11 December 2015
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Two interviews given by a deputy governor of the Bank of England appear to suggest that there will soon be additional...
03 December 2015
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There is another warning today that changes to buy to let mortgage tax relief will lead to increased rents. Back in July,...
26 November 2015
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The costs of lender arrangement fees, valuation fees and legal costs attached to new buy to let mortgages are falling as...
29 October 2015
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The number of buy to let mortgage products has leapt to 953 - an 11 per cent increase in the past...
02 October 2015
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The number of landlords with buy to let mortgages that are more than three months in arrears has dropped for the...
30 September 2015
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An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has broken the 10,000 signatures mark which means...
10 August 2015
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An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has so far attracted 6,300-plus signatures. The petition, which...
03 August 2015
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A critic of the suggestion that buy to let landlords could set up companies to ‘beat’ the ending of tax breaks...
31 July 2015
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Agents have expressed their disappointment at the decision by the government to restrict mortgage interest relief for Buy To let investors...