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20 September 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 number of buy to let properties in arrears has risen again according to figures released by UK Finance, formerly the...
09 February 2018
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The number of buy-to-let mortgage loans fell by over a fifth during April, according to the latest figures from the Council...
15 June 2017
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Mortgage lending for the buy to let sector has halved since the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge in April 2016 according...
18 May 2017
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New lettings data from Agency Express supports the belief that the rental market may be slowing down across much of the...
20 March 2017
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A trade body claims that vulnerable tenants are finding it harder to access rented housing because of tax changes being introduced...
10 March 2017
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Gross buy to let lending increased in November to the highest monthly level since the stamp duty surcharge was introduced in...
18 January 2017
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Over a third of landlords have never used a letting agent and manage all their properties themselves. That is the finding of...
15 December 2016
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There’s been a significant drop in the amount borrowed by buy to let investors over the past year, despite a rise...
17 November 2016
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In its latest bid to push Chancellor Phillip Hammond to back down on buy to let tax changes, the Residential Landlords...
24 October 2016
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Buy to let lending is well down according to data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Apparently contrary to an optimistic report...
13 October 2016
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The long-term aspiration of most Britons to own their home has not been deterred by the Brexit vote, according to the...
26 July 2016
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Buy to let mortgage arrears are set to fall below 7,000 by the end of the year according to one lender’s...
25 July 2016
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders has told the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority not to add unnecessarily to the welter...
01 July 2016
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The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...
22 June 2016
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Lettings volumes have taken a sharp downward trend in May according to board company Agency Express. New listings were down 11.9 per...
20 June 2016
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There was a massive slowdown in buy to let lending by investors as the additional homes stamp duty surcharge passed -...
16 June 2016
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There has been a new development in a long-running spat between a website and the BBC over the corporation’s news coverage...
07 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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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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Research by HomeLet shows that rents on new tenancies outside London over the three months to March were on average 4.9...
13 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 Council of Mortgage Lenders has ticked off the government for not updating its Private Landlords’ Survey for some six years...
24 March 2016
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The three per cent stamp duty surcharge proposed for purchases of buy to let and holiday homes risks being seen as...
01 February 2016
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders is warning of a possible slump for the buy to let market in the next two...
18 December 2015
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Mortgage lending to buy to let landlords has increased by volume and by value in the third quarter of the year, according...
12 November 2015
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The rise and rise of buy to let continues apace with the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders showing...
12 August 2015
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The Conveyancing Association (CA) has embarked on a mission to engage with the lender community with a view to initiating a...