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Residential property sales were up by 7% in July compared to the same month year, with 90,630 transactions, official figures show. But...

Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook.  In both 2022 and 2023,...

A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

It looks as if the rental market is set to stay strong for some years to come. That’s because lending for house...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

A new analysis claims to show how difficult it has become for buy to let investors to secure finance as a...

Buy To Let lending is set to fall back this year, after a hectic 2021. That’s the forecast from the Intermediary Mortgage...

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...

A leading buy to let mortgage provider says the professional landlord with multiple properties is increasingly becoming the backbone of its...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

The Bank of England has issued gloomy figures on buy to let lending, suggesting the clampdown on mortgage interest tax relief...

There’s been another large increase in the number of buy to let mortgages sought by limited companies - they accounted for...

The increasing number of renters and low interest rates for existing home owners mean that the total rent bill is now...

  Nationwide - the UK's second largest buy to let lender - has reported a 20 per cent drop in profits and admits...

The number of buy-to-let mortgage loans fell by over a fifth during April, according to the latest figures from the Council...

Mortgage lending for the buy to let sector has halved since the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge in April 2016 according...

Gross buy to let lending increased in November to the highest monthly level since the stamp duty surcharge was introduced in...

No fewer than 60 per cent of buy to let investors say they believe they will be hit by forthcoming changes...

The Financial Times reports that the Bank of England is questioning buy to let mortgage lenders and banks as part of...

The Mortgage Works, the buy to let lending arm of the Nationwide, has seen a dip in the amount borrowed by...

The Bank of England has been given additional powers by the government to control mortgage lending for buy to let investors. The...

There’s been a significant drop in the amount borrowed by buy to let investors over the past year, despite a rise...

Buy to let lending is well down according to data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.    Apparently contrary to an optimistic report...

Details of the Bank of England’s statement outlining tougher rules on mortgage lending to buy to let investors have been shown...

New data from referencing company Equifax Touchstone suggests that this July’s buy to let mortgage lending total is 39 per cent...

  A letter from the Financial Conduct Authority, leaked to Sky News, suggests that the body is drawing up plans to tighten...

There has been another high-level prediction that mortgage lending for buy to let investors is likely to be restricted further in the...

Chancellor George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge imposed on landlords and other second home buyers from April 1 prompted an enormous 142...

Ahead of what some consider as the likely tightening of buy to let mortgage lending criteria by the Bank of England...

February has seen a further burst of buy to let activity, fuelled not only by the stamp duty surcharge deadline but...

A surge in lending for buy to let properties ahead of April’s stamp duty surcharge means mortgage approvals have reached their...

Buy To Let mortgage lending grew 17 per cent in 2015 but faces a potential slump after April, according to property...

The government is poised to launch a consultation document which is expected to advocate further restrictions on buy to let mortgage...

A respected survey of the buy to let market says proposed tax changes and the increased stamp duty on additional homes...

Two interviews given by a deputy governor of the Bank of England appear to suggest that there will soon be additional...

Mortgage lending to buy to let landlords has increased by volume and by value in the third quarter of the year, according...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has slapped down the Bank of England's claim that stability of the UK economy could...

The Bank of England says excessive lending to fund buy to let purchases could pose a risk to the financial well-being...