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Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

Buy to let mortgages have seen the largest interest rate increase of any mortgage category according to new research. Barrows and Forrester...

A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...

Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...

There’s a slowly growing optimism amongst property industry figures that the 2023 housing market will be relatively pain-free and not seeing...

A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...

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

New figures from property consultancy TwentyCi lay bare the challenges faced by the lettings sector. In the third quarter of 2022 new...

The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...

There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...

The flurry of increased interest in buy to let means the choice of mortgage products for investors is now greater than...

The popularity of buy to let mortgage products offering exclusive rates for higher value loans is a sign of optimism in...

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...

Franchise giant Belvoir has issued a statement to shareholders emphasising the success of its financial services wing. The Belvoir Group established its...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

Lettings software platform teclet has announced a strategic partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau. It means MAB’s intermediary products and services will...

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...

We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at...

Brexit is not a good reason for delaying buy to let investment, insists a mortgage chief. Andrew Turner is chief executive at...

With good news in the buy to let sector in short supply, here’s a promising start to the week - a...

One of the buy to let sector’s main mortgage lenders, Paragon, has refreshed its range of mortgages with new products which...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...

The number of buy to let lenders lending to limited companies has risen by 47 per cent over the past year,...

The number of buy to let mortgage products on the open market has passed the 2,000 mark for the first time.  This...

A new survey by a leading lettings trade body suggests that the Bank of England’s attempts to make buy to let...

The consumer organisation Which? is warning that buy to let mortgages could become more expensive in the near future. This is despite...

LSL Property Services, which owns Your Move and Reeds Rains lettings and estate agencies, is investing in an online buy to...

One of the industry’s best known buy to let lenders, Paragon, is combining its Mortgage Trust and Paragon Mortgages product ranges...

The number of new buy to let mortgages available to investors has hit 1,725 - its highest point since 1,942 products...

Buy to let mortgage competition is showing no signs of stopping, thus giving one of the few pieces of good news...

The flat fees for buy to let mortgages are now lower than they have been at any point in the past...

The number of mortgage products has more than doubled over the past two years, according to new data released by sourcing...

The range and pricing of buy to let mortgage products for limited companies has never been better according to a survey...

Paragon Mortgages, best known for its significant position in the buy to let market, has launched a range of residential mortgage...

The Leeds Building Society is the latest buy to let mortgage lender to amend its criteria for borrowers ahead of new...

An action group campaigning on behalf of landlords has confirmed that it is ready to begin legal action against the Bank...

The growth in buy to let mortgage products - rising rapidly until recently - has now begun to drop off.   Products increased...

The number of buy to let mortgage products has leapt to 953 - an 11 per cent increase in the past...

A survey of 500 landlords suggest that 10 per cent of them have had difficulties in securing a mortgage over the...

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