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New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...

London high end agency Eccord has bolstered its property management team with two experienced new hires. Steve Wilson joins as Senior Property...

The average age of landlords acquiring new rental property with a buy to let mortgage has fallen over the past decade,...

Paragon Bank has reduced rates on its core range of buy-to-let mortgages, taking 15bps off 10 products, in addition to launching...

As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into...

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

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...

A new survey reveals that rental properties with an EPC rating below C are already more difficult to sell to other...

Up to 160 regulations and responsibilities are overwhelming landlords and pushing them towards using agents, a prominent buying agent and property...

Large portfolio professional landlords are in a confident mood, with the majority planning to acquire at least one new asset in...

A new sentiment survey suggests that only a minority of landlords are now feeling positive about the future of buy to...

Rents have seen the highest jump since records began in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. It says UK-wide rents...

Well-heeled investors are spending an average of £1.2m on bulk-purchases of rental units according to a finance firm. The analysis shows that...

Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank.  From 2025 new rules...

Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...

Portfolio landlords can be the key to running a successful lettings agency. That is the latest claim from lead generation software provider...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

The latest lettings market snapshot by mortgage lender Paragon has found that of the landlords planning to purchase property in the...

Two major buy to let lenders have slashed their rates in a bid to win business. One of the highest profile lenders,...

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

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...

The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...

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

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

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

Almost one in five landlords intend to remain in the buy to let market indefinitely according to a new survey.  Research for...

Over a third of London investors no longer view property as a good investment, according to a survey of over 1,000...

Mortgage lenders and brokers have been too quiet over changes to buy to let lending, according to a trade body. The National...

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

Rules introduced last autumn by the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority are hurting the buy to let mortgage market according...

A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...

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

A third of UK property professionals are set to expand their portfolios in 2018 despite a backdrop of increased challenges in...

No fewer than 44 per cent of landlords plan to expand their portfolios before July 2018 despite tax obstacles, according to...

An online agency claims that serious portfolio landlords are staying faithful to buy to let despite recent tax and regulation changes...

Nearly three quarters of portfolio landlords have found it more difficult to secure a mortgage since the Prudential Regulation Authority’s changes...

Specialist buy to let lender Accord Mortgages says seven per cent of its business in 2017 came from first time landlords...

Larger scale landlords with 10 properties or more appear to be the most confident about the private rental sector, and are...

There has been a sharp rise in the cost of buy to let mortgages since the November 2 announcement increasing the...

Specialist lender Together has lowered interest rates across a range of products including right to buy - and it’s making a...

One of Britain’s best known and highest profile buy to let specialist lenders says the number of new BTL mortgages being...

The autumn's Prudential Regulation Authority changes, coupled with months of rate rise predictions, seem to have had little effect on the cost of...

A leading independent mortgage market monitor is warning that increases in mortgage costs are now proving the latest blow to the...

Consumer organisation Which? says a handful of buy to let mortgage lenders have found a way of helping so-called ‘portfolio landlords’...

New analysis shows how the phasing out of mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let investors may prove a particular...

London lettings agency Portico is working with a trade body to organise a seminar on what it admits is the “challenging”...

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

Portfolio landlords unable to borrow or contemplating selling because of new Prudential Regulation Authority rules are being urged to consider equity...

The mortgage director of Romans, one of the country’s largest agency groups, says the new Bank of England rules being introduced...

Consumer group Which? is warning that buy to let investors with multiple properties in one locality could risk being turned down...

The buy to let market risks becoming a car crash following the changes of lending rules for so-called portfolio landlords with...

The National Landlords Association is urging buy to let investors to consider remortgaging in the very near future ahead of new...

Skipton is the latest lender to confirm that it will continue lending to so-called portfolio landlords after new Bank of England...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has announced a major overhaul of its buy to let mortgage offer, but it is bucking the trend...

Leeds Building Society is the latest major lender to reveal changes to buy to let lending ahead of new rules coming...

The Coventry building society is the latest buy to let lender to tighten its portfolio buy to let criteria ahead of new...

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

Accord Buy To Let is the latest lender to change its lending criteria for portfolio landlords with four or more investment...

Paragon is the latest lender to announce it’s falling in line with Bank of England Prudential Regulation Authority requirements for more...

The buy to let mortgage market has suffered something of a battering in recent months but now Post Office Money is...

The Bank of England's decision to keep the base interest rate at the record low of 0.25% has kept buy-to-let headline...