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The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...

The head of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker has split from almost all of the industry by saying the...

Landlords don’t believe Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s planning reforms will help build a million new homes in England, claims a buy-to-let...

Landlords about to remortgage are being urged to secure a new rate as early as possible - even six months in...

Three-quarters of landlords want to raise rents in the face of the new Renter’s Reform Bill - mostly because of pets. When...

A third of landlords say that the scrapping of Section 21 is of major concern to them according to a Mortgages...

A buy to let mortgage broker is warning landlords that as many as one in three investors fail their lender's affordability...

The government must explain how it will help the private rental sector - both landlords and tenants - through the cost...

Buy to let broker Mortgages for Business is seeking to reassure landlords worries that the values of their properties will crash. The...

A specialist buy to let mortgage supplier has funded a £13m refinancing project. Zephyr Homeloans says the landlord borrowed the sum -...

Whether it’s increasing the amount we recycle, choosing sustainable products, or reducing our carbon footprint by limiting the amount we travel,...

There’s been a large rise in the number of buy to let green mortgages as the push for greater energy efficiency...

New research by the Mortgages for Business brokerage suggests that just under a quarter of landlords’ properties have an Energy Performance...

The majority of the buy to let community want the name ‘landlord’ dropped and replaced by something like ‘small housing provider’ That’s...

Three in five landlords are interested in green mortgages - a huge surge in recent times. The buy to let broker Mortgages...

Landlords trying to expand their portfolios can avoid delays caused by residential buyers taking advantage of the Chancellor's stamp duty extension by using four 'buy-to-let hacks', according to broker Mortgages for...

Specialist buy to let broker Mortgages for Business says landlords buying now can use four tips to beat the chaos in the...

There’s a warning today that landlords need to move quickly and selectively if they are intending to purchase a property ahead...

Buy-to-let landlords are being urged to take advantage of the stamp duty tax savings announced in the chancellor’s summer statement by...

Buy-to-let landlords remortgaging are currently doing so with a view to adding to their buy-to-let portfolios, according to Mortgage for Business. The...

Many landlords and letting agents are increasingly concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their tenants and property...

With the residential property market reopening for business, investor confidence in the sector is starting to improve with Mortgages for Business...

Now home sellers, including buy-to-let landlords, will soon be able to use smartphones, cameras or laptops to capture and share photographs...

While some lenders, such as HSBC, have stopped all buy-to-let activity during the Covid-19 outbreak due to limitations on physical valuations,...

One in nine mortgage holders in the UK has taken a so-called ‘payment holiday’ as their finances have been adversely affected...

Redwood Bank has passed on the full Bank of England Base Rate reduction of 0.5% to its existing lending products. The challenger...

There was a notable increase in the percentage of landlords selecting shorter-term buy-to-let mortgage products in the final quarter of last...

Purchasing an investment property via a limited company, rather than as an individual, has become significantly more popular, and that largely...

Amid continued speculation that interest rates will rise later this year, the majority of landlords chose a five-year fixed rate when...

An experienced buy-to-let landlord in Slough has become the first to be granted a mortgage by Zephyr Homeloans, a new dedicated...

The number of buy-to-let mortgage deals available to landlords who operate their properties through limited companies has more than doubled in...

Mortgages for Business is now automating the buy-to-let application submission process with lenders Kent Reliance and Paragon. The broker’s advisors will no...

Some 93% of landlords financing buy-to-let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second quarter of the year, fresh figures...

Landlords are being advised by buy-to let broker Commercial Trust Limited to seek specialist tax advice before making the decision to...

Celebrate the shows 5th Birthday and 57th event to date in the Landlord Investor Lounge with a glass of prosecco with...

Previously, nearly all buy-to-let mortgages charged a minimum 1% arrangement fee, but fresh data from specialist buy-to-let broker Mortgages for Business...

The pricing of five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage products continued to fall in the first quarter of the year, according to...

An increasing number of buy-to-let landlords are looking to diversify their portfolios by investing in Houses with Multiple Occupants (HMOs), commercial...

Vida has widened its buy-to-let expat criteria for a limited number of distributors to cater for existing UK property owners working...

A new tool that enables landlords to get an instant EPC rating on their rental properties has been launched by Mortgages...

Buy-to-let lending margins have been squeezed, with providers absorbing more costs to keep their rates competitive in the last quarter of...

Almost half of buy-to-let landlords are looking to expand their property portfolios despite recent tax changes in the industry, according to...

Buy-to-let landlords looking to secure high rental yields should consider investing in Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) which continue to outperform...

With five-year buy-to-let mortgage rates currently among the lowest levels ever seen, a leading mortgage broker is urging more BTL landlords...

A growing number of landlords are turning to corporate structures in an effort to reduce tax liability and avoid stringent new...

Redwood Bank, a new business lender, is officially up and running after completing its mobilisation phase yesterday, having already secured its...

Flat fees for buy-to-let mortgages have dropped to their lowest level for 12 months after falling by more than 5% in...

Buy-to-let landlords are increasingly buying cheaper properties with higher yields, Mortgages for Business found in its Complex Buy to Let Index...

The number of rented homes owned through a company has been on the up for a while now, with new data...

Almost half of buy-to-let landlords are looking to expand their property portfolios despite recent tax changes in the industry and tougher...

Following a first quarter defined by successive rate cut, buy-to-let fixed rates increased last month across two, three and five-year terms,...

The latest edition of the Buy to Let Mortgage Costs Index, published by Mortgages for Business, has found that percentage-based arrangement...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of landlords using limited companies to manage their buy-to-let portfolios as a...

As the government prepares to invoke Article 50 to leave the EU, very few experts forecast that Brexit will have an...

The number of people investing in the buy-to-let sector is falling at an alarming rate, while many existing landlords are selling...

With interest rates at a record low level, competition among mortgage providers, somewhat unsurprisingly, continues to hot up, with lenders shaving...

Mortgage lenders are shaving percentage points of their buy-to-let mortgage rates in an effort to entice buy-to-let landlords acquiring new properties...

Buy-to-let mortgage rates were largely unaffected by a sharp increase in swap rates in the final quarter of 2016, but this...

The number of people investing in the buy-to-let sectors is expected to fall in the first quarter of the year ahead...

Buy-to-let lending returned to some form of normality during the fourth quarter of 2016, according to fresh lending figures. The share of...

An increasing number of buy-to-let landlords are looking to overcome recent government interventions in the market by acquiring property via limited...

Having long provided mega double-digit returns for investors, investment in buy-to-let has outperformed all major asset classes in recent years, but...

Buy-to-let lending will fall by as much as 20% over the next two years to reach around £33bn by the end...

Mortgages could get even cheaper as a further cut in interest rates by the Bank of England (BoE) looks likely in...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are making mortgage applications via limited companies, according to the Buy to Let Club. The trend...

There was a significant increase in lending to buy-to-let landlords borrowing via limited companies in the first half of this year,...

Interest rates in Britain remain frozen at an all-time low of 0.5%, after the Bank of England decided against the first cut...

Daniel Hill, managing director of Multi-Let UK, explains how you could build and manage a profitable HMO portfolio. Recent research fromMortgages...

It has been just over two months since buy-to-let landlords were hit with unreasonable tax changes designed to deter them from...

April’s stamp duty increase for buy-to-let investors is already having an impact on the housing market, with the latest figures from...

Lending to buy-to-let landlords soared last month, with the latest figures revealing that buy-to-let investors borrowed £7.1bn, up 87% month-on-month and...

UK mortgage lenders are now expected to restrict lending to buy-to-let borrowers following the Mortgage Works’ decision to limit the amount...

The introduction of more products targeted at limited company borrowers saw the average product numbers for buy-to-let mortgages increase significantly in...

Applications made by limited companies accounted for 43% of all buy-to-let transactions in January, analysis from broker Mortgages for Business has...

Buy-to-let remortgage transactions outstripped purchases by more than 2:1 in 2015, according to the latest Complex Buy to Let Index from...

The number of arrangement fee-free buy-to-let mortgage products rose in Q3, according to figures from Mortgages For Business. The findings from the...

The number of buy-to-let mortgage products available in the UK fell by more than a quarter in April, according to the...