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Accord Mortgages is reducing rates on its buy-to-let product range again this week, by up to 0.20% across all loan-to-values up...

Growing numbers of tenants are feeling less confident at being able to meet the vistas of energy in their rented properties. That’s...

A mortgage lender has introduced a product which effectively encourages a landlord to sell to a sitting tenant at a discounted...

Real estate finance and investment business TAB has launched a long-term lending service extending to all stages of a property’s life...

A survey from NatWest and ratings giant S&P Global shows that 75 per cent of renters across the UK want landlords...

The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...

Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...

Airbnb is launching a new Sustainability Hub to help its landlord hosts in the UK retrofit and improve the energy efficiency...

The government's energy efficiency taskforce was quietly disbanded over the weekend, the BBC says.  The taskforce was set up in March to...

Details have emerged of an extraordinary ‘stress test’ created by the Bank of England and tested on eight major banks to...

There’s been widespread anger from the mortgage broker community in response to NatWest’s decision to make buy to let stress tests...

A mortgage expert is warning that today’s mortgage news from prominent lender NatWest could have permanently serious consequences for buy to...

January 9 is the date from which a range of mortgage lenders are honouring their commitment to ensure flats in blocks...

Another bank survey has been released, suggesting a surge in interest in energy efficient homes in the UK. NatWest’s Greener Homes Attitude...

A new survey shows that UK workers are going into the office on average just 1.5 days a week - a...

The latest research from NatWest and IHS Markit has revealed that just seven per cent of homeowners with a gas boiler are...

An investigation conducted by The Mirror newspaper claims to have found that 55 out of 72 buy to let mortgage lenders...

Landlords with student tenants, as well as the growing number of institutional landlords of purpose built student accommodation, appear to be...

In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...

As we keep being regularly told at the moment, we are living through unprecedented times, with the greatest restrictions on our civil...

NatWest this morning reduced its two-year fixed remortgage product at 75% loan-to-value (LTV)  by 0.53% from 2.51% to 1.98%. For buy-to-let purchases,...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has made amendments to its buy-to-let calculations and will now use actual rather than projected letting agent costs...

The Mortgage Lender (TML) will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The move comes...

NatWest has reduced rates on some buy-to-let and residential products. On the lender’s buy-to-let switcher there are reductions of up to 0.15%...

NatWest has launched a selection of new buy-to-let products at reduce rates designed to appeal to landlord borrowers. Borrowing rates have been...

Metro Bank has announced that it will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The...

Nationwide were among a small group of mortgage lenders asked to give evidence at a select committee yesterday on restrictions around...

Platform, the intermediary lender of The Co-operative Bank, will no longer restrict landlords from letting to tenants in receipt of housing...

NatWest has cut rates on selected buy-to-let products. The lender has reduced its semi exclusive five-year buy-to-let fixed rate remortgage deals by...

Zoopla’s decision to issue ‘blanket bans against tenants in receipt of housing-related benefits’ after announcing that it will end ‘No DSS’ wording...

Nationwide has announced that it will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The move...

NatWest has bowed to growing industry pressure by lifting restrictions on buy-to-let landlords renting to tenants in receipt of housing benefit. In...

NatWest Intermediary Services this morning made changes to a number of its buy-to-let, as well as its residential mortgage products, with...

NatWest has increased rates on its two- and five-year buy-to-let remortgage products by up to 0.5%. The rate hike means that the...

Campaigners opposed to mortgage lenders allowing landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits tried to voice their discontent over the...

Mortgage lenders have once again been criticised for not permitting landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits – this time...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has raised serious concerns that the majority of buy-to-let lenders are preventing landlords renting property to...

NatWest has cut rates across its buy-to-let ranges by up to 0.5%. Two-year fixed rate buy-to-let products now start from 2.77% at...

Tenants who have a personal account with Metro Bank are now able to report their rent through CreditLadder to reference agency...

NatWest has increased rates on its buy-to-let mortgage deals. Its two year fixed-rate buy-to-let purchase deal at 60% loan-to-value (LTV) has been...

Barclays and NatWest have introduced rate changes to some of their buy-to-let purchase mortgage products. Barclays has raised rates across no fewer...

Almost two-fifths of landlords are feeling positive about the future of the rental market, and are thinking about buying more properties...

TSB has introduced a range of new two-year fixed rate mortgage deals, while Natwest has cut rates on selected deals to...

Natwest has lowered its buy-to-let income coverage ratio requirement from 145% to 135% at 5.5%, while it has also introduced more...

Natwest has announced an overhaul of its underwriting processes for portfolio landlords ahead of September’s regulatory changes for complex buy-to-let, but...

Barclays has announced a selection of rate reductions across its main buy-to-let mortgage range in addition to its core residential and...

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

Investec Private Bank announced yesterday that it will be introducing a range of new loan-to-value (LTV) bands across its buy-to-let products with borrowing...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has cut its standard buy-to-let two-year fixed range for purchase and remortgage products by 19-23 bps, as it...

Mortgage intermediaries are split on the prospects for further growth in the buy-to-let market this year. Brokers are positive about the health...