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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...

Financial experts are warning that the increase in the headline rate of inflation from 2.0% to 2.2% might be enough to...

Average rental yields are at a 10-year-high of some 6.3% according to a prominent buy to let lender.  The Q2 2024 Landlord...

The Mortgage Works will today be reducing rates by up to 0.45 percentage points across its product range, with rates starting...

Molo Finance has announced reductions to its buy to let mortgage rates for UK residents, expats and non-UK residents, with cuts...

Paragon Bank is offering four new limited edition buy to let mortgages, with two products suitable for landlords with three or...

Specialist lender Landbay has introduced a new range of non-portfolio buy to let products. It’s designed for landlords with three or less...

The new lender April Mortgages - which already offers a range of five to 15-year fixed rates on 95% mortgages, has...

Growing mortgage product choice shows growing confidence in aspects of the housing market, even before anticipated rate cuts. That’s the view of ...

The Mortgage Works is today reducing selected Buy to Let rates for new and existing customers by up to 0.25 percentage...

The latest inflation figures mean there’s no excuse for the Bank of England to keep interest rates at their current high,...

The majority of buy to let landlords plan to raise rents in the coming 12 months, new data suggests. Some 85% of...

Another slew of buy to let lenders have slashed rates on their products as competition for landlords hots up further. A statement...

Experts say there is no chance of a cut in interest rates being announced by the Bank of England ’s Monetary...

Three more lenders have revised their buy to let mortgage range as competition continues apace to get landlord customers. Landbay has announced...

The ink was hardly dry on Labour’s plan for a mortgage guarantee scheme for first time buyers before some left wing...

Two lenders are making a pitch for landlord borrowers as the buy to let mortgage market continues to be highly competitive. Buy...

Many buy to let landlords have made financial changes during the cost of living crisis to mitigate the rising costs of...

Santander today in increases selected residential new business fixed-rate deals, as well as some landlord and residential offers. It is also lifting the...

Foundation Home Loans’ buy to let product range - Buy to Let by Foundation - has cut fees on some options...

Specialist investment lender Hodge has joined forces with Propflo, a PropTech startup, to urge customers to make their properties more energy-efficient...

There have been more changes to buy to let mortgage ranges from lenders. Coming into effect today, The Mortgage Works will be...

Rental growth continued to cool in February, says the latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month, the average rent on...

Some 40% of residential landlords with a mortgage - fixed, tracker or discount - are due to renew their mortgage rate...

The bank Shawbrook has completed a buy to let remortgage for a new customer in just 37 working hours.  The landlord was...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

One of the MPs behind the disastrous mini-Budget - which directly led to soaring interest rates - is to stand down...

The Suffolk Building Society has launched new mortgage products aimed at private landlords who are planning refurbishments, such as a new...

The Penrith Building Society has scrapped mortgage application fees for all buy to let and residential  products, including further advances, until...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 -...

Paragon Bank has launched new five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages with nil product fees. Rates start at 5.80 per cent and there is...

The Mortgage Works is reducing rates on products for new and existing landlord customers by up to 0.40 percentage points, with...

A new survey suggests that over three fifths of landlords say private renting is becoming less attractive as an investment option. The...

The buy-to-let sector has seen fixed rates fall and product choice grow month-on-month, according to the latest analysis by Moneyfactscompare. Overall buy-to-let...

As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...

Paragon Bank is the latest to reduce mortgage rates for landlords. It’s cut rates across 22 buy-to-let mortgage products, with fixed deals...

House prices fell 1.9 per cent in August and are down 4.6 per cent over the year, according to Halifax.  It’s the...

Dashly, a platform that monitors over £100 billion of mortgages, says landlords in London renewing loans soon will be, on average,...

An analysis conducted over the summer by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform...

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

If you are a landlord looking for the silver lining in a dark cloud, June’s interest rate decision will have certainly...

There is currently a lot of discussion about the mortgage crisis, its impact on borrowers and landlords – and calls for...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker says the government must help landlords with mortgage costs, as well as owner occupiers...

A mortgage expert is warning that a housing market crash now looks ”inevitable” as expectations run high of what many be...

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

The latest lettings and sales market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has prompted a warning from a leading...

Virgin Money has cut a range of its core, exclusive and buy to let deals. BTL core and exclusive highlights include -...

The Mortgage Works, the specialist buy to let mortgage wing of the Nationwide Building Society, has revised its product range for...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

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

A high profile mortgage lender operating in the buy to let sector has launched a series of products aimed at investors...

Suffolk Building Society has announced the launch of a new five-year fixed expat buy to let product for properties with an...

The Hargreaves Lansdown business consultancy is forecasting a 10.4 per cent drop in house prices from their peak, to take place...

An upbeat trading statement from buy to let mortgage lender Paragon suggests that the sector is relatively healthy, but losing many...

Specialist buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages new Green Mortgages across its three core ranges – standard, limited company and LLP,...

In the drive for the UK to be net zero by 2050, residential landlords are facing costly green refurbishments.   Already, landlords...

In its latest plans, the government is hoping to make the leasehold system fairer for leaseholders through a brand new Reform...

Landlords have been hit with steep rises in the cost of buy to let fixed rate mortgages even before the Bank...

Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...

Buy-to-let lending hit its highest ever level last year, spurred on by record levels of tenant demand, the Stamp Duty Holiday...

Some 30 per cent of landlords who plan to remortgage by mid-2022 intent to release equity from their properties according to...

Buy to let mortgage app Rightrate is to expand its support for landlords after passing the 500 downloads milestone since launch...

Landlords directly affected by the cladding scandal - because they own units in low and medium-rise blocks - have some good...

New research from online buy to let mortgage broker Property Master reveals there are currently 41 BTL mortgages at the record...

Buy to let lender Keystone says demand from landlords making the switch to holiday lets have driven it to expand its...

For the second time this week (and it’s only Wednesday) a lender has announced cheaper mortgage loans for buy to let...

There’s been a surge in the number of mortgage products aimed at landlords in the holiday let market. There’s been a 45...

Paragon Bank has launched a range of 80 per cent loan to value buy to let mortgages specifically for properties with...

The Mortgage Works, the specialist buy to let arm of Nationwide Building Society, today launches new limited company mortgages targeting the...

One hidden aspect of the recent cladding controversy has been that many landlords have been unable to sell or remortgage flats...

Who are you? Craig Hayward How do you help landlords and property investors? With over 10 years’ experience we have been helping landlords and...

Precise Mortgages has reduced mortgage rates across its buy-to-let range by up to 0.4%.  The specialist lender’s buy-to-let range, which is available...

The government has published its response to the House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s (HCLG) report on cladding...

There has been a drop in buy-to-let lending, but the decline is less dramatic than the general purchase market, according to the latest...

Virgin Money has increased its buy-to-let rates by up to 20% as part of a series of changes to its mortgage...

There has been a sharp rise in buy-to-let mortgage activity as property investors look to take advantage of the current stamp...

Accord will be increasing its maximum loan-to-value (LTV) for its buy-to-let product transfers to 80%.  In addition, the lender has reduced rates...

Accord has removed all of its buy-to-let products at 60% loan-to-value (LTV) on a temporary basis.  The company says that the move...

Santander has increased a selection of its buy-to-let mortgage rates for purchase and remortgage.  The lender has increased selected rates and fees...

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has increased its loan-to-value (LTV) for capital raising landlords from 65% to 75% on all remortgage products. The...

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has withdrawn its 10-year fixed rate buy-to-let products. The specialist buy-to-let arm of Nationwide Building Society has also...

Barclays has withdrawn its product for portfolio landlords and hiked rates across a range of buy-to-let deals in a bid to...

There was a notable increase in buy-to-let remortgage business in the second quarter of the year, according to Paragon Bank.  The research...

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

Ipswich Building Society has withdrawn all its buy-to-let products, including expat BTL and holiday let mortgages, following a sharp rise in...

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added Paragon’s buy-to-let range to its mortgage panel.  The buy-to-let range includes support for SPV limited company lending, including...

Foundation Home Loans has relaunched its buy-to-let product range to its pre-lockdown structure with the reintroduction of large loans, early remortgage,...

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...

Accord has withdrawn 18 buy-to-let mortgage products, but has reduced rates by up to 16 basis points on selected buy-to-let deals that...

O’Neill Patient LLP has completed the acquisition of well established law firm, Cavendish Legal Group.  O’Neill Patient, which specialises in conveyancing services...

Ipswich Building Society has withdrawn its five-year standard buy-to-let and five-year expat buy-to-let fixed rate products to “slow the inflow of...

Barclays has made changes to some of its buy-to-let products to ensure its proposition is in line with existing market conditions. The...

Foundation Home Loans has made a range of changes to its buy-to-let product range, which includes increases to loan-to-value (LTV) bands,...

The share of gross mortgage lending for buy-to-let purposes during the first quarter of the year was 14%, thus supplying around...

There was an increase in buy-to-let activity in the first three months of 2020, the latest mortgage lending data shows. According to...

Accord Buy To Let’s mortgage offering is now back to pre-coronavirus levels, with products available at up to 80% loan-to-value (LTV)...

Virgin Money has launched a wide range of new products, with lending up to 80% loan-to-value (LTV) available on buy-to-let cases.  Virgin...

Aldermore Bank has resumed physical mortgage valuations on rental properties for buy-to-let purchase and remortgage in England. However, larger rental properties, including...

Barclays is cutting selected rates by up to 10 basis points on its fixed buy-to-let mortgage range with all products coming...

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has increased the loan-to-value (LTV) to 75% across their buy-to-let ranges available through Kent Reliance for Intermediaries, Precise...