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KEYWORD "NatWes" - 46 RESULTS
Surprise, Surprise - renters want landlords to fit eco-friendly features

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

09 February 2024

From: Breaking News

Activist slams bank boss for telling buyers to save for deposits

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

08 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Analyst warns house price boost “like a dodgy prawn at a buffet”

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

08 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Airbnb pushing its landlords to become more energy efficient

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

21 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Sunak quietly drops another energy benchmark over the weekend

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

25 September 2023

From: Breaking News

House Prices plunge 31%? At least the banks would survive…

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

14 July 2023

From: Breaking News

Anger as buy to let stress tests make borrowing almost impossible

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

14 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Today’s mortgage shock ‘could be death knell for buy to let’

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

13 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Mortgages available soon for flats hit by unsafe cladding

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

30 December 2022

From: Breaking News

Keen To Be Green - Britons becoming more eco-aware

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

14 October 2022

From: Breaking News

Will revolutionary workplace changes affect buy to let properties?

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

16 August 2022

From: Breaking News

A Greener Home Time For Tenants?

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

05 February 2022

From: The Big Issues

Mortgage lenders stop landlords letting to asylum seekers - claim

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

09 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Students rents are soaring according to bank study

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

06 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Why landlords must not use ‘no DSS’ to discriminate against benefit tenants

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

29 July 2020

From: Sponsored Content

Why good communication is essential in these difficult times

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

06 April 2020

From: Sponsored Content

NatWest revamps BTL product range

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,...

19 November 2019

From: Breaking News

NatWest changes its buy-to-let calculator to reflect the landlord’s ‘true costs’

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

11 September 2019

From: Breaking News

TML removes restrictions on letting to DSS tenants

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

12 August 2019

From: Breaking News

NatWest cuts rates on select BTL products

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%...

02 August 2019

From: Breaking News

NatWest introduces new products and reduces rates

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

02 July 2019

From: Breaking News

Metro Bank is the latest lender to remove restrictions on letting to DSS tenants

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

12 June 2019

From: Breaking News

Government urged to simplify the benefits system to prevent discrimination

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

25 April 2019

From: Breaking News

Co-Op removes restrictions on letting to DSS tenants

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

01 April 2019

From: Breaking News

NatWest reduces BTL rates

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...

29 March 2019

From: Breaking News

Zoopla’s decision to ban ‘No DSS’ adverts welcomed by landlord association

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

22 March 2019

From: Breaking News

Nationwide is the latest lender to remove restrictions on letting to DSS tenants

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

21 March 2019

From: Breaking News

NatWest scraps ‘no DSS’ policy

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

04 March 2019

From: Breaking News

NatWest cuts BTL remortgage rates

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

16 January 2019

From: Breaking News

NatWest increase buy-to-let remortgage rates by up to 0.5%

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...

14 December 2018

From: Breaking News

Housing campaigners target NatWest branch over BTL mortgage ‘discrimination’

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

26 November 2018

From: Breaking News

Allowing banks to operate a “no DSS” policy is “housing discrimination”

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

22 November 2018

From: Breaking News

Mortgage lenders slammed for preventing landlords renting to benefit claimants

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

22 October 2018

From: Breaking News

NatWest reduces BTL rates by 0.5%

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...

30 August 2018

From: Breaking News

Metro Bank teams up with CreditLadder for rent reporting

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

03 July 2018

From: Breaking News

NatWest increases buy-to-let rates

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...

15 May 2018

From: Breaking News

NatWest and Barclays change rates for BTL mortgage products

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

12 April 2018

From: Breaking News

Landlords remain confident about BTL, study finds

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

06 April 2018

From: Breaking News

TSB and Natwest introduce new BTL mortgage products

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

14 December 2017

From: Breaking News

NatWest reduces buy-to-let income coverage ratio

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

02 October 2017

From: Breaking News

NatWest will ‘continue to support’ portfolio landlords

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

10 August 2017

From: Breaking News

Barclays cuts rates

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

12 October 2016

From: Breaking News

Bank of England set to cut interest rates again to ward off Brexit recession

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

08 September 2016

From: Breaking News

Investec slash buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 1%

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...

07 September 2016

From: Breaking News

Natwest cuts BTL rates on back of increased “appetite to lend”

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...

01 September 2016

From: Breaking News

Intermediaries split on BTL outlook

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

29 January 2016

From: Breaking News

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