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Almost four in 10 portfolio landlords are continuing to upgrade their properties to EPC C or above, despite proposed regulations being...

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

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

In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...

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

Some 74 per cent of buy to let landlords are optimistic about the property market in the next 12 months, it’s...

Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...

A respected financial body is warning that landlords face rising costs of up to 80 per cent in the next two...

Landlord confidence has improved over the course of the past quarter according to a respected quarterly sentiment survey. The Q3 2023 BVA...

No fewer than 88 per cent of portfolio landlords have added to their portfolios in the last six months, despite market...

Specialist lender Landbay has issued another upbeat assessment of the buy to jet sector, bucking the trend of most market reports. It...

A property entrepreneur is seeking up to 200 portfolio landlords or developers to invest in his company.  Jamie Lester says the offer to...

The Mortgage Lender has two new buy-to-let products. These include a standard two-year fixed, with an initial rate of 4.69 per cent...

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...

A bank chief has used a national newspaper interview to make a stand in favour of buy to let landlords and...

Scores of portfolio landlords are incorporating their property portfolio as limited companies, which could save hundreds of thousands of pounds on...

Over the past year, we have witnessed an increase in the proportion of landlords opting to acquire properties through limited companies.  This...

Landlords with some of the country’s largest portfolios say they expect to pay £500,000 or more in the next year on...

I have read a great deal in the media recently about a mass landlord ‘exodus’. The story goes along the lines of...

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

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

Just over half of professional landlords with 10 or more investment properties have no succession plan in place, risking the future...

Landlords who use the Property Hub Lets online agency are in for a change - in future, their properties will be...

A large proportion of portfolio landlords - those with four or more properties - plan to expand their portfolios in the...

Landlords with larger portfolios are more likely to increase rent than small-scale landlords. A poll by The Landlord Works shows that 75...

The government says major house builders have agreed to spend £2 billion on fixing the dangerous cladding on their own buildings,...

A fledgling trade group its holding an online PropTech conference later this month. The Portfolio Landlords Action Network - PLAN - is...

New research suggests that some landlords are now deliberately choosing to buy properties with weak EPCs in order to upgrade and...

Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...

The Portfolio Landlords Action Network - PLAN - is to hold its first tech exhibition with five companies explaining their benefits...

A new bank - Recognise - has entered the buy to let market in a bid to win landlords and investors. Its...

Recognise Bank has entered the rental market with a new product designed for professional landlords and investors with portfolios of at least...

A new bank called Monument wants buy to let portfolio landlords and other ‘serious’ property investors to be amongst its relatively...

I am the Chair of PLAN - the Portfolio Landlords Action Group - which had its formal launch this week. People...

There is a fear that work required to bring rental units up to new Energy Performance Certificate levels by 2025 could...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Rajiv Singh |Founder & CEO RentOnCloud www.rentoncloud.com Tell me about RentOnCloud, what does...

The proportion of landlords feeling optimistic about different aspects of letting is at the highest level for five years. As part of research...

A new trade body called PLAN launches this month with the aim of representing large scale Portfolio Landlords with 75 properties...

Paragon Bank is doubling both the maximum loan amount it lends on an individual property and the total buy to let...

Foundation Home Loans has launched its new ‘Green ABC+’ fixed rate products for both buy to let and owner occupied mortgages, with...

Around 20 per cent of landlords surveyed by a bank used a credit card or short-term finance to fund a recent...

Landlords have been given a boost from an unlikely source - HM Revenue & Customs. HMRC has given landlords and other businesses...

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

Some 46 per cent of landlords reduced monthly rent payments for their tenants because of the pandemic, according to research from...

A controversial PropTech service that proposes agents charge prospective tenants £30 or more simply to view a property on the market,...

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

A prominent buy to let lender has launched a range of products to help landlords improve the energy efficiency of rental...

A portfolio management platform has launched an Open Banking integration for landlords. The Open Banking concept as it applies to the rental...

Popular buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages’ latest rental yield index shows the consequences of increasing property prices in many regions...

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

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has scrapped multiple application fees and cut its completion fee on portfolio applications to 1.2%, down from...

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

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...

Paragon has expanded its buy-to-let product offering by introducing a new range of 70% loan-to-value (LTV) two- and five-year fixed rate...

Paragon has introduced a new one-year buy-to-let discounted SVR product to support new and existing landlord customers through the coronavirus uncertainty. The...

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

Paragon’s specialist portfolio buy-to-let lending grew during the final quarter of 2019. Specialist buy-to-let lending was 1.1% higher year-on-year at £375.4m, whilst...

Buy-to-let landlords currently looking to buy property are targeting Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) more than any other property type, according...

Landbay, the buy-to-let mortgage lender, has joined forces with The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) to provide landlords using certain...

The State Bank of India’s (SBI UK) buy-to-let product range is now available through Legal and General Mortgage Club. The company provides...

Paragon has reduced borrowing rates across its range of buy-to-let mortgage products, available at up to 80% loan-to-value. The deals, which are suitable...

There will be further growth in portfolio and complex buy-to-let lending in 2020, Paragon predicts. There has been greater demand over the...

A significant number of landlords plan to remortgage over the next year, fresh research by BDRC, on behalf of Precise Mortgages,...

Fleet Mortgages has cut rates to two of its 80% loan-to-value (LTV) products in both its standard and HMO product ranges. The...

If you’re an existing landlord with bad credit issues looking to remortgage your buy to let property or perhaps buy a...

Paragon has launched a new range of buy-to-let purchase and remortgage products for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords, with rates discounted for...

Foundation Home Loans has unveiled a number of rate reductions across a range of buy-to-let products by up to 45 basis...

The Leeds Building Society has announced a new buy-to-let mortgage product and a series of rate reductions. The new product is an...

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new five-year buy-to-let mortgage product aimed at landlords who seek rate certainty but with a...

The majority of landlords are most likely to source their next buy-to-let mortgage from their existing broker, new research shows.  According to...

Selina Finance has introduced a new property investment credit facility aimed at experienced property investors and landlords.  The digital secured lender has...

There was an increase in the number of landlords reporting growth in tenant demand in the third quarter of the year. Paragon’s...

Foundation Home Loans has launched two new five-year buy-to-let fixed rate products and reduced rates across other products in its range. Highlights...

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

Landbay has announced a new partnership with the Next Intelligence mortgage club, Mortgage Intelligence, Mortgage Next and FYB Network brands that...

Paragon has launched several new mortgage products for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords. Products include a 75% loan-to-value (LTV) two-year fix at 3.55%...

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%...

Paragon has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, offering lower interest rates, no up-front fees and £350 cashback on selected products. The new...

Most landlords feel optimistic about the existing UK buy-to-let environment, fresh research suggests. The study by Cambridge and Counties Bank showed that...

There has been a significant increase in both portfolio landlord and limited company buy-to-let business over the past 12 months, according...

Coventry for Intermediaries has enhanced the number of buy-to-let mortgages permitted with the group from three to five, doubled the maximum...

Saffron Building Society has introduced a new limited company buy-to-let mortgage product, available at 75% loan-to-value on a two-year fixed rate...

Paragon has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords, with products including mortgages with no product fee, no...

Barclays has made alterations to some of its buy-to-let mortgage products. Rate reductions in the buy-to-let range include a two-year fix at...

Portico has expanded its client offering with the launch of Portico Finance, a mortgage broker and protection service, designed to offer...

Virgin Money has increased the maximum loan-to-value on its buy-to-let portfolio landlord range from 70% to 75%, while previous portfolio growth...

More than two thirds of landlords with four or more properties intend to use limited company status in order to acquire...

Barclays launched two new buy-to-let products and cut rates on existing deals this morning.  The newly launched products include a 60% loan-to-value...

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let proposition to ensure the range is more transparent and easier for intermediaries to understand...

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

Computershare Loan Services has launched Zephyr Homeloans, a dedicated buy-to-lender that provides a range of mortgage products for professional portfolio landlords...

Fleet Mortgages has announced the launch of new products across both its standard and limited company ranges, as well as criteria...

Paragon has joined forces with eTech to include its web-based workflow management system to streamline and simplify the mortgage application process...

Leeds Building Society has launched what it claims are two ‘market-leading’ discounted buy-to-let variable mortgages that it hopes will attract existing...

Many landlords remain committed to the buy-to-let sector despite government interventions and a wider housing slowdown, new figures show. Despite the adverse...

Landbay has partnered with Julian Harris Adviser Network to provide more mortgage brokers and their landlord clients with access to its...

Fears that regulatory changes will pave the way for an exodus from the buy-to-let market may be a little premature, according...

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...

Aldermore has launched a new buy-to-let remortgage product for individual landlords. The five-year fixed rate deal, on offer for a limited period,...

One in five landlords plan to stay in the buy-to-let market indefinitely, with the same number of portfolio landlords foreseeing the...