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With lockdown starting to ease, investors across the country will be considering their next steps and where might represent the best...

Following the reopening of the property market on May 13, a specialist buy-to-let mortgage broker is advising investors to expand their...

Welcome to this special, VE Bank Holiday (and lockdown), edition of Property Investor Today. We hope all our readers are having...

Spanish mortgage specialists Fluent Finance Abroad have offered reassurance to British buyers that there is no need to give up on...

Throughout the property industry, in response to the challenges posed by Covid-19, various webinars have been held offering top tips, guidance,...

Covid-19 and the subsequent government lockdown will result in a loss of 526,000 home sales in 2020, according to further analysis...

Buy a property below market value, renovate it and then make a tidy profit by selling it at a higher price,...

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

A vast majority of landlords have revealed their acquisition plans for the year ahead, with the North West expected to be...

Two, three and five-year fixed rate mortgages have all dropped in cost over the past 12 months, and witnessed some big...

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...

As we enter a new year (and decade), the opening weeks of 2020 are an appropriate time to reflect on the...

While Bristol and Portsmouth might seem like two very disparate locations to focus on, NEXA Properties has offices in both –...

Home purchase via blockchain has moved one step closer thanks to the launch of NatWest and Coadjute’s mobile project. A network for...

On Monday, this guest piece from Iain Brown at Aria Resorts analysed why the UK holiday property sector is attracting huge...

The two biggest Scottish cities - Edinburgh and Glasgow - are currently the fastest places to sell a property, with homes...

The UK holiday property sector is a growth industry which is attracting huge interest from property investors, says Iain Brown of...

Lending in the buy-to-let mortgage market has been steady in recent months, despite a slowdown in overall mortgage business, according to...

When it comes to regulating and managing foreign investment in highly desirable UK bricks and mortar, understanding the subtleties of the...

Westminster and the City of London take all top ten most expensive postcodes by square foot in the UK, according to...

Following the official launch of PropElle, the women-centric network for property investment, founder Ayesha Ofori tells Property Investor Today what it...

The number of residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past 20 years, propelled by rising property prices, according to...

An independent survey of more than 1,000 UK-based property investors has found that 55% are concerned Brexit will push away international...

The latest statistics from Cifas revealed that mortgage fraud is up 5%, but what exactly is it and what can lenders,...

Following on from our recent article about the average property scam costing victims more than £107,000, fresh research from fraud prevention...

Buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage costs have continued to fall since the second quarter of 2019, according to Mortgage Brain analysis. The cost of...

The property landscape in cities across Europe is being transformed by changing lifestyle patterns, growing affordability pressures and delayed life milestones,...

Research from online mortgage broker Property Master has shown the majority of fixed rate buy-to-let rates are continuing to fall due...

More than half (55%) of landlords plan to use limited companies for purchases compared to 24% of landlords who intend to...

Online mortgage broker Habito has announced the launch of its new mortgage origination platform. The range – which hosts a suite of...

Some 97% of property investors do not think the government is doing enough to support the UK property market, new research...

There has been a dramatic fall in the number of cash buyers in London over the last year, according to Apropos...

New research from online mortgage broker Property Master has revealed that the cost of the majority of fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages appear...

The second weekend of June will see the traditional celebration of the Queen’s official birthday, despite her actual birthday being in...

A self-employed mortgage expert has claimed that Britain’s portfolio landlords are ‘burying their heads in the sand’ over new tax changes...

A Brexit-inspired holiday letting boom is expected to hit the South West this year, according to local holiday letting agency Bournecoast. The...

In a boost to a city still recovering from the scars of the Novichok poisoning scandal, Salisbury has been named as...

Landlord action to reduce higher tax costs could lead to a lower level of buy-to-let mortgage transactions going forward. That is according...

Investment in the UK’s private rental sector (PRS) will soar to £75 Billion by 2025, with an additional 560,000 households expected...

Landlords with bigger portfolios are switching to using limited company status for new purchases, according to research carried out by specialist...

The London Home Show is returning to the capital for the sixth year running on Saturday 23 March. The event is one...

New research from online mortgage broker Property Master has revealed the cost of three out of six categories of fixed rate...

At least £75 billion of investment will be committed to the private rented sector (PRS) by 2025, according to the latest...

If you thought getting on the property ladder was easier in soapland than in real life, it’s time to think again. Most...

London landlords are leaving the market in their droves, according to ARLA Propertymark’s December Private Rented Sector (PRS) report. The figures compare...

Two, three and five-year fixed rate mortgages have all dropped in cost over the past 12 months, according to Mortgage Brain’s...

An increasing number of landlords are choosing five-year fixed rate products, according to Mortgages for Business’ Buy-to-Let Index. In fact, 84% of...

Investment yields from prime London buy-to-let properties don’t reflect the risks involved, Hadrian’s Wall Capital (HWC) has claimed. The London-based specialist debt...

The number of 35 to 54-year-olds renting a home has risen by 15% in the least three years, according to new...

The majority of buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages are currently down year-on-year – some by as much as £29 per month for...

New research has revealed that Sunderland and Liverpool are home to Britain’s cheapest streets, with some properties costing only £15,000. In an...

Christmas, more than any other time of the year, is one for watching films you've seen a hundred times before. We all...

The winners of the 2018 Property Investors Awards were revealed at the ceremony on Saturday 1 December at The Royal National...

Brexit uncertainty is continuing to drive foreign investment in the UK, research by CashbackRemortgages.co.uk has claimed. A third of multi-million pound homes...

Bridging loan finance continues to grow amidst low interest rates, Brexit uncertainty and mortgage lender caution, Commercial Trust Limited research has...

Fresh figures from Mortgage Brain’s product data analysis show that the buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage market remains ‘unsettled’, with mixed movement seen...

It now takes, on average, 102 days to sell a property in the UK, according to Post Office Money. Its latest ‘City...

Mortgage costs are back on the rise after two successive quarters in which there were a number of cost and rate...

The number of buy-to-let lenders lending to limited companies has increased by 47% over the past year, according to Mortgages for...

The number of landlords looking to remortgage has reached an all-time high, Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index has...

Southend-on-Sea is the UK’s number one buy-to-let hotspot, according to research carried out by independent mortgage broker Private Finance. The seaside town,...

The average value of a property in 150 cities worldwide increased by 4.3% in the year to June 2018, according to...

The housing market is not set up for the increasing number of life-long renters, a property management company has claimed. DJ Alexander,...

Living in the catchment area of one of England’s top 100 state secondary schools carries a 42% house price premium compared...

Despite a significant drop in purchase activity in Central London, landlords are still picking up property in the East and West...

Almost one in 10 UK adults have shown an interest in taking out a buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage in 2018, new research...

There will be a continued dampening of the buy-to-let sector over the next three years, before the market stabilises in 2021...

Brits are feeling confident about the future of the UK property market even in light of no-deal Brexit predictions, research from Quick...

UK national house price growth is on an upward curve, according to Carter Jonas. But it continues to slow with rates...

Property management firm, DJ Alexander Ltd, has advised landlords to remortgage before further increases in interest rates. The firm found that one...

Tell us about yourself? I’m currently the founder and director at online credit broker and comparison site Lending Expert which includes our second charge...

Some 93% of landlords financing buy-to-let property opted for a fixed rate mortgage in the second quarter of 2018, according to...

Britons still top the numbers of foreign buyers purchasing homes in France, according to new research by BNP Paribas. What’s more, as...

Investors are increasingly searching for cheaper and higher yielding properties despite buy-to-let (BTL) investments offering attractive return rates, according to a...

A PropTech startup is looking to continue to ‘expand’ and ‘improve’ its platform as part of round two of the government’s...

The cost of a buy-to-let mortgage remains at a record low, according to analysis by Mortgage Brain. With little movement in costs...

The National Landlord Investment Show is set to head back to London Olympia for its 57th show on June 14. This follows...

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

There has been a slightly longer period from sale agreed to completion in 2018 compared to 2017, according to House Network. The...

Pensioners have earned £7,000 a year from their homes, new analysis by Key Retirement has shown. According to the findings, the...

The amount spent on European property by Britons has increased by two thirds. That is according to data released by international...

Some 84% of British homeowners expect property prices in their area to rise over the next six months, up 14% from...

Figures from UK Finance have revealed that the number of interest-only mortgages has nearly halved in the last six years, down...

Landlords with portfolios comprising houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and multi-unit freehold blocks (MUFB) are achieving the highest rental yields, new...

Since the start of the year, the cost of a typical five-year fixed buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage has fallen despite the possibility...

Landlord confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the end...

Despite the resilience in the buy-to-let (BTL) market, landlords are taking a ‘wait and see’ approach to assess how the market...

Despite challenging buy-to-let (BTL) conditions, private landlords remain positive about the future of the industry, a new report from specialist bank,...

Buy-to-let (BTL) investors remain largely optimistic about the market in spite of Brexit uncertainty and increasing tax burdens for landlords, according...

One in eight Brits looking to move in the next twelve months have an average budget of £322,000 in order to...

The cost of most mainstream buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages is starting to climb following political uncertainty and last November’s interest rate rises,...

The latest HMRC receipt shows £5.5 billion was taken in capital gains tax (CGT) in January, while the taxman is set...

Research by bridging finance lender mtf has found that a third of UK property professionals are set to expand their portfolios...

Lenders absorbed more costs to keep their rates competitive in the last quarter of 2017, according to the latest results of...

The auction market continues to prosper while estate agent sales are still struggling, according to research conducted by Auction House. The auctioneer...

When I moved to London in winter 1997, I was determined to make my fortune. I didn’t know it at the...

The UK economy was bolstered by more than £7 billion in 2017 thanks to Britain’s older homeowner’s releasing equity for retirement,...

Private Finance’s latest buy-to-let hotspots analysis has revealed that Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best-performing locations for property investment, with...

Securing a mortgage is a challenging feat for three quarters of portfolio landlords after the introduction of the Prudential Regulation Authority...

Landlords are still reducing borrowing as levels of gearing – the ratio of long-term debt compared to its equity capital –...

The latest Complex Buy to Let Index, published by Mortgages for Business, has revealed that HMOs produced average yields of 8.9%...

British people will not be put off by the weaker pound and Brexit negotiations and will continue to buy French properties...

New research carried out by Rightmove has revealed that national average asking rents (excluding London) increased by only 0.7% in 2017. This...

Landlords showed extreme resilience in 2017, new data has revealed, with 57% of the mortgage applications received by Accord Buy To...

With over €297 million worth of loans arranged by international mortgage broker, Enness, in 2017, France is becoming one of the...

Expats and foreign nationals in the UAE are using the weak pound to snap up UK properties while prices remain affordable...

Prices rose across the UK in October compared to the previous month, according to fresh research conducted by the Mortgage Advice...

On a day set to be dominated by the Budget, Skipton Building Society has launched two new seven-year fixed-rate mortgages to...

The cost of buy-to-let mortgages has remained mostly unaffected by the second phase of Prudential Regulation Authority changes, coupled with months...

The UK property market is becoming stagnant as people who wish to move homes are being hindered by Stamp Duty Land...

The number of borrowers seeking fixed rate mortgages has surged ahead of the prospect of an interest rate rise this Thursday,...

The cost of mortgages has continued to fall despite the regular warnings of interest and mortgage rate rises. After the UK’s economy...

The UK has been ranked the worst EU country for new homeowners and first-time buyers (FTBs), according to new research from...

Buy-to-let landlords in the UK over the age of 55 could be entitled to almost £50 billion via equity release, Retirement...

After a decade of uncertainty, the Spanish prime property market finds itself on its firmest footing, according to Knight Frank’s latest...

Investors could have seen their buy-to-let (BTL) returns increase by as much as 1,131% over the past two decades, according to...

Three in five (59%) consumers across Europe believe that prices will rise over the next 12 months, according to the ING...

Mortgage approvals for residential property purchases rose slightly in July to its highest level since March 2016, despite a general fall...

Time may be running out for savvy remortgagors looking for a good deal, according to a leading estate agency. Remortgage customers have...

Canada’s property market continues to run out of steam, with the latest data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) revealing...

The second charge mortgage market saw new business increase 33% by value and 22% by volume in June compared with the...

The number of mortgages in arrears of 2.5% or more of the outstanding balance fell during the second quarter of 2017. This...

LendInvest, the UK online platform for property lending and investing, has listed a £50m retail bond on the London Stock Exchange’s...

Who are you? Harvey Raybould What does it say on your business card? Building Dreams and Empowering Lives What is Creative Development Services (CDS)? We are...

The number of mortgage products has continued to rise, with the volume of deals on the market having increased by 61%...

Australia has added more measures to curb speculation on residential properties in an effort to curb rising home prices and help...

Millennials are the generation born between the early 1980s and the early years of the 21st century, which means that at...

There was a marginal increase in the number of residential property sales in prime central London in the first half of...

Some 1.8 million UK adults have primarily stayed or would stay in a relationship in order to get a foot on...

It is undoubtedly a buyer’s market in London at the moment, with those who are looking to buy prime property in...

Recent months have seen the UK property market starting to slow down. So what has caused this, and will it change? Whilst...

With the average two-year fixed rate home loan currently at a record low of just 2.26%, there has never been a...

Residential property prices in key UK cities have proved resilient in the first half of the year, with growth of 5.1%,...

With a growing number of property investors using short-term bridging finance to buy property, June was a landmark for many specialist...

Mortgage costs and rates fell during the second quarter of the year, according to the latest figures. Mortgage Brain’s quarterly product data...

Paragon Mortgages is the latest in a long line of lenders to announce that it will be implementing changes for portfolio...

People borrowed more than £17bn in new mortgages last year in order to buy property in London, as homeowners, investors and...

The proportion of people acquiring property with a large deposit dropped in May, the latest mortgage monitor from e.surv shows. Those buying...

A growing number of investors are being forced to sell their homes in order to pay off their interest-only mortgages, according...

Many young people are being left with little alternative but to live with their parents to save enough money for a...

Mortgage approvals and household credit growth both slowed last month, adding to growing signs that prospective purchasers in the UK are...

If you want to build your wealth in the short-term, the easiest way to do so is by saving more money. If...

AMP Bank is the latest lender in Australia to introduce more stringent loan application rules and higher interest rates for foreign...

Residential property prices in Canada could fall by as much as 40% over the next five years, led by falls in...

Buy-to-let investors and property enthusiasts will descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London tomorrow where they will be able to...

The recent slowdown in UK house prices suggests that the market is cooling, but very few experts are surprised. The latest house...

Sterner affordability criteria, stress testing and more robust risk management for lenders seeking to underwrite mortgage contracts has left many property...

Cheap borrowing levels should boost demand for property across the UK in the coming months, despite a recent fall in the...

The recent rise in the level of both first-time buyer and remortgage lending is expected to ‘maintain momentum’ thanks to the...

MortgageGym, which is planning to try and change the way UK consumers access the mortgage market, has announced the successful completion...

The number of property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market continued to fall last month as a result of...

Pepper Homeloans has launched a new limited edition buy-to-let five-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.98% up to 75% loan-to-value (LTV). The product...

There was a sharp rise in the number of home buyers using cash to buy property last year, with mortgage lending...

The total number of mortgage products on the market has reached its highest level since the recession in 2008 as competition...

A man described as a ‘fraudster on a grand scale’ has been jailed for more than three and a half years...

Residential property prices in Ireland look set to increase as demand for property continues to pick up, while the number of...

Over the past two decades, investing in residential property in the UK has been a relatively secure way to make money,...

TSB has reduced mortgage lending to first-time buyers, especially in London, amid growing concerns that many homeowners without significant equity in...

City level residential property price growth gained momentum in the first quarter of the year, rising by 3.5%, led by large...

Who are you? Franz-Xaver Simmen What does it say on your business card? CEO of Andermatt Swiss Alps AG, responsible for the development, planning...

Gross mortgage lending held up relatively well last month despite a fall of almost 20% year-on-year, according to the latest estimate...

There was a sharp rise in remortgaging activity last month as homeowners, including property investors, seek ways to reduce outgoings, new...

Marsden Building Society has launched more than 40 new mortgage products, which includes a number of new deals aimed at buy-to-let...

The size of the retirement lending market in the UK looks set to soar over the next 10 years as lending...

More than one in 10 homeowners in the UK have tried to move property but decided against it after encountering issues...

More home loans were secured to buy property in the UK during the first two months of 2017 than any year...

Levels of remortgaging reached the highest level for eight years in February, while the average amount borrowed fell, according to new...

The bridging sector in the UK has witnessed five-fold growth in lending since 2011, as property professionals have increasingly considered bridging...

Confidence about investing in property continues to grow, as many property investors, including buy-to-let landlords, predict a good year ahead for...

Mortgage accessibility in the UK has improved to its highest level since tougher lending conditions came into play as part of...

Residential property prices in Australia are increasing at their fastest pace in seven years, fuelling growing fears about a property bubble...

Mortgage Gym, the world’s first regulated mortgage robo-adviser, is launching in the UK with a view to speeding up the loan...

London Assembly members have expressed concern at the apparent lack of mortgages in the UK being issued to EU citizens. A French...

Homeowners with a standard variable rate (SVR) mortgage could be spending almost £3,200 a year - or £266 a month -...

Mortgage lending to home buyers fell to a near two-year low in January amid a ‘stubbornly persistent’ lull in moving activity,...

With banks in Australia continuing to tighten their investor lending criteria, a growing number of investors looking to invest in property...

There was a surge in remortgage activity in 2016, which peaked in Q4, as more borrowers opted for longer term fixed...

The number of home buyers in London fell to the lowest level for four years, fresh figures from the Council of...

Overseas investors and British expats are finding it increasingly difficult to secure mortgages in the UK to fund property acquisitions, according...

Concerns that interest rates could rise sooner than markets currently expect has triggered an increase in remortgaging activity, a new study...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of opportunistic foreign investors taking advantage of effective discounts caused by the...

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), the nation's biggest property lender, will stop accepting refinancing applications for investment home loans from...

Specialist lender Together has increased its maximum mortgage loan amount to £1m to enable more investors to invest in property in light of...

Demand for bridging loans surged last year, as a growing number of property investors turned to short-term finance solutions, which typically...

There has been a surge in the number of first-time buyers cashing in on low cost mortgages and stalling property price...

The number of homes changing hands in the UK look set to rise over the next few months, as reflected by...

People over the age of 55 are being frozen out of new mortgages, according to a new study. Stricter lending criteria means many...

The Help to Buy Mortgage Guarantee scheme will come to an end tomorrow and there are fears that its withdrawal could...

There has been an increase in the number of overseas investors taking advantage of effective discounts caused by sterling’s nosedive after the...

Fewer people are expected to invest in residential property in 2017, as tax changes and economic uncertainty deter many property investors...

Mortgage lending was down 11% in October compared with the corresponding month last year with £10.5bn borrowed for residential property purchases...

Mortgage arrears in Ireland dropped by 3.1% in the third quarter of 2016, the 13th consecutive quarter of decline, the latest...

Second charge mortgages, often simply referred to as second mortgages, are a secured loan used to raise extra money instead of...

The number of mortgages approved for residential property purchases rose for the second consecutive month in October as the housing market...

Auction rooms across the UK are often filled with property investors looking to buy property, ensuring that hundreds of residential and...

More than a third of fixed rate mortgage deals currently on the market are now offered without an arrangement fee, fresh...

Residential property prices in the US rose 1.5% in the third quarter of the year, fresh figures from the Federal Housing...

It is now more affordable than ever before to take out a mortgage, new figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders...

With many landlords in Ireland coming to the end of their 10-year interest-only mortgage period, buy-to-let arrears look set to escalate...

UK mortgage approvals rose last month as the housing market continued to show signs of recovery following June's vote to leave...

The number of mortgages approved by British banks rose last month from a 19-month low in August, according to fresh data...

Ski property developer MGM French Properties has recorded its best summer for five years with a 20% annual increase in sales...

Gross mortgage lending last month hit a nine year high for the month of September, despite a 7% month-on-month drop, new...

Bridging lending increased sharply during the third quarter of the year peaking at £140.49m, brushing off volatility that had plagued the...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) yesterday announced that it will consult on new guidance on the treatment of customers that fall...

Retired homeowners have withdrawn an average of £6.8m of property wealth through equity release so far this year, according to new...

deVere Mortgages and Al Rayan Bank have entered into a strategic partnership to offer Sharia-compliant mortgage alternatives to the increasing number...

Britons thinking about investing in the French property market may have seen the value of the UK pound fall to a...

More than a quarter of interest-only mortgage borrowers in the UK may struggle to repay their home loans, new research shows.  Interest-only...

Ireland is at risk of another economic disaster because the country has failed to learn from the mistakes of the last...

The volume of mortgage approvals fell for the third month in a row in August, the latest Bank of England figures...

The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme, which has attracted strong demand from borrowers looking for higher loan-to-value (LTV) home loans,...

Zoopla has announced the launch of a new lending portal in partnership with Landbay and Bricklane that enables investors to fund property...

The number of residential property transactions decreased slightly between July and August according to newly released data from HMRC, with last...

The number of mortgage products on the market has increased sharply over the past two years, led by gains in the...

Specialist lender Together has joined forces with buy-to-let and commercial mortgage broker TBMC to provide property investors with auction and bridging...

There has been a sharp rise in asking prices this month as property investors continue to dominate the lower end of...

The Bank of England, as expected, opted to leave UK interest rates unchanged at 0.25% yesterday in the wake of recent...

There has been a notable increase in the number of opportunistic overseas investors taking advantage of effective discounts caused by sterling’s nosedive...

Residential property prices in the UK rose marginally in August to reach yet another all-time high, according to fresh data from...

There has been a sharp slowdown in house price growth across all major cities in the south of England, but market...

The volume of mortgages approved dropped to an 18-month low in July suggesting that housing market activity will slow during the...

The volume of mortgage enquiries received by deVere Mortgages has surged by 55% week on week since the Bank of England...

Around one-third of the 3,500 or so mortgage deals currently on the market are now offered without an arrangement fee, according...

In future only investors with hefty deposits will qualify for mortgages to acquire property in New Zealand under tough new restrictions...

International property investors are poised to pile into the UK and take advantage of favourable buying conditions by snapping up a...

Gross mortgage lending rose by 16% last month compared with May to reach an eight-year high for the month of June,...

The Bank of England (BoE) decided not to make the first cut to UK interest rates in more than seven years...

One in 10 over-55s UK homeowners are still paying interest-only mortgages and while the majority are confident of clearing the debt...

Gross mortgage lending reached £18.2bn in May, the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reveal. Lending was 4% higher...

Residential property sales in the UK increased by 1.5% in May compared with April but the month’s seasonally adjusted figure is...

More than half of people remortgaging in May took advantage of the competitive deals available to lower their mortgage rate, new...

Fewer households across the UK perceive that the value of their home rose in June, according to the latest house price...

The European Commission (EC) has not yet taken any decision regarding the capitalisation of Portuguese state-owned bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos. Portugal’s...

There has been a notable rise in the volume of people acquiring their homes outright with numbers of sales registered with...

Mortgage rates in the UK could increase in the short-term if Britain votes to leave the European Union, according to the...

A vote to leave the EU would have a ‘major hit’ on residential property prices across the UK and increase the...

The decline in the rate of homeownership seen over the past decade in this country looks set to continue as a...

Mortgage lenders are slashing the cost of buy-to-let mortgages in a move that will bring some relief to private investors eyeing...

There was a significant increase in the volume of buy-to-let mortgage products available in the UK in the first quarter of...

Lawyers are increasingly banking on property to fund all or some of their retirement, according to new research. Some 29% of those...

The market is changing; the act of investing is based on risk versus reward. No investment is guaranteed, but how can...

Research carried out by Nottingham Trent University has shown that new-build properties may be making owning a home in the UK...

Tenants will bear the cost of recent buy-to-let tax hikes for landlords as they will almost inevitably result in a fall...

The latest figures from estate agency chains Your Move and Reeds Rains show that in the final quarter of 2015 landlord...

The number of UK properties worth at least £1 million is expected to more than triple by 2030, according to a...

Half of buy-to-let mortgage applicants are unaware of the impending changes to mortgage law, according to Direct Line, with accidental landlords...

George Osborne’s recent tax reforms have sparked a surge in landlords buying property through a company in order to safeguard tax...

The Buy to Let app from Mortgages for Business has now been made available to Android users. Previously, the free to...

Research by Which? Mortgage Advisers have revealed that 32% of mortgage holders have no idea what interest rate they are paying,...

A survey by The Deposit Protection Service has revealed that 68% of landlords believe that changes in landlord tax will lead...

Paragon Group has released its results for the year ending 30 September 2015, reporting that buy-to-let lending has increased by over...

Since the Chancellor’s announced measures to curb the buy-to-let in the Summer Budget, there has been a flurry of debate –...

Almost 40% of British homeowners are unaware of what a 0.5% increase in interest rate rises could mean for their monthly...

Comparison site MoneySuperMarket.com has advised homeowners to consider fixing their mortgage now while providers are slashing rates. MoneySuperMarket analysed average fixed term mortgage...

Accord Buy to Let has reduced the rates across its 75% loan-to-value (LTV) range by 0.35%, and offered a range of...

The number of mortgages approved by British banks in September dropped to its lowest levels since May, according to findings by...

With a launch of several new 70% LTV purchase and remortgage products, Tipton and Coseley Building Society has now entered the buy-to-let...

Renters are leaving themselves financially vulnerable by not having adequate savings, according to the findings from Aviva’s Family Finances Report. This report...

Residential property investment platform Property Partner has launched a major advertisement campaign using a speed-dating theme to attract more investors.  The platform...

Q: Who Are Go Commercial Finance & why did you set up Go Commercial Finance? Go Commercial Finance is a true, whole...

An online property investment portal has launched this month, allowing investors to get involved for as little as £100. Elevate Invest says...

According to the latest Bank of England figures, the huge hike in buy-to-let landlords in the UK has led to a...

The range of buy-to-let mortgages available to Marsden Building Society’s semi-exclusive partners is being extended, the firm has revealed. The new products...

Landlords looking to manage the upfront costs of buying or remortgaging are being helped in this task by Accord Buy to...

Research from deVere Mortgages has found that mortgage applications have gone up by 43% in the last month. The vast majority...

The number of sales for properties over £1.5 million seems set to drop for the first time in two years, according...

Some 69% of landlords arranged their last buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage through an intermediary or broker, according to research by the National...

Property investors are becoming increasingly interested in expanding their portfolios outside of the UK.   Some 46% of property investors surveyed by FXcompared...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a Buy to Let offset mortgage through London & Country. The mortgage is a 2.65...

Some 81% of tenants surveyed by buy-to-let lender Paragon Mortgages said they are satisfied with their current landlord. The majority of tenants...

Aldermore, a retail bank which specialises in providing financial services to small and medium sized businesses, has cut its buy-to-let range...

The first two buy-to-let mortgages for Axis Bank have been successfully brokered by Mortgages for Business. The deals, processed for a London-based...

Mortgage brokers are seeing stable or growing levels of demand from landlord and property investor clients.  Paragon Mortgages’ latest Financial Advisor Confidence...

Landlords and property investors are changing their approach on how to finance borrowing, according to Mortgages for Business. A recent survey carried...

The number of buy-to-let mortgages over three months in arrears fell to 11,900 cases by the end of 2014, according to...

This week Accord Buy-To-Let announced the reduction of rates on its two-year fixed rate mortgages by 0.15% for landlord borrowers with...

There was an average of 839 buy-to-let mortgage products from 31 active lenders on the market in Q1 2015, up 21...

Buy-to-let lending in Q1 2015 went up by almost 20% year-on-year, dramatically outpacing residential lending which increased by 1.6%, new analysis...