Landlord News

We first published this article back in 2013. It has been resurrected because the information provided within it is just as relevant today as it was back then and the Rent to Rent strategy continues...

Since reading two recent articles about Lifetime BTL Mortgages my head has been spinning with ideas, my conclusions from which I would like to sanity check with this superb online community. As...

This is an extremely niche BTL mortgage product, but I am sharing the details on behalf of a broker friend who specialises in this market. It isn’t easy to get a BTL mortgage if you’re...

With all the adverse legislation now surrounding Tenant Deposit Protection I like to give my tenants another choice. Guess which one they pick given this pitch? “You need to pay one month of...

I have been reading several Facebook Group discussions about letting to pet owners in light of the tenants fees ban and new deposit protection rules capping the maximum amount of deposit to five weeks...

Did you know that commercial lenders have three main categories of manager called Hunters, Farmers and Retailers? This is very relevant if your business is dependent upon knowing which commercial...

Barry’s story was written by the Mark Alexander back in December 2010. It has since been updated and re-published several times. The dates, times and people are fictional but the story is based on...

Public perception of private landlords is often that they are a tight fisted bunch looking for any opportunity to hike up rents or make tenants homeless. However, a recent Just Giving campaign goes...

Mortgages and Insurers Solutions have access to a number of limited edition buy to let portfolio products. The limited edition rates are available on properties with HMO status, limited company SPVs,

ARLA Propertymark have analysed their sales and lettings data to reveal trends and expectations for 2018. This year the number of Buy to Let landlords selling their properties peaked in March and...