Property Investment News

Strong BTL lending growth recorded by Paragon Bank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th December 2022, 4 years ago | 0

Paragon Bank has revealed that it has increased its full-year buy-to-let lending by 18.2% to £1.9 billion on the back...

UK house prices dip by 2.3% – the biggest fall since 2008

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2022, 4 years ago | 0

The UK’s house prices slipped by 2.3% in November which is the biggest monthly fall since October 2008, the Halifax...

Tories scrap mandatory housebuilding targets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2022, 4 years ago | 0

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has been forced to drop mandatory housebuilding targets in a bid to see off a...

BTL mortgage payments rocket by 286% in one year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2022, 4 years ago | 4

Buy-to-let landlords are not only facing a tougher time securing finance with fewer mortgages and rising rates, but interest-only BTL...

Council slammed after moaning about its 8,000-strong homeless list

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th December 2022, 4 years ago | 13

A frustrated landlord has hit out after a council revealed that the housing crisis in their city is so bad...

The number of middle-aged tenants rockets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2022, 4 years ago | 6

The number of middle-aged tenants who are privately renting in England has rocketed by 70% in the last 10 years...

Landlords – Should we sell up or shut up?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd December 2022, 4 years ago | 11

Most landlords will have spent a lot of time and money on housing tenants, whether it’s in just one property...

EPC policy…the road to tenant hell?

Author: Readers Question

1st December 2022, 4 years ago | 26

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Like being obliged to have an EPC to rent a property....

Rents will continue rising as landlords ‘withdraw’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2022, 4 years ago | 16

A lack of rental stock because landlords are leaving the PRS and continued tenant demand will continue pushing up rents,...

Buy-to-let product choice for landlords begins to recover

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th November 2022, 4 years ago | 1

Landlords searching for a new BTL mortgage will find product choice within the lending sector is recovering, research reveals. According...

Early Repayment Charge?

Author: Readers Question

28th November 2022, 4 years ago | 9

Hello, I currently have a 5 year fixed BTL mortgage with Leeds building society at 2.14%. I am looking to...

Landlords – what are your suggestions to better the current chaos in the PRS?

Author: Readers Question

28th November 2022, 4 years ago | 35

Hello, Every landlord, big or small, must by now have felt the effects of repeated changes to legislation and taxation...

50,000 landlords have left the PRS since 2019

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2022, 4 years ago | 17

It has been revealed that the UK has 2.74 million unincorporated landlords and in 2020-21 they earned £41bn from rents,...

Property transactions will plummet by 17% as seasonal slowdown approaches

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2022, 4 years ago | 0

The UK’s property market could see transactions slide by as much as 17% come spring of next year – and...

Landbay reduces rates across all five-year fixes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd November 2022, 4 years ago | 5

The specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has revealed that it has reduced the rates on all of its five-year fixed rate...

UK house prices set to fall for the next two years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2022, 4 years ago | 1

House prices in the UK are predicted to fall for the next two years before they will increase again, the...

Majority of property investors looking to invest next year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2022, 4 years ago | 0

More than 50% of property investors are looking to further expand their portfolio in 2023 – despite the uncertainty of...

The Autumn Statement – property sector reacts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2022, 4 years ago | 2

The much-anticipated Autumn Statement has seen the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, delivering a mixed bag of tax rises...