Tag: buy to let mortgage

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CML reports that buy to let mortgage lending is up 12%

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let lending has risen by 12% supported by ongoing demand for rental property fuelled by potential homeowners who...

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Platform signals new fixed rate buy to let deals

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

The Co-op Bank’s buy to let lending arm, Platform Mortgages, has a new range of fixed rate deals for property...

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It’s a buyer’s market for landlords with cash to invest

Author: Mark Alexander

24th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Property investors may find the next few months an ideal time to buy reasonably priced property as buyer confidence slips...

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Experian launch a new credit tool to help lenders reduce buy to let mortgage fraud

Author: Mark Alexander

24th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Banks, building societies and finance houses not only share repayment information about their customers, but can now also receive insight...

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One in three landlords want to buy more homes to let

Author: Mark Alexander

24th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Almost a third of buy to let landlords would like to add more letting homes to their portfolios to expand...

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Mortgage lending slumps to a 10-year low.

Author: Mark Alexander

12th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Mortgage lending by Britain’s banks and building societies hit a 10-year low last month – and the outlook is unlikely...

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Record demand for rental homes as supply dries up.

Author: Mark Alexander

12th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

The mortgage squeeze is a double-edged sword for buy to let landlords as rentals surge but borrowing restrictions mean they...

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How many lenders are really open for buy to let business?

Author: Mark Alexander

12th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

So few lenders are actually handing over cash to borrowers that the Council of Mortgage Lenders has had trouble finding...

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Falling rates boost buy to let mortgages.

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage rates are steadily falling while the number of lenders is increasing. BM Solutions is the latest...

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What’s more important, cashflow or liquidity? Mark Alexander reports

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Cashflow is simply defined as regular income. Positive cashflow is when income exceeds expenditure and you make a profit. So...

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Paragon opens books for more buy to let mortgages

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let lender Paragon is jumping back into the landlord mortgage market to fill the hole left by Lloyds...

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Buy to let lending restrictions hamper landlord borrowing. However, quality funding lines are well and truly open to landlords with substantial cash or equity reserves. Learn how to find out who’s lending but not advertising the fact

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 0

The buy to let mortgage market is in a state of flux as key lenders have changed their criteria over...

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Birmingham Midshires to restrict lending to three buy to let mortgages per landlord. Lloyds squeeze this market further by refusing to lend on more than three buy to lets across all of their brands.

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Peter Curran, Head of Intermediary Distribution at Lloyds Banking Group recently announced, “From 25 September, buy to let property portfolios...

Is your property portfolio ownership structure optimised to enable you to pay the minimum amount of CGT, income tax and IHT?

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 14

In this article I look at the differences between owning property as joint tenants, tenants in common or as individuals....

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Landlords could be lining the Tax Mans coffers if they live through the next property cycle. Born free taxed to death? This needn’t be the case for readers of Landlord News

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 2

The UK’s average property value is currently £167,953, according to the Halifax’s latest survey. It is probably fair to say...

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Bank of England pegs interest rate at record low yet again. That’s 18 months in a row but what does this mean for landlords?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage borrowers can breathe a sigh of relief for another month as the Bank of England’s Monetary...

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Brokers break the banks for mortgage choice. PR based report from Trigold Crystal, a software company providing mortgage sourcing software for brokers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Independent mortgage advisers have thousands more loan products to choose from across the market than direct providers like banks and...

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IFA firm joins forces with The Money Centre

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 0

The two firms Directors explain how the relationship will enhance the relationship with, and the service available to, the customers...

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Mortgage Express client labels their Choices Overpayment Scheme “sharp practice”.

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 2

Mrs Anne Nixon, a Mortgage Express customer, has reported to landlord News; “Over the last year I have over-paid 2...

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What you shouldn’t do – buy to let mortgage advice

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 1

Buy to let mortgage advice Many investors have become cashflow beneficiaries of the ‘Credit Crunch’ due to the lowest interest...