Tag: Buy to let

How to calculate the amount you can borrow on a buy to let mortgage

Author: Neil Patterson

16th May 2012, 14 years ago | 6

“How much can I borrow?” is a question I am asked on a daily basis and thought I would assist...

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Housing benefit rules breach disabled rights, says court

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2012, 14 years ago | 4

The government’s housing benefits policy is in disarray as judges have ruled a crucial test to confirm how big a...

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Third of Landlords Ready to Buy More Rental Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Nearly a third of landlords have plans to buy more rental property this year, according to specialist buy to let...

Buy to Let remortgaging is now possible inside 6 months

Author: Neil Patterson

14th May 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Mortgage Trust will now consider remortgaging a property inside 6 months of the date of purchase, but only if there...

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MPs urge ministers to open pensions to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Calls to boost buy to let by upgrading pensions to include residential property are gathering momentum in Parliament. An influential...

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Landlords ask courts to evict 65 tenants every day

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords filed nearly 6,000 claims to evict tenants in the first three months of the year, according...

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Buy to Let warning over leased solar panels

Author: Neil Patterson

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Landlords looking to install or purchase properties with solar panels using a 25 year lease agreement need to think twice...

Buy to Let Arrangement Fees Reduced by Godiva and Platform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Coventry Building Society has cut rates and fees on buy to let loans through subsidiary Godiva. Two year fixed...

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‘Buoyant’ buy to let lending sinks by 5%, lenders report

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let borrowing was down 5% in the first three months of the year after a barnstorming end to...

Buy to Let market update

Author: Neil Patterson

9th May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

A new buy to let lender has entered the market called Keystone They specialise in buy to let mortgages for Single...

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Tenants quiz landlords over permission to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Let to buy landlords who move and rent out their home because they cannot sell the property are finding more...

Property Values vs Interest Rates

Author: Mark Alexander

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 15

A question that came up in conversation this evening whilst in the car on the way back from my fiancée’s offices...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 113

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

This week’s edition features Julie Ford looking at the rise of virgin landlords and Ben Reeve-Lewis delves deeper into his...

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Buy to let shines as mortgage lending slumps to 40 year low

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let lending was the only bright point in a year when mortgage lending slumped to the lowest levels...

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More Landlord Stories from Ian Cahill and John Maynard

Author: Landlord Stories

4th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Thanks to Ian Cahill and John Maynard for submitting these Landlord Stories. For details on how to submit your landlord story...

All change on the buy to let mortgage front

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Co-Operative Bank buy to let mortgage customers can breathe a sigh of relief as the wholesale scrapping of interest only...

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Landlord hopes sink over buy to let flood insurance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The likely results of losing flood insurance are sinking-in to landlords with at risk property as much of the country...

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Landlords claim Titanic captain haunts buy to let home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Buy to let investors Neil and Louise Bonner are selling the childhood home of ill-fated Titanic skipper Captain Edward John...

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Landlords ready to sink more cash in to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords are still purchasing more buy to let homes, according to research by a mortgage lender. Property investors piled cash...

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Drugs police raid a cannabis factory once every hour

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Drugs squads are raiding a cannabis factory nearly once every hour and seizing drugs worth hundreds of millions of pounds...