Tag: Lloyds Banking Group

Crisis to buy homes in bid to become not-for-profit landlord

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2026, 5 days ago | 18

A homeless charity has partnered with a bank to begin purchasing its own properties as it aims to become a...

Research into BTL mortgage arrears – University of York

Author: Alison Wallace

7th November 2013, 12 years ago | 16

I head up an independent and experienced team of researchers at the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of...

12.5% return on cash invested on a newly refurbished Manchester based development

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Last week I was presented with a Manchester based buy-to let investment opportunity which looks particularly attractive. The gross yield...

BM Solutions scraps minimum income rules on buy to let mortgages

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2013, 13 years ago | 23

BM Solutions, the leading BTL lender from the Lloyds Banking Group, has removed its minimum income requirements for all buy-to-let...

Insolvency compensation rules for deposit and mortgages

Author: Readers Question

20th April 2013, 13 years ago | 3

What are the compensation rules when a customer has both deposits (over £85,000) and an outstanding mortgage with the same...

BuytoLet Lender BM Solutions allows Student and Benefits tenants

Author: Neil Patterson

21st March 2013, 13 years ago | 5

BM Solutions relaxes its BuytoLet lending criteria to allow landlords to rent to students and benefit claimants It was recently...

Caught out by Lloyds three mortgages rule

Author: Readers Question

26th February 2013, 13 years ago | 3

Just in case you are not aware of Lloyds three mortgages rule here’s how it caught me out. I bought...

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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New Tracker Lender for Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A new buy to let mortgage lender is about to enter the market with broker-only deals. The State Bank of...

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Biggest Mortgage Lenders Dominate 81% of the Market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Big Six mortgage lenders account for 81.5% of all buy to let and home buyer mortgages in the UK,...

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Buy to let lenders warn of cash grab for missed payments

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords should separate their savings and current accounts from banks where they hold buy to let mortgages, loans or credit...

Banks called to account over will-writing concerns

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd February 2011, 15 years ago | 1

The big four banks are revamping their will-writing services after concerns that customers appointing professional executors did not understand the...

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Fund managers to sink cash in to commercial property. Two out of three investment fund managers intend to put cash in to commercial property in the coming months

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Two out of three investment fund managers intend to put cash in to commercial property in the coming months. Many...

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Paragon opens books for more buy to let mortgages

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 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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Student boom fuels soaring house price growth. Student numbers are increasing as universities and colleges in towns and cities all over the UK expand. But while student populations are on the up, only one new bed space was created for every eight new students in 2009 – and the numbers are still outpacing accommodation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Property investors looking for the best returns on their cash should look at the booming student letting sector. Student numbers...

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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, 16 years ago | 0

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