Tag: LTV

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Buy to let strategy – the 20% liquidity reserve rule of thumb

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 8

This rule of thumb is very simple.  If you have £100,000 of buy to let mortgages you should have £20,000...

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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, 16 years ago | 0

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

A simple guide on how to calculate maximum loan based on lenders criteria.

Author: Mark Alexander

12th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

By Neil Patterson, Partner of The Money Centre. Most mortgage lenders use credit scoring to determine whether an applicant is...

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

Author: Mark Alexander

12th November 2010, 16 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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The History of Buy to Let Sale and Rent Back

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 6

By Mark Alexander. I closed my first Sale and Rent Back, “SARB”, deal in 1990. It wasn’t for me personally...

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The history of No Money Down and Instant Remortgages since 1992

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 8

It was 1992, we were at the tail of the property crash of the late 80’s and early 90’s. I was...

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Falling rates boost buy to let mortgages.

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 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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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...

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 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, 16 years ago | 1

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