Tag: mortgage

Landlords increase rent to cope with higher mortgage costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th December 2023, 3 years ago | 3

The majority of buy to let landlords in the UK have increased rent in the past year, mainly to cover...

BTL mortgage arrears double in a year as landlords face higher costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th December 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Landlords are feeling the squeeze from rising mortgage rates and energy bills, as new research shows that buy to let...

House prices in England and Wales plummet by 4.1% in October

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The housing market in England and Wales suffered a blow in October as the average house price fell by 4.1%,...

UK house prices rise in October – but see an annual fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

UK house prices rose by 0.9% in October – but the annual rate of house price growth remained negative at...

Tenants finding rent payments harder to afford – ONS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th October 2023, 3 years ago | 2

More people are struggling to pay their rent or mortgage in the UK, as housing costs have risen sharply in...

Rising mortgage rates hit landlords hard and could trigger a sell-off

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th October 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Landlords are now paying £15bn in mortgage interest every year as their cheap buy to let mortgage deals end –...

Many landlords are not passing higher mortgage costs on to tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th October 2023, 3 years ago | 12

UK landlords are facing mortgage costs rising quicker than rent increases in the past year – but they aren’t passing...

Precise Mortgages boosts its buy to let affordability options

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th September 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Precise Mortgages has announced changes to its buy to let affordability criteria that could benefit personal ownership and limited company...

Is the landlord exodus as bad as everyone thinks?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th September 2023, 3 years ago | 11

We all hear about the landlord exodus but just how bad is it? New figures from the Office for National...

Struggling homeowners in London should be able to ‘change tenure’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th August 2023, 3 years ago | 10

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has come up with a bonkers idea to deal with hundreds of thousands of...

Stop, read, contact – if you don’t there is a cost of delay!

Author: Howard

19th June 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Unless you’ve been travelling around on Jeff or Elon’s space rockets recently, you would not have missed the chaos and...

Act Now – A volatile mortgage market needs a good broker

Author: Malcolm Jones

31st May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

On Wednesday 24 May, inflation was announced at 8.7% short of the 8.2% predicted level and a gaping gap from...

Landlords face limited BTL mortgage choices as deals vanish

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st May 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Landlords searching for the perfect buy to let mortgage deal are in for a shock as growing numbers of lenders...

How to increase the profit from your property portfolio

Author: Simon Zutshi

22nd May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

As we all know, thanks to the current high-interest rates, purchases of single-let properties don’t really stack up for many...

EPC challenge with a flat within a social housing block?

Author: Readers Question

18th May 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Hello, I own a flat on the top floor of a social housing block of 60 flats owned by Wandsworth...

Landlords rushing to sell as mortgage costs soar above tenants’ rent

Author: David Coughlin - Landlord Sales Agency

12th May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Private landlords across the UK have found themselves in hot water, and it’s no surprise that many are rushing to...

Seeking some initial advice

Author: Readers Question

11th May 2023, 3 years ago | 11

Dear Property118 I am looking for some initial advice as I want to help my mother with her property held...

Coutts mortgages now available

Author: Howard

5th May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Our high-net-worth Clients and Property118 members can now have access to Coutts via my team of Brokers. Coutts mortgages and...

10 year fixed – consent to let dilemma?

Author: Readers Question

4th April 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Hello, I’m thinking to fix my residential mortgage for 10 years with Nationwide which is due for renewal. My concern...

Getting a mortgage on a Qualified Title?

Author: Readers Question

24th February 2023, 4 years ago | 0

Hello, I own 2 flats in the North East – basically a terrace house that has been split into an...

HMO/MUFB rates lowered by Landbay

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th February 2023, 4 years ago | 1

Landbay has revealed that it is reducing rates for buy-to-let loans on houses in multiple occupation (HMO) and multi-unit freehold...