Tag: mortgage

Landlords increase rent to cope with higher mortgage costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th December 2023, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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...

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, 3 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, 3 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...