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Brokers split on buy to let mortgage lending

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th April 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Buy to let mortgage brokers are split on the performance of the sector since the start of the year –...

The various and wondrous ways that tenancies end

Author: Tessa Shepperson

13th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

This is the last in this series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder...

TMW hots up buy to let mortgage war with new deals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2011, 15 years ago | 6

A range of new buy to let mortgages is available from leading lender The Mortgage Works from April 13. The...

London leads the way in static UK housing market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The housing market is firmly stuck in the doldrums with little hope of easing in the near future, according to...

Buy to let mortgage options double for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let borrowers and property investors can choose from almost 300 mortgage packages – more than double the number...

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Mortgage lending springs back after a downbeat winter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Mortgage lending thawed in February after a drab couple of months affected by the bad weather. The Council of Mortgage...

Reducing the risk of a rogue tenant

Author: Lorna Rose

8th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Guest Blog from Lorna Rose of TenantID For some reason mortgage defaults increased during the first 3 months of this...

Buy to let lenders tighten up on mortgage fraud

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage lenders are barring legal advisors who have not signed up to the new Conveyancing Quality Scheme...

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Why the latest house prices statistics are meaningless

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th April 2011, 15 years ago | 1

The latest lender statistics showing house prices have slumped by 0.1% in a month are next to meaningless. The cost...

Buy to Let lenders launch new products

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

  Skipton Building Society has launched a 4.49% 24-month fixed rate and a 5.49% 36-month fixed rate, both available up...

Tenant demand keeps buy to lets full for 50 weeks a year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let homes are standing empty for less time as demand from tenants continues to hot up. Landlords can...

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Will your mortgage go toxic if interest rates rise?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The big worry for buy to let landlords and homeowners is how their finances will cope when mortgage rates start...

Could this be the ultimate buy to let investment property exit strategy?

Author: Mark Alexander

5th April 2011, 15 years ago | 2

About a year ago Mark Alexander predicted that Equity Release mortgage providers would enter the buy to let lending business....

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Home sellers should pay stamp duty not buyers, says bank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Landlords selling buy to let property could be hit by a new tax if the government takes up a proposal...

Housing minister backs rent-to-buy lease options web site

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Housing minister Grant Shapps has publically backed a web site advertising rent-to-buy homes. The scheme seems to promote lease option...

Letting agents under siege from home hunters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Thousands of home hunters are besieging letting agents to snap up buy to lets as the mortgage famine bites and...

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CML slams mortgage reform without reading the details

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The industry-voice of Britain’s mortgage lenders has already slammed a European Commission proposal to help borrowers before appearing to read...

How busy is your website?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2011, 15 years ago | 3

When you consider that property118.com was launched just seven weeks ago it’s quite amazing that we are already ranked as...

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Buy to let borrowing eases as lenders revamp deals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage restrictions are relaxing as more lenders announce a return to the market. Aldermore Bank is stretching...

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Building societies ratchet lending up a notch

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Building societies approved £1.7 billion in home loans last month – around 23% higher than the £1.4 billion approved a...

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Buy to let investors cash in on inflation-busting yields

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The buy to let market has switched from making money on rising house prices to inflation-busting returns on rental yields.