Landlords buying up more properties
Landlords increased their portfolio size by 1.8 properties in the first quarter of 2012, taking the average portfolio size to 10.8 properties, accommodating...
Buy-to-let boost
Richard Sexton, business development director of e.surv chartered surveyors, looks at the rise of buy-to-let mortgages and the fall of the first-time buyer
Stamp duty rush eases tenant competition
Rents dipped in February as an increased number of tenants considered moving into the sales market to beat the end of the stamp duty holiday, according...
One in five buy-to-let borrowers are ‘accidental...
A fifth of Platform's recent buy-to-let business has come from ‘accidental landlords’ - where home-owners choose to rent their existing property instead...
Biggest rise in portfolio landlords making...
Rents may have risen in the private sector over the last year, but some professional landlords are feeling the pinch, according to the BDRC Continental...
Reasons to be cheerful
Bob Young, managing director of Capital Home Loans, explains why he is optimistic about the future of the buy-to-let market as it moves back to being a...
Six lenders now offer 80% LTV buy-to-let...
There are now six lenders offering buy-to-let mortgages with loan-to-values of up to 80%, according to data from Mortgage Flow, Mortgage for Business’s...
Yorkshire expands buy-to-let offering
Yorkshire Building Society is extending the geographical reach of its buy-to-let proposition from next Monday (23 January) to cover loans on suitable properties...
Platform to grow buy-to-let lending 33% in...
Platform is to increase its lending in the buy-to-let market by a third in 2012.
Number of buy-to-let lenders reach 25
The number of buy-to-let mortgage products available fell slightly in the last three months of 2011 to 422, but is still 48% higher in Q4 than in Q1, according...