Landlords may find arranging a buy to let mortgage more expensive as an upheaval in the way financial advisers are paid threatens to ban lenders paying commission or other inducements to recommend a loan.
Property is pension for private landlords
Private landlords see their buy to let properties as retirement savings and plan to live off the income generated from their investments.
Unoccupied homes cover FAQ
Landlords leaving buy to let homes empty for 30 days or more often have a problem with finding insurance cover.
Buy to let lending grows, but no boom
Lenders are advancing more buy to let mortgages worth more money to landlords – but the market is still running at around a third of the level of the boom years before recession hit.
Odd things tenants want from landlords
Landlords and letting agents are used to running around to deal with odd requests from tenants, but some just fail to understand that property professionals are not their servants.
New landlord lender kicks off first deal
New buy to let lender Cambridge and Counties Bank’s first buy-to-let has hit the market.
Spending those high buy to let yields
Low interest rates are generating high yields for buy to let properties – and giving investors a good choice to make over what to do with the extra money.
Private landlord complaints jump 27%
A housing charity investigation in to private landlords shows complaints to councils about poor housing have jumped 27% in the past three years.
FSA mortgage shake up to hit landlords
Landlords will still be hit by the latest crackdown on mortgage lending even though buy to let is outside the rules.
Just what is the average buy to let rent?
Rents are going up however you calculate what tenants are paying – the argument is by how much as three independent firms work out the amount in different ways.
