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Mortgage rates post first weekly fall since February
Mortgage pricing has posted its first week-on-week decline since late February, offering landlords a small but useful sign that the latest refinance shock may be…
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Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Rightmove says asking prices hold firm despite rate jitters
Asking prices for homes coming to market are still edging higher despite renewed mortgage volatility, according to Rightmove, in a sign that the sales market…
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Landlords turn to interest-only as BTL rates climb
Landlords are moving more of their borrowing onto interest-only deals as higher mortgage rates return, with new figures from Hamptons showing a sharp jump in…
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Paragon widens 60% LTV buy-to-let range for HMOs
Paragon Bank has launched a new limited-edition range of 60 percent loan-to-value buy-to-let products, widening options for landlords who can put in more equity while…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Crisis to buy homes and become not-for-profit landlord
Homelessness charity Crisis is set to buy and manage its first private rented homes after securing £6.9 million in backing from Lloyds Banking Group, in…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Prime London rents return to growth as sales stay weak
Prime London rents edged back into growth in March even as the sales market stayed under pressure, giving landlords a clearer read on where demand…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Shared owners who sublet lose Section 21 under RRA
Shared owners who rent out their homes will lose access to Section 21 from 1 May and will have to use the Renters Rights Act…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Build-to-rent pipeline slows as planning delays hit 15 months
Planning delays for new build-to-rent schemes have stretched to 15 months in London and up to 14 months elsewhere, while the number of homes under…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Propertymark seeks fairer sentencing for landlord offences
Propertymark has backed plans for clearer sentencing guidelines for housing offences, but warned that landlords and agents should not be hit by overlapping punishments that…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Rent-to-rent HMO operator hit with £31,000 repayment order
A First-tier Tribunal has ordered Mio Real Estate Ltd to repay £31,436.23 after operating an unlicensed six-bedroom HMO in Bethnal Green, underlining a point many…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
220,000 households could leave England’s PRS by year end, Pepper warns
An estimated 220,000 households could leave England’s private rented sector by the end of 2026, with Pepper Money saying smaller landlords are twice as likely…
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Portfolio landlords now hold 6.5 mortgages on average
Buy-to-let borrowing is becoming more concentrated in larger portfolios, with the typical landlord now holding 6.5 mortgages across two lenders and total borrowing of £714,000,…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Landlords lose pricing power as rents stall
The pace of rent growth has slowed sharply, but landlords are not flooding back into the market. Rightmove said the average advertised rent for homes…
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
BTL remortgaging lifts lending 18 percent as purchase demand stays fragile
Buy-to-let lending rose sharply at the end of 2025, but the growth came largely from landlords refinancing existing debt rather than expanding portfolios, according to…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Repair audit trails become critical for landlords before Renters Rights Act
Landlords and agents are being pushed toward formal repair tracking systems before the Renters’ Rights Act takes effect on 1 May, as the compliance risk…
