Buy To Let News Archive
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Mortgage lending cap 'may miss the problem'
16/06/2010
Responding to speculation that the Bank of England is considering imposing caps on the way that banks lend mortgages, one organisation has said that limiting home loans may be an action that focuses on the wrong area.
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Could rising house prices see buy to let portfolios increase in value?
15/06/2010
Buy to let landlords may see their portfolios increase in value as the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) UK Housing Market Survey has revealed that house prices advanced in May.
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Scrapping regulations on buy to let industry 'is a mistake'
14/06/2010
The government's move to scrap the plan to impose new regulations on the buy to let sector is a mistake, one organisation has said.
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Buy to let 'only sector creating new homes'
14/06/2010
The buy to let sector is the only one growing quickly enough to meet demand, one organisation has said.
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Buy to let remortgaging down but more people becoming landlords
11/06/2010
Lender Paragon has reported that the proportion of home loan business going toward buy to let remortgages has fallen to its lowest level for five years, while the proportion of first-time landlords looking for finance to purchase houses had grown for the second quarter in a row.
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Lack of regulation in buy to let sector 'disappointing'
10/06/2010
The government's decision not to go forward with the regulation
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Two-thirds of tenants 'will stay with buy to let landlords for next five years'
10/06/2010
Buy to let landlords are unlikely to see two-thirds of tenants stopping renting to purchase their own property for next five years, research has found.
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Demand increased for buy to let landlords
09/06/2010
Buy to let landlords are seeing an increase in demand as more people turn to renting instead of trying to buy their own property, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has said.
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Buy to let landlords 'investing in safe haven'
08/06/2010
Buy to let landlords with property in London are investing in "probably the safest of havens", according to one expert.
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Buy to let landlords 'may see flat house prices this year'
07/06/2010
House prices saw a decrease of 0.4 per cent in May compared with April, according to the Halifax house price index, which may affect the portfolios of buy to let landlords.
