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• Students told to protect deposit on buy to let property

  A guide for students has been released by mydeposits.co.uk, advising them to protect their deposits while staying in buy to let properties.

• Could buy to let portfolios be higher in value as house prices rise?

  Buy to let investors may have seen an increase in the value of their portfolios as it has been reported that house prices rose in June.

• Lending criteria 'will ease on buy to let mortgages'

  The criteria used by providers to approve buy to let mortgages will "continue to ease", one expert has said.

• Buy to let landlords a "lifeline" to councils

  One expert has argued that buy to let landlords are an important support for the housing market and local authorities must be careful not to damage the private rented sector when they cut benefits.

• Buy to let landlords in Scotland may have "grounds for optimism"

  One expert has said that the housing market in Scotland is picking up, with buy to let landlords possibly seeing the value of their portfolios rise.

• Mortgage applications up 31 per cent

  The number of mortgage applications received by the Co-operative Bank and Britannia was 31 per cent higher in the first half of 2010 compared with the same period last year.

• Buy to let guru says residential property is safe

  Buy to let expert Andreas Panayiotou has stated that residential property is "very safe".

• Difference between buy to let house values between north and south 'reduced'

  The north-south divide between buy to let property values has decreased over the last ten years, one organisation has said.

• Mortgages 'will be seriously affected by changes to the base rate'

  Changes to the base rate will affect mortgages, Think Money has said, but there are many different opinions on when the Bank of England's (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will decide a rate rise in necessary.

• Could buy to let portfolios increase in value as property prices rise?

  Buy to let investors may be interested to know that the cost of homes rose by 0.6 per cent in July, according to one organisation, which could see their portfolios rise in value.