by | Jun 1, 2018 | Mortgages
Letting agents reported a rise in the number of landlords selling up in April ARLA Propertymark has revealed that in April, letting agents saw the highest number of landlords selling their buy-to-let properties since records began in 2015. The number of landlords...
by | May 16, 2018 | Mortgages
Homes suitable for first-time buyers could ‘flood the market’ in the coming year as one in five (19%) landlords look to sell, the National Landlords Association has predicted. National Landlords Association data indicates that 45% of landlords intend to sell...
by | May 15, 2018 | Mortgages
Ex-Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) mortgage sector manager Lynda Blackwell has criticised lenders happy to lend to a raft of borrowers before the credit crisis, but unwilling to lend now, even when those same borrowers continue to keep up mortgage repayments. You...
by | May 3, 2018 | Mortgages
The proposed ban on letting fees is one step closer to becoming law, with the Tenants Fees Bill introduced to Parliament today (2 May). The bill was been introduced by the new secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, James Brokenshire, who...
by | Apr 27, 2018 | Mortgages
Bradford & Bingley’s (B&B) £5.3 billion mortgage book has been put up for sale by the Chancellor Philip Hammond and sold to an investor group. The B&B mortgage portfolio was acquired by the taxpayer during the financial crisis. The sale will enable the...
by | Apr 23, 2018 | Mortgages
Despite ‘severe’ need for lower cost homes in some areas, funding is not being released. Local councils in England are sitting on hundreds of millions of pounds of money designated for affordable housing. A total of £375m is available, £100m of which has not even been...
