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Buy to let lending rises as remortgaging drives growth
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (631+ words) Landlords are refinancing in greater numbers as borrowing costs ease, while new purchase activity continues to trail last year's levels, data reveals. The figures from UK Finance show lending volumes are rising, driven mainly by remortgaging rather than landlords investing…...
More buy to let lenders expand landlord options
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (589+ words) Paragon Bank is among lenders updating their buy to let ranges, alongside Landbay, Atom bank and Fleet Mortgages, with new fixes, trackers and remortgage deals entering the market. Paragon has introduced six limited edition five-year fixed products, all carrying a…...
BTL mortgage rate rises not the main driver of rising rents
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (588+ words) With rising buy to let mortgage costs back in focus after more than 1, 300 products being pulled since the end of March, one organisation says that isn't why rents are rising. TDS Charitable Foundation points to Moneyfacts data showing that average…...
Most landlords now debt-light, with majority below 50% LTV
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (554+ words) A widely held assumption about the private rented sector is that landlords are highly leveraged and therefore vulnerable to interest rate movements. The latest data suggests a different picture. According to the Property118 Landlord Sentiment Survey Q1 2026, most landlords are now operating…...
HTB, Nat West and Coventry unveil new buy to let deals
1+ week, 1+ day ago (495+ words) Hampshire Trust Bank has launched a new buy to let range with rates starting at 5. 54%, setting out a tiered structure that separates simpler cases from more complex lending. The new "Flow" proposition sits alongside Core and Bespoke within the lender…...
House prices dip in March as annual growth also slows
1+ week, 1+ day ago (654+ words) House prices fell by 0. 5% last month, reversing a 0. 3% rise in February and leaving the average property value at "299, 677, Halifax reveals. Its data also shows that annual growth slowed down to 0. 8%, down from 1. 2% in March. Regional house price differences remain and…...
What the latest Property118 survey results means for mortgage lenders: fewer landlords, different behaviour
1+ week, 2+ day ago (423+ words) For lenders operating in the buy-to-let market, the most important shift is not interest rates or product design; it is behaviour. The landlord base is no longer acting in the same way it did even a few years ago. Growth…...
What's happening to the Buy to Let mortgage market?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (293+ words) Volatility in the wholesale markets, caused by the conflict in the Middle East, has triggered Buy to Let mortgage lenders to respond rapidly to the movements in Swap rates. Swap rates are rates based on what markets think interest rates…...
Buy to let lenders relaunch and expand products
2+ week, 3+ day ago (551+ words) Foundation has returned to the buy to let market after pulling products last week, relaunching a refreshed range that covers standard lending alongside HMOs, MUFBs, short-term lets and expat cases. The lender said the withdrawal followed market tensions because of…...
Landlords see buy to let rates surge again
2+ week, 4+ day ago (496+ words) Buy to let borrowing costs have rocketed since the start of March, with fixed mortgage rates reaching their highest levels in over a year as market volatility intensifies. Data from Moneyfactscompare. co. uk shows the average two-year fixed rate has…...