Buy-to-let landlords are being hit by higher interest rates, higher costs and a less friendly tax regime.
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TSB unveils mortgage to help renters and their landlords
TSB is offering a new mortgage option which makes it easier for tenants to buy their home from their landlord.
Read MoreRenters’ Rights Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill
Report stage and third reading of the Renters’ Rights Bill (127 of 2024–25), as amended in public bill committee, are scheduled for 14 January 2025.
Read MoreHSBC debuts high earner product, cuts resi rates
HSBC will introduce a new fixed-rate product for high earners and launch a range of residential rate cuts on Monday.
Read MoreThe First Homes government scheme: half-price homes for first-time buyers
First Homes launched in 2021 to help local first-time buyers and key workers onto the property ladder by offering new-build homes at a 30% – 50% discount.
Read MoreMortgage sector cheered by latest upbeat housing market data
The mortgage sector has reacted positively to the latest house price data.
Read MoreStamp duty changes ‘will motivate’ first time buyer boom in early 2025, lender says
Looming changes to stamp duty will give first-time buyers “greater motivation” to get on the housing ladder, British bank Halifax has said.
Read MoreUK households set to wake up to £500-per-month hike in mortgage
UK households have been warned MILLIONS could see hikes to their mortgage repayments over the next three years.
Read MoreRenters’ Rights Bill update: more progress expected this month
The Renters’ Rights Bill – previously titled the Renters’ Reform Bill under the Conservative government – has been named as a priority for Labour with a new key date now revealed.
Read MoreWhat landlords should expect in 2025: Higher rents, more stamp duty and the Renters’ Rights Bill
As we start the new year, landlords may well feeling that the twelve months stretching out ahead of them are a bit of a mixed bag.
On the one hand, mortgage rates remain fairly high, and buy-to-let investors face a higher stamp duty bill when they buy a new property.
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