Mortgage Tracker Rates Open Letter to Andrew Tyrie MP

In this letter to Andrew Tyrie MP I ask him to take action to stop mortgage lenders cheating their buy to let Bank of England (BOE) mortgage tracker rate customers by invoking small print terms in separate documents that were never meant to apply to BOE tracker loans. I have highlighted this by illustrating from my own personal experience with […]

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Interest Only Buy to let Mortgages, the FSA and the Mortgage Market Review

Lenders new found worries about interest only mortgages is impacting buy to let mortgages too. It is likely the smart lenders who understand buy to let  will benefit from this, says David Lawrenson of www.LettingFocus.com. Private landlords need to shop around to find these lenders. Residential interest only mortgages are the cause of a great deal of worry for the […]

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Landlords Still Wait for Advice from Buy to Let Mortgage Companies

Mortgage companies writing buy to let mortgages could do more to reduce the possibility of future arrears. It is a subject that we have written about extensively before at this blog, not least because the activities of the lenders exasperates not just would be borrowers but also mortgage brokers who often find many of the activities of the lenders hard […]

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The Future for Buy to Let Loans and Mortgages

Whilst one or two new lenders have appeared on the blocks in the last quarter of 2010, the overall picture of availability of mortgages in the world of buy to let lending still looks pretty subdued. It is not so much the level of interest rates (which are low by historic standards) that is the problem. Rather, it is the […]

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