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Buy to Let Mortgage Criteria Getting Smarter, Slowly

March 26, 2015 David Lawrenson One comment

David Lawrenson of LettingFocus.com welcomes some more sensible lending from a few high street banks and building societies in the buy to let mortgage space. About time too. Buy to Let Mortgage Criteria Getting Smarter, Slowly From time to time I have commented on the “Computer Says No” attitude of the big high street banks and nearly all the building societies when it comes to […]

Applying on a Buy to Let Mortgage for a House you Intend to Live In

April 7, 2014 David Lawrenson

David Lawrenson of LettingFocus.com explains why more borrowers will try to “game” mortgage lenders by applying on buy to let mortgages for loans on properties that they intend to live in themselves. One of the likely outcomes of the Mortgage Market Review (MMR), which now applies to all residential loans, is that getting a mortgage for residential mortgages might prove […]

Private Landlords, Local Authorities and Buy to Let Mortgages

January 17, 2012 David Lawrenson

We thought it would be useful to publish the October 2011 Newsletter right here on our blog. (Our latest, January 2012, Newsletter was published on 29th December and is available free now to those who sign up to receive our newsletter. Just send us an email if you would like to join the mailing list!) Here is the Newsletter….. “….. […]

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Landlords Still Wait for Advice from Buy to Let Mortgage Companies

January 31, 2011 David Lawrenson Leave a comment

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 […]

Getting a Buy to Let Mortgage A Useful Guide to Getting the Best Deals and Rates

October 26, 2010 David Lawrenson 2 comments

NEXT SEMINAR AND NETWORKING EVENT for Landlords and Property Investors (which now take place just once or twice a year): Next Property Investment Seminar and Networking Event In last weeks’ blog I said I thought it would be worthwhile publishing a brief guide to buy to let mortgages. So here is our short guide for investor landlords wishing to buy […]