Bridging lender facilitates below-market property deal
Bridging lender Somo has completed a second charge loan enabling a borrower to acquire a buy-to-let property valued at £500,000...
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Student HMO landlords sell 2,000 beds amid regulatory shift
Landlords have disposed of at least 2,000 student HMO beds across Britain over the past year, responding to the Renters’...
Bridging loan funds Kent buy-to-let acquisition
StreamBank has provided a £642,000 bridging finance facility for the acquisition and refurbishment of two buy-to-let properties in Kent, secured...
Buy-to-let returns lag equities, Rathbones reports
Residential property investment no longer delivers the returns that characterised previous decades, according to a report from investment management firm...
Cleaning disputes dominate tenancy deposit claims
Cleaning-related issues accounted for 29.37% of all tenancy deposit disputes in 2025, marking the fifth consecutive year that cleaning has...
Landlord void costs rise 12.9% as vacancy periods hit returns
The cost of void periods between tenancies has increased by 12.9% year-on-year, rising from £1,005 to £1,135, according to research...
School group secures £1.75m bridge loan on West Kensington block
A private school group has secured £1.75 million in bridging finance against a block of buy-to-let flats in West Kensington...
Landlords: embrace your inner cockroach – we will survive Labour
And I feel now is the time to share a history lesson with you, because what so many politicians who...
How landlords can avoid the new Renters’ Rights rules when selling a property
This may be more important for certain types of landlords. Sim Sekhon, the group chief executive of Propoly and Legal...
Buy-to-let mortgage strategies for portfolio landlords
Leveraged buy-to-let investment strategies are enabling landlords to scale property portfolios more rapidly than cash purchases, according to analysis of...
