Buy-to-let

Annual returns in the buy-to-let market are improving, according to the latest index from LSL Property Services.

The buy-to-let (BTL) market was today branded a "ticking time bomb" in a damning report highlighting the growing gap between the supply of and demand for BTL properties.

The Mortgage Works (TMW), the specialist lending subsidiary of Nationwide Building Society, has launched a number of fixed-rate buy-to-let products and reduced rates on some of its existing products.

Solicitor Moore Blatch has slammed the FSA for ignoring its calls for investment warnings on all buy-to-let mortgages, warning brokers may now face the threat of litigation as a result.

Ralph Schellin, Janka Polyakova and Jarrod Epps offer a guide to their home property markets

Coventry for Intermediaries will be adding new offset and buy-to-let mortgages to its range later this week.

A majority of buy-to-let investors believe the current housing market presents them with good buying opportunities, according to a survey by Mortgage Express.

Almost half of mortgage intermediaries believe professional buy-to-let investors will continue to acquire properties despite the market downturn, according to the Mortgage Works.

THE buy-to-let sector may be in danger of running out of steam, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).

Investors are largely responsible for the current health of the buy-to-let lending market, according to property investment firm Assetz.