There is some interesting news about bridging loans in the press at the moment. In particular the West One Bridging Index is predicting that £2 Billion will have been lent in short term loans before the end of 2013. Duncan Kreeger, director at West One Loans commented: “Our £2 billion prediction for … Continue Reading about Bridging loans could beat £2 billion estimate
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EU Directive on Buy to Let Mortgages
The EU Directive on Buy to Let Mortgages was quite big news last week. A quick round up of the reaction to the news follows, but first a bit of background: What is the EU Directive on Buy to Let Mortgages The … Continue Reading about EU Directive on Buy to Let Mortgages
Does it matter if private rents increase
In 1952 around half the population were renting their homes. Compare that to 2011 when 20 percent are living as tenants and you get a sense of how much the housing stock has changed over 60 years and why housing … Continue Reading about Does it matter if private rents increase
Buy to let lending increasing
The number of bu-to-let mortgages increased by around 84,000 in 2011. Apparently during the 4th quarter of 2011 a total of 34,800 buy-to-let mortgages were advanced (15,600 were remortgages). This compares with … Continue Reading about Buy to let lending increasing