Buy to let mortgage purchases up 5 per cent in January
A mortgage broker has revealed buy-to-let purchase mortgages taken out in January increased by over 5 per cent compared to December 2007. In December 2007 buy to let purchase mortgages were at 39.53 per cent, this increased to 44.54 per cent in January 2008.
The broker’s January best buy mortgage tracker’s figures reveal that the buy […]
Mortgage figures show shift to buy-to-let
The mortgage market in 2007 showed a shift from lending for residential property purchases to buy-to-let borrowing, new figures have revealed.
In its December Best Buy Mortgage Tracker, mortgage broker Hamptons International revealed that the proportion of the market taken up by buy-to-let mortgages had increased by nearly 23 per cent, while the residential mortgage lending […]
How to avoid a letter from the taxman
Dreading a letter from the taxman? There are ways to soften the blow.
(Advice from Elizabeth Colman - www.timesonline.co.uk)
If you are worried that you may be one of the 80,000 buy to let owners that the Revenue & Customs is targeting, there is plenty you can do before the letter lands.
You should contact your mortgage lender […]
