Bridging rates have dropped from 5.53 times the cost of buy-to-let loans in Q4 2021 to just 2.44 times in Q4 2024.

Homeowners who roll onto a standard variable rate could pay £6,750 more over two years.

The lender has also made reductions of up to 0.24% on other selected buy-to-let products

60% of private rental homes in England and Wales are rated EPC D or below, meaning 1.6 million properties would need retrofitting annually to meet 2030 targets.

Properties in the South East are achieving only 95.6% of their original asking price, with 41% of listings undergoing price reductions.

Dual-income households need to earn over £37,000 per person to afford a newly built home, compared to £25,000 per person when Help to Buy ended in 2022, according to new...

The rate reductions follow recent updates to the lender's heavy refurbishment proposition.

The deal was completed on Aspen’s stepped rate at an initial 0.55% over a 10-month term.

Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, explores how demand for staff relocation to the UK remains strong amid continued global economic uncertainty.

New-build properties in the North East have increased by 33% over the past year, far outpacing price growth in existing homes.