Only 4.5% of landlords plan to expand their property portfolios in 2025, according to data released by SpareRoom.

The specialist lender has reduced rates by up to 1.19%

Buy-to-let investors have seen an average rental market yield of 4.17% over the last five years.

Stress rates on background properties have also been reduced to boost affordability

2-year fixed rates now start from 3.25% and 5-year fixed from 4.85%

Postcodes serving students and large employment markets topped Paragon Bank's list of locations that attracted the most buy-to-let investment in 2024.

The specialist lender has announced major service enhancements and strategic appointments to deliver increased speed and service for brokers

The buy-to-let specialist lender has decided to increase its procuration fee for new business to 0.55%.

The new rate cuts follow improvements made last week by the lender across its range of small HMO/MUFB products, which saw rates lowered by as much as 0.15%.

The mortgage and savings mutual's latest buy-to-let products come with 80% LTV and flexible criteria.