Latest buy-to-let and specialist finance news

• HMO conversions costing £82,000 on average 13 October 2026

  Landlords looking to buy and convert could spend over half a £1m

• Landlord fined after missing eight years of boiler checks 13 October 2026

  Five young children lived in the property

• Lendlord adds Property Register tool to Compliance Hub 13 October 2026

  New feature designed to help simplify preparations for landlords

• ModaMortgages unveils limited edition BTL range 13 October 2026

  Products available from 4.14%

• BTL yields highest since 2011 12 October 2026

  Average yields of 7.22% reached in third quarter

• Afin Bank appoints mortgage underwriter 12 October 2026

  Kimberley Bennett joins from Precise

• Government consults on Awaab's Law expansion to cover private renters and temporary accommodation 9 October 2026

  Proposals could extend protections to millions more tenants

• Keystone sales director Phil Riches to retire after 50-year career 8 October 2026

  He has spent 14 years at Keystone

• Foundation adds to F1 offering 8 October 2026

  New products available from 4.99%

• SDKA raises title indemnity insurance limit to £250,000 for BTL borrowers 8 October 2026

  Title insurance aims to simplify the legal process

• Accord slashes BTL range rates 7 October 2026

  The new rates will be available from 8am on Thursday 8th October

• Paragon Bank names new mortgages director 6 October 2026

  Simon Cockerill will help expand the lender’s BTL presence

• Landlord fined £246,000 over fire safety failures 6 October 2026

  Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service found 11 offences inside two rental properties

• NRLA labels new landlord database ‘multi-million pound rip-off’ 6 October 2026

  NRLA claims tenants will bear the costs of new government landlord database

• LendInvest scraps early repayment charges on tracker range 5 October 2026

  The new range aims to give landlords more flexibility

• Yorkshire tops rental yield rankings as portfolio landlords grow presence 5 October 2026

  Average rental yields rose to 7.9% in Q3

• The next BTL buying cycle could start with a remortgage 2 October 2026

  A lot of capital is sitting in properties landlords already own

• YBS unveils two five-year tracker products 1 October 2026

  Mortgages available for both standard and large MUFB ranges

• Hackney Council launches "zero tolerance" crackdown on landlords 1 October 2026

  Council will use Renters' Rights Act powers against rogue landlords

• Greens move to block new Glasgow PBSAs 30 September 2026

  Calls for halt to building comes amid oversupply fears