An interview with Paul Howard - Head of Intermediary Sales - at The Mortgage Works (TMW), one of the UK's leading buy to let lenders. We ask what was their reasoning on being one of the first lenders to reintroduce higher LTV ratios in the market in recent times, as well as looking into their thoughts on the short, medium and long-term; how lender behaviour has / is changing; the new Financial Policy Committee (FPC); their new build criteria; Local Housing Allowance lending and more: [Read More]

Social Housing as an Investment Strategy

June 16th, 2010 by admin

An interview with Ben Hughes and George Nartey from Social Housing Expert: both are landlords who have built their portfolios using social housing tenants. Whilst public sector letting has received a lot of criticism; largely due to changes in legislation with regards to the Local Housing Allowance (LHA); Ben and George explain their own thoughts on the matter as well as how to minimise risks; portfolio management; lenders views and using lease options with social housing tenants. [Read More]