Annual House Price Growth ‘Slows Sharply’ to 4.4%

Annual house price

Annual house price   Prices fell by 1.4% month-on-month, the largest fall since June 2020. “Housing affordability for potential buyers and home movers has become much more stretched at a time when household finances are already under pressure from high inflation.”     According to the latest Nationwide House Price Index, annual UK house price […]

Buy-to-Lets Affordability

A wide 600×300 graphic with a white background and Connect Mortgages-style blue swoosh curves in the top-right corner. Large Open Sans text reads “Buy-to-Lets” in light blue above “Affordability” in dark blue, alongside a simple blue house outline icon featuring a plus sign and a door.

When Sarah first explored Buy-to-Lets Affordability, she assumed the process would be similar to getting her own residential mortgage. She had a stable income and a rental property in mind, yet the lender focused almost entirely on the expected rental income rather than her salary. That moment made her realise that buy-to-let affordability follows very […]