Court date set for BTL tax challenge

Court date set for Cherie Blair's challenge to buy-to-let taxhttps://t.co/T4FHRoSjTT pic.twitter.com/qZWPjmCoxW

— Telegraph Money (@MoneyTelegraph) September 15, 2016

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Report on Prime Scottish Property

Scotland's prime residential property market is showing resilience - new Savills report: https://t.co/e71cBo1M9H pic.twitter.com/iVOgmIpJDU

— Savills (@Savills) September 15, 2016

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Interest rates unchanged

UK interest rates left unchanged at 0.25% https://t.co/eibtFYELeN

— BBC Business (@BBCBusiness) September 15, 2016

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Can not getting married save SDLT on second property?

We're not married, so can we avoid higher stamp duty on a second home? https://t.co/jA30d98656

— Guardian Money (@guardianmoney) 15 September 2016

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London 2nd most expensive city to rent

London crowned second most expensive city to rent in the world - and with highest priced cinemas https://t.co/kPbwR4w0d5

— This is Money (@thisismoney) 15 September 2016

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CML lending data from July

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) lending data for July 2016 is out.

CML Buy to Let Lending data for July 2016.

Gross buy-to-let lending, while lower than levels we saw last year, saw the highest monthly levels of activity by volume and by value since the stamp duty changes on second properties came in on April 

It is BTL remortgage lending that continues to be the majority of the market place, making up two-thirds of BTL gross lending.

Residential lending for July

• Home-owners borrowing at £10.6bn, down 13% on June
• Total number of loans at 58,100, down 14% on June
• First-time buyers loaned £4.4bn, down 19% on June.

CML director, Paul Smee comments

"These figures cover the first full month of lending following the EU referendum. They show a month-on-month decline in first-time buyer and home mover activity and muted activity on the BTL market. It is hard to determine whether these figures reflect a first uncertain reaction to the referendum vote, or are a sign of a market which was already cooling. It will be quite some time before a full assessment can be made. We do believe that the Buy-to-let lending market is still readjusting after the large level of activity before the changes to stamp duty on second properties in April.

Remortgage lending on the other hand has continued to grow, and reacted with a 7-year monthly high. Borrowers seem keen to take advantage of the wide range of competitive deals in the market and, following the base rate cut in August, this is likely to continue."

Brexit effect chills the housing market in July > client @SPFPrivClients comments https://t.co/EyTN4Bi648 via @ThisIsMoney

— Melanie Bien (@melaniebien) 15 September 2016

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