Landlords are being hit the hardest by increased stress tests and interest rate hikes, experts told MPs on the Treasury Select Committee.
It used to be the case that lenders had to stress-test a person for 3 per cent above whatever mortgage rate they were applying for, but earlier this year this rule was scrapped. The Treasury Committee held a session with members of the mortgage industry to ask questions about the functioning of the market.
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