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Buy-to-let landlords under pressure

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Buy-to-let lending facing challenges

Myron Jobson is a features writer of Financial Adviser

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The appetite for buy-to-let loans has waned since the hike in stamp duty surcharge to 3 per cent on second and subsequent properties.

Lenders have been trimming the rate of interest on a plethora of products.

Letting agents are likely to circumvent the changes by levying landlords more.