Gross buy-to-let yields reached 7.22% in the third quarter of 2026, their highest level since early 2011, according to figures from Paragon Bank.
The average yield increased by 0.22 percentage points from 7.00% in the preceding quarter and was...
SPF Private Clients has agreed a multi-year partnership with Irish mortgage technology firm LendWell to introduce artificial intelligence across its mortgage and protection operations.
The...
Leek Building Society is reducing rates across its 95% loan-to-value (LTV) residential mortgage range by up to 0.64 percentage points and introducing a new...
It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...
Barclays has widened its mortgage affordability criteria for limited company directors by expanding the circumstances in which it will consider Profit After Tax.
The lender...
Only 16% of full-time workers have income protection - highlighting a significant protection gap despite a modest rise in take-up.
A survey of 2,000 UK adults by Shepherds Friendly found coverage had increased by two percentage points since last...
Goldman Sachs has reduced its disclosed voting interest in Secure Trust Bank from 3.15% to 2.27%, falling below the 3% reporting threshold just a day after crossing it.
The investment banking group reported holding 422,551 voting rights in the...
Annual equity release lending worldwide is forecast to reach $52 billion by 2035, almost three times its current level, according to research from the European Pensions and Property Asset Release Group (EPPARG) and EY.
The fourth Global Equity Release...
Mortgage Brain has updated its Submissions Brain platform to give brokers greater control over Nationwide decisions in principle (DIPs), including the ability to amend and resubmit existing applications without starting again.
The changes remove several automatic stages from the...
Business development managers (BDMs) have long played an important role in the relationship between lenders and brokers.
Traditionally, much of that relationship has centered around...
John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...
Delays towards the end of the homebuying process are a greater source of anxiety for first-time buyers than saving for a deposit, according to research from LPL.
The firm's First Time Buyer Anxiety Report found that almost a third of first-time buyers experience increased anxiety...
Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...
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Then you have to say the fee.
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I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....
BetterHome Group UK has appointed former Connells Group executive Anthony Glasgow as chief operating officer as it develops its operations in the UK.
Glasgow (pictured) joins permanently after previously working with BetterHome Group UK as a consultant, during which time he worked with teams across...
