Green Party proposals to restrict private rent increases for three years could make it harder for buy-to-let borrowers to meet lender affordability criteria, brokers have warned. Speaking at the party conference in Brighton earlier today leader Zack Polanski proposed an “emergency brake” that would limit...

Westmarq has challenged mortgage lenders to move more of their valuation business away from the surveying industry's dominant players as it looks to establish itself as a major alternative in the market. Richard Sexton used the official launch of the former Legal & General Surveying...