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Tipton cuts expat and limited company buy-to-let rates

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has reduced selected expat and limited company buy-to-let mortgage...

Molo cuts buy-to-let mortgage rates by 12 basis points

Molo has reduced rates across its standard and specialist buy-to-let mortgage ranges for UK...

Marsden passes £100m Guernsey lending milestone

Marsden Building Society has surpassed £100m in mortgage completions in Guernsey through its partnership...

Buckinghamshire BS cuts residential and specialist rates

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced mortgage rates across its residential and specialist lending ranges,...

Tipton revives high income multiple mortgages and cuts expat rate

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has reintroduced lending at up to six and a...

Fleet Mortgages broadens buy-to-let criteria for foreign nationals and limited companies

Fleet Mortgages has widened its lending criteria for buy-to-let borrowers, introducing greater flexibility for...

Dudley BS cuts rates by up to 100bps across key lending ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let, holiday let and expat...

Molo reduces BTL rates for UK residents by 10bps

Specialist lender Molo has reduced rates by 10 basis-points (bps) across its UK resident...

Market Harborough cuts fixed mortgage rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

Market Harborough Building Society has reduced fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.23% across...

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...

GB Bank launches core buy-to-let and bridging product range for intermediaries

GB Bank has launched a new off-the-shelf buy-to-let and bridging range for intermediaries as...

The Suffolk reports rise in expat mortgage demand despite Middle East instability

Suffolk Building Society has reported a sharp increase in expat mortgage applications, with activity...

Shawbrook and TML cut buy-to-let rates

Shawbrook and The Mortgage Lender have made a series of changes to their buy-to-let...

Keystone cuts buy-to-let fixed rates by 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its fixed rate buy-to-let product ranges by...

COMMENT

We must not accept our snail’s pace home buying system

Buying a house in this country can be ridiculously slow, as a handful of recent studies have highlighted. Research from the House Buyer Bureau...

Deferment and capitalisation rates: small percentages, large consequences

The Government is currently consulting on Leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates to determine what deferment and capitalisation rates should be prescribed under the Leasehold and...

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge the industry to turn its attention to something just as...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...

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Gilt turmoil puts fresh pressure on mortgage rates

Rising government borrowing costs are putting renewed upward pressure on UK mortgage rates as...

UK needs first primary surplus in 25 years, warns NIESR

The UK needs to run its first primary budget surplus in 25 years if...

Gatehouse launches fee-free refinance products

Gatehouse Bank has launched a range of limited-edition refinance products for UK residents with...

Bank of England turns to AI and real-time mortgage data

The Bank of England is using artificial intelligence and real-time financial data, including information...

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