Holiday/short-term let

Suffolk BS moves into expat holiday let market

Suffolk Building Society has launched a new standalone expat holiday let product, to bolster...

Hodge ups holiday let rental yield LTV criteria

Hodge will now accept 30 weeks' occupancy as a rental yield projection for its...

Broker searches for first-time buyers up by 64% last year

Legal & General has revealed the top search trends that have driven activity in...

Hodge reports 173% rise in holiday let mortgages applications

Specialist lender Hodge has seen a 173% increase in the number of holiday let...

Suffolk BS adds Airbnb to holiday let criteria

Suffolk Building Society has updated its holiday let mortgage criteria and will now consider...

Mansfield BS launches new limited company product range 

Mansfield Building Society has reduced rates and simplified its buy-to-let mortgage range with four...

Fleet Mortgages unveils rates cuts

Fleet Mortgages has made a number of price reductions across all three of its...

L&G Mortgage Club unveils exclusive Harpenden holiday let

Adviser members of Legal & General Mortgage Club can now access an exclusive holiday...

Dudley BS ups ex-pat and holiday let maximum loan sizes

Dudley Building Society has increased its maximum loan size on ex-pat mortgages from £1...

Harpenden joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Harpenden Building Society to its lender panel. Paradigm member firms...

Suffolk BS improves criteria to increase case suitability

Suffolk Building Society has made four changes to its lending criteria. The mutual has increased...

Hodge’s holiday let mortgages now from 3.75%

Hodge has unveiled further reductions on its holiday let mortgages, by reducing the five-year...

Specialist buy-to-let research reaps rewards

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has found that thorough research is even more important for...

Cambridge BS improves holiday let proposition

The Cambridge Building Society has added a new two-year fixed rate mortgage and reduced...

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What the 2025 Party Conferences told us about property

Key housing and property policy developments from all four major UK political party conferences revealed a clear divide between those prioritising hard targets and...

Two lenders under one roof and a new-look team

The past 12 months or so have been anything but dull at Chetwood Bank. In May 2024, we announced that we’d acquired CHL Mortgages...

BREAKING NEWS: A triple Christmas bonus for brokers

In Kemi ‘Badenough’s’ closing speech at the Conservative Conference in Manchester this week she ‘set the hares running’ by talking about abolishing Stamp Duty...

How to get insights from your entire customer base

When was the last time you switched your bank or mortgage company without checking reviews first? For most people, the answer is never. Our April research showed...

The nightmare of UK homebuying needs reform

House sellers will be forced to disclose problems with their homes before sale under plans by the Government to cut costs for buyers and...

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Knowledge Bank launches AffCalc to enhance affordability checks for brokers

Knowledge Bank has rolled out the full release of its new affordability assessment tool,...

Roma Finance bolsters team with two senior hires

Roma Finance has made two senior appointments as part of its strategy to double...

Many first-time buyers aim to clear their mortgage by 40, TSB finds

More than one in six first-time buyers hope to be mortgage free by the...

Loft conversions can add a quarter to home values

Homeowners who extend upwards are reaping the biggest rewards, with new data from Nationwide...