Holiday/short-term let

Foundation Home Loans expands Property Plus with short-term lets

Foundation Home Loans has made a significant update to its Property Plus range, introducing...

Why now is the perfect time for expats to consider UK holiday lets

If you’re anything like me, Easter, the recent swathe of bank holiday weekends, and...

Propertymark warns of “grave concerns” as Renters’ Rights Bill sparks industry backlash

Propertymark has issued a strong warning over Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill following heated debate...

Northern buy-to-let market surges as investors flee costlier South

Buy-to-let investors are accelerating a shift northward as high yields and lower entry costs...

Landlords go corporate as sector professionalisation accelerates

The UK’s private rental sector is undergoing a seismic shift, with new research revealing...

Key holiday let tax changes: what brokers really need to know

The UK holiday let market has seen rapid growth in recent years, largely fuelled...

Suffolk BS drops rates on buy-to-let and holiday let mortgages

Suffolk Building Society has announced a series of rate reductions across its buy-to-let and...

Molo joins Sesame’s panel to extend buy-to-let distribution

Molo has joined the Sesame Network panel in a move set to broaden its...

Dudley Building Society joins Mortgage Intelligence lender panel

Dudley Building Society has joined the lender panel of Mortgage Intelligence, expanding the network’s...

Exodus of landlords drives thousands of homes out of rental market

A growing number of landlords are selling up, with thousands of former rental properties...

Lendco joins The Right Mortgage lender panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced the addition of specialist lender Lendco...

Keystone cuts rates once again

Keystone Property Finance has announced a further reduction in its mortgage pricing, marking the...

Molo Finance revises buy-to-let pricing

Molo Finance has announced further cuts to its buy-to-let mortgage rates for UK residents,...

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries partners with PRIMIS

Specialist lender CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has agreed a new partnership with PRIMIS Mortgage...

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The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister, is that they are learning the job ‘on the hoof’...

HMOs: market realities, future prospects, and the broker opportunity

The HMO sector remains one of the most dynamic parts of the private rented market, with recent data showing it’s both a significant asset...

Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

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The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister,...

Why planning must be part of the asylum debate

At 2pm today the High Court is due to decide on an appeal against...

How planning can help solve the asylum housing crisis

The scale of the asylum housing crisis is stark. According to Reuters, more than...

Limited company landlords take bigger share of buy-to-let market

Landlords holding investment property through limited companies are playing an increasingly prominent role in...