Holiday/short-term let

Market Harborough BS refreshes specialist mortgage offering

Market Harborough Building Society has updated its specialist mortgage products, including simplifying its residential...

Buy to Let by Foundation unveils new short-term and holiday let deals

Buy to Let by Foundation has launched new short-term and holiday let products, and...

Suffolk BS cuts rates on selected products

Suffolk Building Society has cut the rate on its 90% LTV residential three-year fixed...

Beneficial Network adds Molo Finance to panel

Mortgage and protection network, Beneficial, has added Molo Finance to its lender panel. The move...

Suffolk BS adds new 125% ICR tier

Suffolk Building Society has introduced a new tiered approach to its Interest Cover Ratio...

Harpenden BS updates lending policy and adds 6-month offers

Harpenden BS has unveiled a number of criteria and packaging improvements to its specialist...

Market Harborough cuts fixed mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has unveiled a reduction in its residential and let...

CSF offers semi-exclusive InterBay commercial mortgages

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has launched a new range of semi-exclusive mortgages for landlords...

Dudley BS joins TMA panel

TMA Mortgage Club has announced the addition of the Dudley Building Society to its...

Leeds BS to restrict holiday let mortgages in tourist hotspots

Leeds Building Society it to restrict mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist...

Hodge improves 50+, RIO and holiday let criteria

Hodge has made major changes to its 50+, Retirement Interest Only (RIO) and Holiday...

Hodge cuts holiday let rates and improves criteria

Hodge is making improvements to its holiday buy-to-let mortgage criteria. It is also reducing rates...

Penrith BS joins TMA Mortgage Club panel

TMA Mortgage Club has added Penrith Building Society to its lending panel. The mutual offers...

Penrith BS joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of Penrith Building Society to its lender panel. From...

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What is the Protection Claims Charter – and how does it work?

The moment of truth for any insurance product is at point of claim. Insurers have been publishing claims statistics for almost two decades now, highlighting...

Affordability reforms, housing ambition and the uncomfortable PRS truth

Let’s be clear: the FCA’s recent Discussion Paper (DP25/2) isn’t necessarily about buy-to-let lending. At least, not directly. It’s framed as a review of how...

Broker proactivity can ease path back to prime

One of the lessons we’ve taken from the ever rising levels of interest in our near prime range recently is that brokers are seeing...

Self-employment: A career not a complication

There’s a persistent myth in the market that self-employed borrowers are a high-risk, hard-to-place category. But some lenders see things differently. Whether it’s a dentist...

We need to look again at two-year swaps…

Over the last 12 months, we’ve seen three notable things happen in the swaps market and interest rates in general. Firstly and obviously, rates have...

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Catalyst Property Finance acquired by Foundation’s sister company

Specialist lender Catalyst Property Finance has been acquired by The FHL Group, the sister...

Housing crisis deepens as supply falls and affordability worsens

The UK housing crisis is worsening, with affordability pressures mounting and housing supply stalling,...

Clydesdale Bank eases criteria for self-employed mortgage applicants

Clydesdale Bank is set to introduce a series of changes to its mortgage criteria...

Newcastle trims large loan mortgage rates

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 0.30% across its large...