Holiday/short-term let

Advisers need to work harder with landlord clients for a brighter future

There are a lot of seemingly conflicting forces at play in the UK housing...

Suffolk BS returns to 90% LTV market

Suffolk Building Society has reintroduced a number of two-year fixed rate products to its...

Portfolio landlords in no rush to exit market

Market activity is being driven by portfolio landlords, demand for holiday lets, as well...

HTB improves specialist buy-to-let, holiday let and semi-commercial criteria

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has made changes to its criteria for specialist buy-to-let, mortgage...

PMS Mortgage Club adds Market Harborough to panel

PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, has added Market Harborough Building Society...

CHL Mortgages cuts five-year fixed rates

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its whole five-year fixed range with rates now...

MHBS cuts fixed mortgage rates

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has reduced its fixed rate deals by up to...

Keystone Property Finance reduces rates by up to 65bps

Keystone Property Finance, the specialist buy-to-let lender, has reduced rates across its complete range...

Quantum Mortgages launches specialised BTL range

Quantum Mortgages has launched QML Pro, a more specialist range designed to accommodate properties...

Homeowners want higher taxes on holiday lets and overseas buyers

New research from Market Financial Solutions has found that increasing taxes for overseas buyers...

CHL Mortgages reprices 5-year fixed rate products

CHL Mortgages has repriced the five-year fixed rate mortgages across its product ranges. The specialist...

CHL Mortgages reintroduces five-year fixes

CHL Mortgages has added a range of five-year fixed rate products to its product...

The Mortgage Lender relaunches residential and buy-to-let ranges

The Mortgage Lender has relaunched its residential and buy-to-let product ranges. Residential products include the...

Foundation Home Loans refreshes full product ranges

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed all products within its core buy-to-let and owner-occupied ranges...

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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...