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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...

TMA Club adds Quantum Mortgages to panel

TMA Club has announced that intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender Quantum Mortgages will be joining...

Finding ways to avoid the turbulence

Interest rate time horizons can be difficult to deal with at the best of...

HTB partners with Finova Payment and Mortgage Services

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has partnered with specialist lender Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB). HTB...

Foundation Home Loans unveils new owner-occupied products

Foundation Home Loans has announced a refresh of its core buy-to-let and owner-occupied product...

Hodge cuts retention rates amid widespread reductions

Hodge has made a third rate drop across its range of mortgage products since...

Dudley BS unveils fixed rate deals

Dudley Building Society has launched a range of two-year fixed rate products. The mutual...

Keystone introduces lower-rate larger loan range with 5% arrangement fee

Keystone Property Finance has launched a new range of lower-rate larger loan products with...

Buckinghamshire BS expands Platinum Programme

Buckinghamshire Building Society has unveiled two new partners for its exclusive Platinum Programme. HHH,...

Quantum Mortgages partners with TBMC

Quantum Mortgage has added the Business Mortgage Company (TBMC) to its packager panel. TBMC will...

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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...