Landlords

Landlord company formations hit record high

The number of landlord companies incorporated annually in Britain has risen by more than...

Shamplina joins Panorama rental fraud investigation

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina will appear in a BBC Panorama investigation into criminal...

Scotland leads Q2 landlord yield growth

Landlord gross rental yields strengthened during the second quarter, driven by growth in Scotland,...

Buy-to-let lending remains ahead of last year despite slower start to year

Buy-to-let lending increased in the first quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier,...

Nearly one in five private rented homes have left the sector in the past decade

Almost 850,000 homes that were once part of the UK's private rented sector have...

Together launches lower-rate portfolio lending proposition for larger buy-to-let landlords

Together has introduced a new lower-rate lending proposition for portfolio landlords seeking more than...

Landbay cuts rates again

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has announced a further round of rate cuts - up to...

Landbay launches product transfer products

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has launched five new Product Transfer (PT) tracker products within its...

Landbay launches new remortgage AVM products

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has launched new premier remortgage AVM two-year fixed-rate products and reduced...

Renters face higher costs amid strong demand

Two in three (63%) recent movers ended up paying more rent than planned, as...

ModaMortgages cuts rates across limited-edition BTL range

ModaMortgages has announced a reprice of its limited-edition buy-to-let range, with rate reductions across...

Keystone launches special edition HMO range

Keystone Property Finance has launched a number of special edition HMO & MUFB products...

Average rental yields up annually despite quarterly dip

Average rental yields across England and Wales continued to rise year-on-year, although six out...

Paragon Bank launches £1,000 cashback deal

Paragon Bank is offering £1,000 cashback across 21 products within its buy-to-let mortgage range. The...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

Latest news

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM)...

Conveyancing costs hold at 0.53% of house prices

Conveyancing costs remained unchanged as a proportion of UK house prices during the year...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers...

OPDA welcomes Rayner’s return to housing brief

The Open Property Data Association has welcomed Angela Rayner’s return as housing secretary and...

PROFILES