Buy-to-let

Six of the best: IMLA makes policy recommendations

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has published its latest report - Vital role...

Zephyr Homeloans cuts 2 & 5 year rates

Zephyr Homeloans is reducing rates on its two-year and five-year mortgage products by 10...

HTB provides £12.8m refinance

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £12.8m refinance to move a development finance...

Landlords largely unmoved despite “disappointing” Budget

A survey has found that the majority landlords did not see the recent Budget...

Keystone Property Finance cuts all rates by 10bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced the rates across its complete product offering by 10...

Hodge reinstates five-year holiday lets

Hodge has reintroduced its five-year fixed rate products, added a new two-year fixed rate...

Dudley BS unveils discount BTL and holiday let deals

Dudley Building Society has launched two new two-year discount mortgage products for buy-to-let and...

Molo Finance cuts five-year rates

Molo Finance has made rate cuts of up to 14 basis points on its...

Cumberland BS completes £1.1m holiday let & equity release

The Cumberland Building Society has helped investors Mike and Elina James to transform their...

CHL Mortgages unveils new limited edition buy-to-let products

CHL Mortgages has introduced a limited edition range of two and five-year fixed-rate standard...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries unveils 3.99% BTL deal

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries (KRFI), part of the OSB Group, has introduced two limited...

Fleet Mortgages reintroduces five-year EPC deals

Fleet Mortgages has relaunched its range of five-year, fixed-rate products for landlord borrowers purchasing...

New deals: Vida improves affordability and simplifies criteria

Vida has made changes to help more clients and better broker's experience of the...

RAW Capital Partners supports Chinese first-time landlord couple

RAW Capital Partners has provided a buy-to-let mortgage to a Chinese couple purchasing an...

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Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

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Wealth at Work names Mark Duckworth as next chief executive

Wealth at Work has appointed former Schroders Personal Wealth and Openwork chief executive Mark...

Mortgage labels risk putting older borrowers off advice

Terms such as "later life lending" and "equity release" risk creating barriers between borrowers...

Advisers face pressure to bring families into retirement planning

Advice firms risk weakening long-term client relationships by failing to involve partners and beneficiaries...

Bank Rate held at 3.75% as energy shock raises prospect of future increase

The Bank of England has kept Bank Rate at 3.75%, but warned that persistent...