Buy-to-let

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...

Paragon offers its lowest rate for 18 months

Paragon Bank is offering new deals on its two-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages, including its...

Fleet mortgages unveils rebrand

Fleet Mortgages has revealed a complete rebrand for the business, which it believes reflects...

Foundation Home Loans partners with NACFB

Foundation Home Loans has become a patron of the National Association of Commercial Finance...

Landlords expect reintroduction of minimum EPC level

The latest Q4 2023 BVA BDRC Landlord Panel research report has continued to show...

LendInvest adds buy-to-let business into new mortgages portal

LendInvest Mortgages has launched a redesigned and updated Mortgages Portal which now includes LendInvest’s...

Castle Trust Bank unveils new Bridge the Gap deal

Castle Trust Bank has introduced a new ‘Bridge the Gap’ product to offer a...

Quantum Mortgages in conveyancing partnership with Movin Legal

Quantum Mortgages has partnered with Movin Legal, an arrangement that provides Quantum Mortgages' intermediaries...

Landbay teams up with WhenFresh

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has embarked upon a new partnership with property data provider, WhenFresh,...

MFS unveils 2 & 3-year BTL fixes

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has re-introduced fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages and also cut all of...

Fleet Mortgages introduces five-year fixes with no completion fees

Fleet Mortgages has unveiled new limited edition, five-year fixed-rate products with zero completion fees...

Paragon Bank joins FIBA’s lender panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that Paragon Bank is the...

Molo Finance reduces BTL stress rates

Molo Finance has announced reductions in its buy-to-let stress rates across its two-year fixed...

Mortgage Brain partners with Leeds Building Society

Mortgage Brain has announced a partnership with Leeds Building Society. This collaboration introduces a fully...

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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

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CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...