Buy-to-let

Belmont Green issues first securitisation deal of the year

Belmont Green, which trades as Vida Homeloans, has issued its first residential mortgage-backed security...

Foundation Home Loans cuts BTL and owner-occupied special rates

Foundation Home Loans has reduced rates on both its buy-to-let and Owner-Occupied Specials. The Buy-to-Let...

Investec reduces rates by up to 54bps

Investec Bank has announced changes to its complete range of fixed rates for residential...

CHL Mortgages cuts CHL 2 rates

CHL Mortgages has lowered rates by up to 0.78% on its CHL 2 product...

Keystone Property Finance improves broker portal

Keystone Property Finance has made changes to its broker portal to make it easier...

West One Loans eases BTL stress test requirements

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has cut rates by up to 70 basis points...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts all fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced all fixed rates, with lowered options available for new...

Landbay revamps five-year fixed rate product range

Landbay has announced a major rate reduction across its entire standard five-year fixed rate...

Paragon makes criteria changes and rate reductions

Paragon Bank has reduced rates on five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages by up to 70bps,...

Chetwood Financial appoints COO

Chetwood Financial has announced Julian Hynd as its new chief operating officer (COO). Hynd...

Brokers more optimistic about year ahead than 12 months ago

Crystal Specialist Finance has surveyed over 10,000 brokers for the second year running and...

MFS cuts residential bridging and BTL rates

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has cut rates across its residential bridging and buy-to-let mortgage...

Foundation Home Loans unveils limited edition 5-year BTL fix

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new limited edition five-year fixed rate buy-to-let product. ...

Clydesdale Bank cuts pricing on select BTL and residential products

Clydesdale Bank is to reduce the pricing on selected mortgage products on Friday 5...

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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...

Latest news

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...