Buy-to-let

Precise Mortgages lowers assessment and stress rates

Precise Mortgages has simplified the minimum ICR for personal ownership applications and improved how...

The Co-operative Bank rebrands Platform

Platform, the intermediary lender of The Co-operative Bank, has been rebranded to become The...

80% of landlords says they were prepared for EPC proposals

UK landlords say they were in the main prepared for the government’s proposed Energy...

Fleet Mortgages cuts two and five-year fixed rates

Fleet Mortgages has reduced rates on all two and five-year fixes, as well as...

Foundation Home Loans introduced new fixed rates ‘Specials’

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new range of buy-to-let fixed-rate 'Specials' including a...

Landbay cuts two-year fixed rates

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has unveiled rate reductions across its range of two-year fixed...

Molo Finance partners with Propflo for energy efficiency upgrades

Molo Finance has announced its strategic collaboration with Propflo, an AI-driven proptech startup. This partnership...

Paradigm adds Market Harborough BS to panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of Market Harborough Building Society to its lender panel. From...

Keystone cuts rates and adds higher arrangement fee option

Keystone Property Finance reduced cut its rates by up to 10 basis points and...

Nottingham BS unveils raft of mortgage offering improvements

Nottingham Building Society is launching a range of new mortgage products and enhancements. These include...

Vast majority of landlords won’t buy a property below EPC C

71% of landlords say they are unlikely to buy a property which has an...

Landbay reduces Limited Edition five-year rates

Landbay has reduced the rates across its Limited Edition standard five-year fixed rate product...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts rates by up to 29bps

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected rates, with residential rates lowered by up to...

Advisers need to work harder with landlord clients for a brighter future

There are a lot of seemingly conflicting forces at play in the UK housing...

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The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

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Half of solo buyers lack income protection despite adviser input

Nearly half of solo mortgage holders have no income protection in place, even though...

Record surge in buy-to-let companies as landlords pivot

A record 66,587 buy-to-let limited companies were incorporated in 2025 due to more landlords...

House prices pause after strongest January start since 2020

Asking prices for newly listed homes were effectively flat in February, edging down by...

NACFB bolsters broker representation with two board appointments

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers has confirmed the appointment of John Kent...