Buy-to-let

“Slow but steady” improvement in personal financial resilience

LV='s latest Wealth and Wellbeing Research Programme has highlighted how the personal finances of...

Mansfield BS to lend on 10-storey flats

Mansfield Building Society has extended the range of property types on its owner-occupied residential...

Precise revamps buy-to-let offering

Precise has made a number of changes across its buy-to-let product range, including reduced...

Virgin Money changes Fix and Switch rates

Virgin Money is making some changes to a series of mortgage products tonight (Thursday...

Landlords with HMOs remain confident about market

Half of landlords with Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) say they use their property...

HTB completes complex £1.2m deal in 15 days

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) recently worked with the Buy to Let Broker to complete...

72% of moving tenants will pay higher rents

A large proportion of tenants who have recently moved are cutting back on spending...

Suffolk BS cuts expat holiday let & BTL rates

Suffolk Building Society has announced rate cuts on its expat holiday let and expat...

Dudley BS cuts mortgage retention rates

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its mortgage retention range by up to...

Landbay lowers two and five-year fixed rates

Landbay has reduced rates across the majority of its two-year and five-year fixed rate...

CHL Mortgages refreshes buy-to-let rates

CHL Mortgages has revised its buy-to-let range, including reducing rates across its two-year fixed...

MFS widens title insurance coverage to £3m

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) is opening up the use of title insurance across its...

Buckinghamshire BS launches adverse credit BTL deal

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new non-standard credit buy-to-let mortgage. The Buy-to-Let Non Standard...

Solutions by Foundation unveils new ‘HMO Plus’ range

Solutions by Foundation has launched a new set of products called ‘HMO Plus’ for...

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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,...

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Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

Beverley Building Society has introduced a tiered approach to assessing income from self-invested personal...

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...