Buy-to-let

Landbay introduces policy for miscarriage leave

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has introduced a miscarriage leave policy for women who lose their...

Buy-to-let stock value up by £239bn

Research from Octane Capital has found that the UK’s buy-to-let sector has grown substantially...

Suffolk BS moves into expat holiday let market

Suffolk Building Society has launched a new standalone expat holiday let product, to bolster...

Mercantile Trust revamps buy-to-let criteria

Mercantile Trust has made a series of changes across its buy-to-let proposition. Lending criteria now...

Pepper Money cuts over 100 fixed rate mortgages

Pepper Money has reduced rates on more than 100 fixed rate mortgages and launched...

Castle Trust Bank appoints director of proposition & strategy

Castle Trust Bank has appointed Anna Lewis to the newly created role of director of...

Hodge ups holiday let rental yield LTV criteria

Hodge will now accept 30 weeks' occupancy as a rental yield projection for its...

OMS partners with L&G’s SmartrFit

One Mortgage System (OMS has partnered with Legal & General’s SmartrFit affordability calculator tool. OMS...

No call for BTL doom and gloom

How has 2022 begun for you? There, of course, is always a sense of...

Paragon adds five remortgage deals for portfolio landlords

Paragon Bank has added five remortgage products to its range of buy-to-let mortgages. The loans...

Enra completes second Elstree securitisation

Enra Specialist Finance has completed its second public securitisation, backed by a portfolio of...

Broker searches for first-time buyers up by 64% last year

Legal & General has revealed the top search trends that have driven activity in...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts selected buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range, including its five-year-fixed...

Landlords favouring semi-detached purchases over terraces

Paragon Bank has reported that semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred...

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Seven things mortgage lenders can do to help landlords

As a mortgage broker, I receive countless emails from buy-to-let mortgage lenders boasting about their latest products and criteria. However, many of these offerings...

Are you considering all product options for your customers?

Despite the ups and downs of the world’s money markets, today the UK Mortgage market seems to have remained relatively calm. Swap rates continue...

Execution-only or (Consumer) Duty of care? The FCA can’t have it both ways

Thankfully, there has been a growing amount of interest and analysis of the FCA’s most recent Consultation Paper – CP25/11 – and it’s somewhat...

The accessibility gap in mortgage tech — and why it matters now

In an industry built on trust and transparency, mortgage brokers can’t afford to overlook digital accessibility. Yet many mortgage portals remain hard to navigate...

Professionalism, planning and portfolio strategy: the evolution of buy-to-let

I took part in a panel session in London earlier this month with some of my lending peers, and it gave us all the...

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Clydesdale Bank cuts large loan threshold for direct underwriter access

Clydesdale Bank has announced a significant change to its large loan proposition, reducing the...

OMS deepens integration with Nationwide

One Mortgage System (OMS) has expanded its integration with Nationwide Building Society following the...

Developer uses Aspen to unlock new North London opportunities

An experienced North London developer has turned once more to Aspen Bridging to support...

Pepper Money introduces HMO mortgage range

Specialist lender Pepper Money has unveiled a new mortgage product for houses in multiple...
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