Buy-to-let

HTB unveils new and expanded BTL criteria

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has expanded its specialist buy-to-let criteria to support first-time landlords...

Finding a rental property becoming tougher

A survey from the Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has found that half of all...

CHL Mortgages cuts all buy-to-let rates

CHL Mortgages is reducing rates by 0.21% across its entire buy-to-let range. The refreshed range...

CHL acquired by ModaMortgages’ parent

Chetwood Financial, the business behind soon-to-launch ModaMortgages, has completed the acquisition of the buy-to-let...

Landbay expands like-for-like remortgage range

Landbay has bolstered its like-for-like remortgage range with a series of new two-year products,...

Zephyr cuts two and five-year fixed rate pricing

Zephyr Homeloans has announced a 16 basis points (bps) reduction across its two-year fixed...

Fleet Mortgages introduces new 65% LTV limited company deals

Fleet Mortgages has launched new limited company 65% loan to value (LTV) products and...

Property sale is largest single reason for tenant vacation

Half of tenants vacating a property last year had to do so because their...

Former Paragon MD becomes NED at UTB

Richard Doe, former CEO of Harpenden Building Society and a former managing director at...

LendInvest reintroduces holiday let products

LendInvest Mortgages has updated its buy-to-let proposition by lowering rates and increasing maximum loan...

Virgin Money unveils new BTL exclusives and cuts PT rates

Virgin Money has launched new buy-to-let exclusives. It has also reduced the rates on select...

Buckinghamshire BS adds new residential and buy-to-let fixes

Buckinghamshire Building Society has revised its prime residential and buy-to-let product ranges through the...

Kensington cuts BTL and residential rates

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its residential and buy-to-let products. The specialist lender has...

Landbay cuts like-for-like remortgage stress testing requirements

Landbay has made changes to its like-for-like remortgage range with new lower stress testing,...

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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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Bridging Soup launches major market research initiative

Bridging Soup has launched a new research initiative to build a clearer picture of...

Just one in seven homes records five years of growth

Fewer than one in seven UK homes increased in value during every year of...

Word On The Street arranges £108m of property finance in record year

Word On The Street arranged more than £108 million of property finance across 239...

Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

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