Buy-to-let

Suffolk BS doubles its mortgage offer validity period

Suffolk Building Society has extended its offer validity period from three to six months...

Over four-fifths of landlords plan to raise rents

A significant majority of buy-to-let landlords have said that they plan to raise rents...

Leeds BS cuts mortgage rates

Leeds Building Society has introduced reductions to selected fixed rate products. Selected residential rates will...

Paragon unveils six new five-year fixes

Paragon Bank has cut rates on its core range of buy-to-let mortgages, taking 15bps...

Aria Finance reports record month in June

Specialist finance broker Aria Finance achieved a record month of completions in June. The firm...

Yearly rental yields up in all regions of England & Wales

Fleet Mortgages has published the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q2...

LendInvest Mortgages unveils new lower BTL rates from 4.99%

LendInvest Mortgages has announced the launch of new, lower buy-to-let rates. Following its June rate...

Election 2024: understanding each party’s housing policies

It’s very hard to view anything at the moment without looking at it via...

West One joins Quilter mortgage panel

West One Loans’ residential and buy-to-let products have been added to Quilter’s panel. This means...

LendInvest Mortgages introduces no-signature applications

LendInvest Mortgages has removed the need for signed application declarations across its range of...

Chetwood Financial appoints group distribution director

Roger Morris has been appointed as Chetwood Financial’s group distribution director. Morris (pictured) has spent...

Foundation brands unveil product changes

Buy to Let by Foundation the buy-to-let brand of Foundation Home Loans, has announced...

Loughborough BS launches affordability calculators for brokers

Loughborough Building Society has introduced a series of intermediary-focused affordability calculators. The Society has teamed...

Suffolk BS unveils new 95% LTV shared ownership deal

Suffolk Building Society has launched a new shared ownership 95% LTV five-year fixed mortgage...

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Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

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Private rental sector ‘losing 562 properties a day’

The private rental sector is losing properties at its fastest rate since records began...

CHL Mortgages launches limited edition buy-to-let range and eases criteria

CHL Mortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range alongside a series of criteria...

ModaMortgages launches fee-free limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition range of two-year and five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let products...

Conveyancer decline adds to capacity pressure as exchange times lengthen

The number of solicitors working in residential conveyancing has continued to fall as separate...