Buy-to-let

CHL Mortgages launches limited edition BTL range

CHL Mortgages has unveiled a limited edition range of two and five-year fixed rate...

Cost of renting in retirement is £390k

Those people who think they will rent throughout their retirement could need an additional...

LendInvest Mortgages speeds up bridge-to-let process

LendInvest Mortgages has announced the launch of a new bridge-to-let process. This streamlined service is...

London Credit unveils hybrid buy-to-let product

London Credit is introducing a new buy-to-let product with the aim of helping property...

RAW Capital Partners lowers variable and introductory fixed rates

RAW Capital Partners (RAW) has cuts the rates on its two most popular products...

Fleet adds new five-year deals at 75% LTV

Fleet Mortgages has made a selection of rate cuts and also launched two new...

Molo Finance cuts BTL fixed rates

Molo Finance has announced further reductions across its UK resident buy-to-let fixed-rate products. Its buy-to-let...

Mansfield BS improves expat BTL criteria

Mansfield Building Society has updated the criteria on its expat buy-to-let proposition by reducing...

Landlord confidence rebounds

A survey has found that fewer landlords are feeling negative about the prospects of...

“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...

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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...

Latest news

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...