Buy-to-let

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...

Paragon Bank launches refurb-to-let offering

Paragon Bank has launched a new refurb-to-let proposition for landlords seeking funds to upgrade...

Gatehouse Bank brings back top slicing for UK residents

Gatehouse Bank has reintroduced top slicing for UK residents purchasing a buy-to-let property. Top slicing,...

Rise in broker satisfaction with lenders across all sectors

Smart Money People has published its H1 2024 Mortgage Lender Benchmark covering mortgage broker...

Slight easing in pressure on household finances

Data analysed from millions of Barclays current accounts has revealed that spending on rent...

Keystone Property Finance hires new Midlands BDM

Keystone Property Finance has hired Sabiha Moghal as its new business development manager (BDM)...

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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...