Buy-to-let

Molo Finance cuts buy-to-let fixed rates

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

New exclusive products from Clydesdale Bank

Clydesdale Bank is launching new products and reducing selected rates on Friday 31 May. The...

Virgin Money unveils new 90% LTV products

Virgin Money is launching new products on Thursday 30 May. It is also increasing rates...

Buy to Let by Foundation cuts Core and Special rates

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

Landlords concerned over possible Labour government

A survey of landlords has found that just over 40% are still undecided on...

The Mortgage Works & Mortgage Brain to hold BTL masterclass

Mortgage Brain has partnered with The Mortgage Works to host a free Buy-to-Let Masterclass. Taking...

Dudley BS cuts rates by up to 0.80%

Dudley Building Society is making rate cuts across its residential, buy-to-let, holiday let, expat,...

Over four in five landlords seeing strong tenant demand

83% of landlords are reporting strong levels of tenant demand, according to Paragon Bank...

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...

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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...