Buy-to-let

Landlord purchase business to continue growth trajectory

The buy-to-let market has started 2024 at a fair old lick with plenty of...

Saffron for Intermediaries reduces select Core product rates

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced rate cuts across 12 of its core products, including...

MFS reveals 49 internal promotions in 2023

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed that 49 team members gained promotions in 2023,...

Shawbrook provides £20m BTL portfolio facility

Shawbrook has helped an experienced professional landlord to refinance a large portfolio of 36...

Brightstar partners with LIBF to deliver CPSP

The Brightstar Group is adopting a group-wide strategy to support team members achieve the...

Wales takes top spot for rental yields

Fleet Mortgages has released the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q4...

Mortgages for Business rebrands

Buy-to-let intermediary, Mortgages for Business, is rebranding to Mortgage Finance Brokers. Gavin Richardson...

PMS Mortgage Club adds Molo Finance to panel

PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, has announced the addition of specialist...

Zephyr Homeloans cuts 2 & 5-year fixed rates

Zephyr Homeloans has made reductions across its five-year and two-year fixed rate mortgages. The reductions...

MHBS cuts fixed mortgage rates by 50bps

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has reduced its residential and let fixed rates by...

MT Finance cuts buy-to-let rates

Specialist lender MT Finance has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 100 basis...

Return to office working sees landlords betting on urban flat demand

Shawbrook Bank has reported that landlords are doubling down on urban flats as prospective...

HTB expands BTL product range and reduces rates

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has broadened its specialist buy-to-let and semi-commercial mortgage range and...

All fixed rates reduced by Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has cut rates again on all two, five and seven-year fixes across...

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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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House price rise puts mortgage resilience in sharper focus

Homebuyers should consider how they would meet mortgage payments if illness or injury affected...

Simplify’s trust gives £22,500 to nine local charities

The Simplify Charitable Trust has donated £22,500 to nine charities working in communities across...

Landlords turn to portfolio refinancing to fund expansion

More than three-quarters of landlords are considering refinancing their existing portfolios to fund further...

LiveMore launches mortgage for homes with spray foam insulation

LiveMore has launched a mortgage designed for homeowners whose properties have become difficult to...