Buy-to-let

HMOs becoming more central to landlord strategies

Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business,...

Suffolk BS cuts rates on selected products

Suffolk Building Society has cut the rate on its 90% LTV residential three-year fixed...

All regions – bar one – see annual rental yield rises

Fleet Mortgages has published the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q1...

Paradigm adds MFS to panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of specialist lender, Market Financial Solutions (MFS) to its...

Paragon reveals top 10 portfolio BTL locations

Paragon Bank analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for...

The DPS to host free landlord webinars on disputes

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has created a series of free online webinars to...

Beneficial Network adds Molo Finance to panel

Mortgage and protection network, Beneficial, has added Molo Finance to its lender panel. The move...

West One Loans expands BTL credit appetite

West One Loans has extended its buy-to-let range with new options for landlords who...

Suffolk BS adds new 125% ICR tier

Suffolk Building Society has introduced a new tiered approach to its Interest Cover Ratio...

Paragon Bank announces sales team restructuring

Paragon Bank has announced a restructuring of its sales team with immediate effect. Regional sales...

Mortgage searches down month-on-month

Twenty7tec has published its mortgage market statistics for March 2024. Purchase mortgage searches were down...

One-quarter of landlords taking energy efficiency seriously

25% of landlords are prioritising energy efficiency when it comes to adding a property...

LendInvest Mortgages cuts rates and helps first-time landlords

LendInvest Mortgages has unveiled a limited edition Easter incentive for its buy-to-let landlord customers...

Foundation Home Loans expands Key Partners panel

Foundation Home Loans has added network, Fiducia Commercial Network, to its Key Partners distribution...

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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...