Buy-to-let

Zephyr Homeloans makes five-year fixed rate cuts

Zephyr Homeloans has announced reductions of 30 basis points (bps) across its five-year fixed-rate...

Why the BTL contraction is damaging to FTBs

The borrowing capacity of UK homeowners has reduced significantly over the last year, as...

42% of UK landlords ignorant about EPC changes

Over two fifths of UK landlords are still unaware of the upcoming changes to...

Clydesdale Bank increases select fixed rates

Clydesdale Bank is making a number of change to its mortgage products at 8pm...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts rates and unveils 50% LTV deals

Coventry for Intermediaries has cut selected residential rates by up to 23bps and launched...

Keystone introduces lower-rate larger loan range with 5% arrangement fee

Keystone Property Finance has launched a new range of lower-rate larger loan products with...

Gender pay gap continues to impact women in housing

The London Assembly is urging the London Mayor, Sadiq Kahn, to carry out a...

Fleet Mortgages reintroduces two-year fixes

Fleet Mortgages has brought back its range of two-year fixed-rate products for landlord borrowers,...

£42bn facilitated through 360 Lifecycle in 2022

Adviser CRM platform, 360 Lifecycle, has revealed that it facilitated over £7 billion in...

Quantum joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has added specialist buy-to-let lender, Quantum...

Q&A: Daniel Yeo, CEO, Specialist Finance Centre

BestAdvice fires the questions at Daniel Yeo, CEO at Specialist Finance Centre BestAdvice (BA): SFC...

Buy-to-let loan sizes recover

Loan sizes offered to buy-to-let borrowers have bounced back following the market contraction last...

West One adds Brilliant Solutions to residential panel

West One Loans has added Brilliant Solutions to its residential intermediary panel. Brilliant Solutions is...

Suffolk BS makes expat and BTL lending improvements

Suffolk Building Society has made a number of product and criteria changes to help...

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AI, mortgages and the human need we can’t ignore

There is lots of talk about technology with cloud-native and artificial intelligence just some of the buzzwords of today’s dinner parties and conferences. There is...

PMI – an advice gap not to be ignored

The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

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FCA moves to simplify UK securitisation regime in joint reform with PRA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Consultation Paper CP26/6, setting out proposed changes...

Chetwood Bank hires Simon Parish as south east business development manager

Chetwood Bank has appointed Simon Parish as business development manager for the South East,...

Finova strengthens leadership team with chief delivery officer appointment

Finova has appointed Anja Schneider as chief delivery officer as the cloud-based mortgage and...

Quantum Mortgages addresses southern coverage with new hire

Quantum Mortgages has appointed Hayley Jones as business development manager for the South as...