Buy-to-let

Purchase mortgage searches remain flat

Twenty7tec has published mortgage market statistics for November 2023. It reported that purchase mortgage searches...

Only 7% of landlords plan to sell in 2024

More than a quarter of private landlords in the UK plan to increase the...

Three-quarters of BTL landlords have upped rents in 2023

76% of buy-to-let landlords have increased rent over the past year with the main...

HTB appoints East Anglia BDM

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Mark Newman as a business development manager (BDM)...

Kensington updates residential and BTL rates

Kensington Mortgages has announced a number of rate updates to its buy-to-let and residential...

MFS joins Mortgage Advice Bureau panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has joined Mortgage Advice Bureau’s (MAB) panel of lenders, with...

MPowered Mortgages joins Openwork Partnership lender panel

The Openwork Partnership has announced the addition of MPowered Mortgages to its lender panel. Its...

Key factors for tenant satisfaction revealed

New research from specialist lending bank OSB Group has found that tenants value location,...

Why remortgaging remains a viable capital raising tool

Time is of the essence in the buy-to-let (BTL) market, where the ability to...

Precise Mortgages widens product transfer range

Precise Mortgages has increased its number of product transfer options. The addition of products with...

Leeds BS expands limited company buy-to-let lending

Leeds Building Society has announced further support for brokers and intermediaries who are working...

Don’t underestimate the value of trackers in today’s market

Rate levels, as you might expect, continue to dominate market debate, particularly in the...

Moray Hulme retires from Paragon Bank

Paragon Bank's director of mortgage sales, Moray Hulme, has today retired from the company...

LendInvest completes £410m securitisation

LendInvest BTL Limited has completed the group's fifth and largest securitisation of £410 million...
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Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

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...
Conveyancing

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...
Buy-to-let

Landlords turn to portfolio refinancing to fund expansion

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

LiveMore launches mortgage for homes with spray foam insulation

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