Buy-to-let

Hodge improves 50+, RIO and holiday let criteria

Hodge has made major changes to its 50+, Retirement Interest Only (RIO) and Holiday...

Shawbrook competes BTL deal in 37 hours

Shawbrook has completed a buy-to-let remortgage for a new customer in 37 working hours. The...

Interest in new-build homes continues to dwindle

E.surv’s latest Property Watch report has concluded that the UK housing market has shown...

Molo Finance introduces expat buy-to-let mortgage offering

Molo Finance has announced the launch of expat buy-to-let mortgages for British nationals residing...

Suffolk BS reduces expat mortgage rates

Suffolk Building Society is cutting its expat residential mortgages by up to 55 basis...

Aspen Bridging reaches lending milestone

Aspen Bridging has achieved £500m in total lending from when the business was founded...

Landlords still investing for the long term

OSB Group has found that that landlords are taking action and continuing to invest...

Landbay adds new zero-fee products to buy-to-let range

Landbay has expanded its product range with the introduction of two new five-year fixed-rate...

Suffolk BS criteria changes include more acceptable currencies

Suffolk Building Society has made three changes to its lending criteria to provide greater...

Paragon launches limited edition five-year fixes

Paragon Bank has added six limited edition five-year fixed rate products to its range...

Hodge cuts holiday let rates and improves criteria

Hodge is making improvements to its holiday buy-to-let mortgage criteria. It is also reducing rates...

Paragon offers its lowest rate for 18 months

Paragon Bank is offering new deals on its two-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages, including its...

Fleet mortgages unveils rebrand

Fleet Mortgages has revealed a complete rebrand for the business, which it believes reflects...

Foundation Home Loans partners with NACFB

Foundation Home Loans has become a patron of the National Association of Commercial Finance...

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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...