Buy-to-let

Landlords expect reintroduction of minimum EPC level

The latest Q4 2023 BVA BDRC Landlord Panel research report has continued to show...

LendInvest adds buy-to-let business into new mortgages portal

LendInvest Mortgages has launched a redesigned and updated Mortgages Portal which now includes LendInvest’s...

Castle Trust Bank unveils new Bridge the Gap deal

Castle Trust Bank has introduced a new ‘Bridge the Gap’ product to offer a...

Quantum Mortgages in conveyancing partnership with Movin Legal

Quantum Mortgages has partnered with Movin Legal, an arrangement that provides Quantum Mortgages' intermediaries...

Landbay teams up with WhenFresh

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has embarked upon a new partnership with property data provider, WhenFresh,...

MFS unveils 2 & 3-year BTL fixes

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has re-introduced fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages and also cut all of...

Fleet Mortgages introduces five-year fixes with no completion fees

Fleet Mortgages has unveiled new limited edition, five-year fixed-rate products with zero completion fees...

Paragon Bank joins FIBA’s lender panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that Paragon Bank is the...

Molo Finance reduces BTL stress rates

Molo Finance has announced reductions in its buy-to-let stress rates across its two-year fixed...

Mortgage Brain partners with Leeds Building Society

Mortgage Brain has announced a partnership with Leeds Building Society. This collaboration introduces a fully...

Penrith BS joins TMA Mortgage Club panel

TMA Mortgage Club has added Penrith Building Society to its lending panel. The mutual offers...

Shawbrook completes its first limited company remortgage with PEXA

Shawbrook has completed its first limited company remortgage in 28 business days using the...

Kensington adds new options amidst rate reductions

Kensington Mortgages has reduced mortgage rates and introduced new options across both its residential...

Enra Specialist Finance completes fourth securitisation

Enra Specialist Finance has completed its fourth public securitisation, Elstree 4. The transaction comprises...

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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...