Buy-to-let

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...

Fleet Mortgages reduces select tracker and fixed rates

Fleet Mortgages has reduced rates on selected Tracker and Green Tracker products, as well...

Foundation Home Loans reduces Special rates

Foundation Home Loans has launched new Special rates across both its buy-to-let and owner-occupied...

Renewed landlord confidence in five-year fixes

Landbay’s latest landlord survey has indicated that remortgaging landlords have a restored confidence in...

CHL Mortgages expands range with rates from 3.65%

CHL Mortgages has expanded its product proposition and has organised it into two distinct...

Buckinghamshire BS unveils 5-year fixed expat BTL deal

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new fixed rate mortgage product for expatriate buy-to-let...

Molo Finance cuts buy-to-let rates

Molo Finance has announced an up to 80bps reduction in pricing across its fixed-rate...

ModaMortgages appoints head of sales and BDMs

ModaMortgages has announced that Scott Phillips has been appointed as its new head of...

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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...

Latest news

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...