Buy-to-let

Keystone Property Finance cuts two-year fixed rates

Keystone Property Finance is now offering sub-5% products once more after reducing both its...

MFS joins PMS lender panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has joined PMS Mortgage Club's lending panel. This means PMS Mortgage...

Tembo’s platform combines multiple income sources to calculate affordability

Digital mortgage broker, Tembo, has launched its new buy-to-let mortgage journey. Its online tool aggregates...

Landbay cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 20bps

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has made over 80 changes to its product range, with rates...

Scottish rents continue to rise

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by...

Majority of landlords are increasing rents

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has found that a significant proportion of landlords are...

Molo joins Finova panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has announced its partnership with digital mortgage lender Molo,...

Newcastle Intermediaries adds five-year BTL deals to range

Newcastle Intermediaries has unveiled a range of five-year, 80% LTV buy-to-let products. Following recent...

13,000+ solar panels installed during record warm September

Over 13,000 solar panels were installed on UK homes during the joint-warmest September on...

Leeds BS improves buy-to-let rates

Leeds Building Society has instituted rate reductions across its buy-to-let mortgage range. Following rate cuts...

Three in 10 landlords looking to expand portfolios

32% of buy-to-let landlords plan to buy property in the next 12 months, according...

Molo Finance unveils non-resident buy-to-let offering

Molo Finance has launch non-resident buy-to-let mortgages, presenting investment opportunities for international borrowers from...

HTB cuts five-year BTL fixed rates by up to 60bps

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has reduced rates within its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range, offering...

Mercantile Trust launches one and five-year specialist BTL fixes

Mercantile Trust has introduced a one-year fixed rate and five-year fixed with no ERC,...

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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...