Buy-to-let

Virgin Money to cut exclusive rates

Virgin Money is reducing the rates on selected remortgage and purchase exclusives on Tuesday...

West One cuts limited edition fixed rates

West One Loans has reduced rates by up to 100 basis points across its...

A quarter of landlords look for higher-rated EPC properties

Research from Paragon Bank has found that proposed tougher energy efficiency requirements for rental...

Coventry for intermediaries reduces selected rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced two and five-year fixed rates, for residential and buy-to-let...

Brokers become less pessimistic moving into H2

New research from Crystal Specialist Finance has revealed how mortgage brokers viewed the market...

Foundation Home Loans cuts rates by up to 85bps

Foundation Home Loans has announced rate reductions of up to 0.85 percentage points on...

Clydesdale Bank unveils new products and cuts fees

Clydesdale Bank has launched a series of new mortgage products. The lender has also announced...

76% of landlords have raised rents over past year

18% of 10 buy-to-let landlords said they would not raise rents for their tenants...

Many renters putting off their buying plans

With raising rates and high inflation dominating the headlines over the past year, many...

MBE reveals London speakers and seminar programme

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced that Rob Elder from the Bank of England...

Keystone Property Finance reduces rates by up to 65bps

Keystone Property Finance, the specialist buy-to-let lender, has reduced rates across its complete range...

InterBay appoints specialist finance account manager

OSB Group has promoted Charlotte Parker to specialist finance account manager (SFAM) for the...

E.surv and Foundation Home Loans agree new valuations deal

E.surv has announced a new valuation services agreement with Paratus AMC (trading as Foundation...

Landbay reduces fixed rate pricing

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has restricted pricing across its fixed rate product range with...

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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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Santander backs Octopus Zero Bills homes with affordability mortgage

Santander has launched a mortgage that could allow buyers of eligible Octopus Zero Bills...

Affordability rule changes drive borrowers towards new lenders

Mortgage advisers are increasingly using modified affordability assessments to move borrowers to new lenders...

Yorkshire Building Society lending rises as impairment charge weighs on profit

Yorkshire Building Society increased mortgage lending in the first half of 2026, although a...

Zoopla signs Manchester Super Giants shirt deal

Zoopla has become the first official front-of-shirt partner of Manchester Super Giants for the...