Buy-to-let

Clydesdale Bank unveils rate reductions and new deals

Clydesdale Bank is reducing selected products tomorrow (Thursday 12 October). It is also launching new fixed...

Shawbrook: landlords could bring new life to high streets

19% of landlords are considering diversifying into commercial property, according to recent research from...

Virgin Money offers new remortgage exclusives and cuts BTL fixed rates

Virgin Money has announced changes to selected mortgage products. It has withdrawn the following products: Remortgage...

Redwood Bank unveils cashback offer for green landlords

Redwood Bank is offering a new Green Reward cashback offer to portfolio landlords. The bank...

MHBS cuts fixed rate mortgages

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has reduced fixed rates by up to 0.35 percentage...

Better buy-to-let yields coming from smaller towns and cities serving students

Paragon Bank has revealed that the student market is driving increasing returns on buy-to-let...

UTB restructures buy-to-let product categories

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has simplified and repriced its buy-to-let product...

Family BS unveils new two-year fixes

Family Building Society has launched a new range of two-year fixed rate mortgage products. It...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts fixed rates by up to 45bps

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced the majority of fixed rates. Residential rates have been cut...

Lendlord introduces app for tenants

Lendlord, a platform for property investors and landlords, has launched a Tenants App to...

Fleet Mortgages cuts 2 & 7-year fixed rates

Fleet Mortgages has reduced rates on all two and seven-year fixes across its three...

Foundation Home Loans refreshes Core two-year fixed rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed a selection of two-year fixed rates within its Core...

MFS unveils new lower rate BTL mortgages

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has launched a new range of lower-rate buy-to-let mortgages, including...

Investec cuts residential and BTL tracker rates

Investec Bank has announced changes to its residential and buy-to-let tracker range with rate...

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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...