Buy-to-let

Roma Finance joins Mortgage Market Alliance

Roma Finance has become the latest founder member to join the Mortgage Market Alliance...

West One Loans expands BTL division

West One Loans has made a number of senior hires for a range of...

Landlords optimistic about 2021

45% of landlords say they are optimistic about the buy-to-let market in 2021, according...

New Fleet role for Steve Cox

Fleet Mortgages has announced the promotion of Steve Cox to the position of chief...

Shawbrook completes rapid £7.8m BTL deal

Shawbrook Bank has helped a customer with an urgent £7.8m loan to refinance a...

Rental market remains steady

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of tenants experiencing rent increases in November...

Paul Brett to chair FIBA conference panel

Paul Brett, managing director of intermediaries at Landbay, is to be the panel chair...

West One makes first mortgage club appointment

West One’s buy-to-let division has launched its first mortgage club proposition with Dynamo for...

Fleet’s criteria changes include £2m maximum loan size

Fleet Mortgages has made changes to its criteria. The buy-to-let lender has reintroduced a...

Property Master hires digital marketing head

Online buy-to-let mortgage broker, Property Master, has appointed Christopher Brown as its head of...

Ingard expands buy-to-let panel with lender appointment

Ingard has appointed Zephyr Homeloans to its buy-to-let mortgage panel. The network's members can now access...

Sales and rental markets remained resilient during 2020

Across 2020, the number of prospective buyers was the highest it has been over...

Brokers increasing number of furloughed worker searches

Knowledge Bank’s monthly criteria index has revealed that in November 'furloughed workers’ returned to...

Pepper Money latest lender to cut buy-to-let rates

Pepper Money has introduced a selection of rate cuts across its buy-to-let range. The specialist...

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Seven things mortgage lenders can do to help landlords

As a mortgage broker, I receive countless emails from buy-to-let mortgage lenders boasting about their latest products and criteria. However, many of these offerings...

Are you considering all product options for your customers?

Despite the ups and downs of the world’s money markets, today the UK Mortgage market seems to have remained relatively calm. Swap rates continue...

Execution-only or (Consumer) Duty of care? The FCA can’t have it both ways

Thankfully, there has been a growing amount of interest and analysis of the FCA’s most recent Consultation Paper – CP25/11 – and it’s somewhat...

The accessibility gap in mortgage tech — and why it matters now

In an industry built on trust and transparency, mortgage brokers can’t afford to overlook digital accessibility. Yet many mortgage portals remain hard to navigate...

Professionalism, planning and portfolio strategy: the evolution of buy-to-let

I took part in a panel session in London earlier this month with some of my lending peers, and it gave us all the...

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Ex-TML CEO Peter Beaumont appointed chief executive of Ampla Finance

Peter Beaumont (main picture), the former CEO of The Mortgage Lender (TML) and executive...

Mortgage industry unites to raise over £15,000 in MIMHC Walk and Talk 2025

This year’s Walk and Talk, organised by the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC),...

Ex-COO of Equity Release Council joins Equity Release Group

Donna Francis (main picture) has joined the Equity Release Group (ERG) as non-executive director. The...

First-time buyers dominated UK mortgage market in 2024

Nearly seven in ten mortgage customers in 2024 were first-time buyers, according to new...
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