Buy-to-let

Paragon cuts buy-to-let two-year fixed rates by 45bps

Paragon Bank has cut its core two-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages by 45bps, with...

Virgin Money introduces new remortgage exclusive products

Virgin Money has announced its introduction of new mortgage products. They will be available from...

HTB extends DIP validity to 90 days

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) is extending its Decision in Principle (DIP) from 30 to...

MT Finance joins SimplyBiz Mortgages lender panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the appointment of specialist lender MT Finance to its lender...

Paragon Bank unveils limited-edition five-year fixes

Paragon Bank has added to its range of buy-to-let mortgages for portfolio landlords, launching...

Quantum Mortgages reveals rate reductions of up to 110bps

Quantum Mortgages has announced rate cuts across its entire two, five and seven-year fixed...

CHL Mortgages cuts five-year fixed rates

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its whole five-year fixed range with rates now...

Keystone Property Finance cuts fixed rates by up to 25bps

Keystone Property Finance has lowered all of its Classic two-year fixed rates by 25...

Fleet Mortgages unveils new two-year fixes up to 75% LTV

Fleet Mortgages has launched a range of two-year fixed-rate mortgages in its three core...

MHBS cuts fixed mortgage rates

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has reduced its fixed rate deals by up to...

Shawbrook adds new fixes and updates ERCs

Shawbrook has unveiled two new mortgage products for its buy-to-let, commercial and semi-commercial ranges. The...

Bluestone Mortgages exits buy-to-let market

Bluestone Mortgages is to focus on the owner-occupied mortgage market and has decided to...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts all residential fixes and expands product range

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced all residential fixed rates by up to 63bps and...

Clydesdale Bank introduces new 60% LTV buy-to-let fixes

Clydesdale Bank is launching new buy-to-let fixed rates on Thursday 3 August. It is also making...

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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...