Buy-to-let

Rent rises hitting moving and non-moving tenants alike

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has revealed that 23% of the more than 2,000...

MT Finance expands buy-to-let availability to all brokers

MT Finance has now extended availability of its buy-to-let product across the market, having...

Foundation Home Loans unveils new owner-occupied products

Foundation Home Loans has announced a refresh of its core buy-to-let and owner-occupied product...

Darlington Intermediaries joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm has added Darlington Intermediaries to its lender panel. From today, Paradigm member firms will...

Landbay reduces two-year fixed rates

Landbay has cut rates across its two-year fixed product range by 10 and 14...

The Budget did affect your landlord clients

Now that we’ve had some time to assess the Budget and all its ramifications...

West One launches new 5-year fixed rate B2L products

West One Loans has launched a new range of five-year fixed rate products with...

Fleet reduces two and five-year fixed rates

Fleet Mortgages has reduced product rates across its entire range of two-year and five-year...

Landlords upgrading property standards for capital and rental value gain

Paragon Bank has reported that acquisitive landlords have helped drive an improvement in standards...

Webinar to discuss ‘the new normal’ in BTL rental market

Zephyr Homeloans is this week holding a webinar for brokers on current buy-to-let and...

New products and rate cuts from Virgin Money

Virgin Money is making changes to a number of mortgage products on Tuesday 21...

MT Finance appoints managing director

MT Finance has announced the promotion of Gareth Lewis from commercial director to managing...

MFS joins The Money Group panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has joined The Money Group’s (TMG) panel of lenders. The...

Coventry for Intermediaries lowers BTL stress rate

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced its buy-to-let stress rate. The changes affect those looking to...

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The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

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...

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Mortgage broker revenue rises as adviser numbers fall

Reported revenue from mortgage broking increased by 15.9% to £1.6bn during 2025 despite a...

Self-employed borrowers face narrower lender choice

Self-employed mortgage applicants have access to more than a third fewer eligible lenders than...

Landlords target growth despite rising costs

More than eight in 10 professional property investors plan to expand their portfolios during...

Home insurance defies wider fall in customer satisfaction

Home insurance has bucked a wider decline in customer sentiment towards UK insurers, according...