Buy-to-let

May rise in net mortgage approvals for house purchases

The Bank of England has reported that net mortgage approvals for house purchases increased...

Landbay provides comparative affordability calculator

Landbay has added to its buy-to-let affordability calculator by introducing a compare function. Intermediaries and...

Sharp rise in EPC-related product searches

UK homeowners are increasingly reassessing their mortgage options due to recent interest rate activity. Searches...

HTB ups Special Edition BTL product max loan size to £25m

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has increased the maximum loan size on its Special Edition...

Brokers predict limited company BTL lending rise

49% of mortgage brokers expect the volume of buy-to-let portfolio limited company lending they...

Landbay improves two-year tracker offering

Landbay has cut rates on its two-year tracker buy-to-let mortgages by up to 90...

Virgin Money announces fixed rate mortgage rises

Virgin Money has announced further changes to its mortgage rates. The changes will take place...

Family BS unveils new fixed rate range

Family Building Society has unveiled a new range of fixed rate mortgage products following...

Legal & General Mortgage Club adds Loughborough BS to panel

Directly Authorised advisers looking to place business with Loughborough Building Society via Legal &...

Mansfield BS relaunches limited company BTL

Mansfield Building Society has launched two new buy-to-let products up to 75% LTV, including...

Clydesdale unveils repriced mortgages

Clydesdale Bank has announced the launch of new mortgage products. The details are as follows: Exclusives: ...

Two-year fixes becoming more popular with landlords

Landbay has revealed that fixed rates are still the most popular option for buy-to-let...

Fleet Mortgages provides cashback incentive for EPC improvements

Fleet Mortgages has introduced a new, limited edition product feature which will reward landlord...

Foundation Home Loans unveils new owner-occupied and BTL ‘Special’ deals

Foundation Home Loans has added new Special products to both its owner-occupied and buy-to-let...

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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...