Buy-to-let

Landbay expands distribution with network deal

Landbay has joined the panel of the Richdale Brokers & Financial Services network. Richdale is...

Paragon unveils discounted SVR deal

Paragon Bank has introduced a limited-edition Discounted Standard Variable Rate (SVR) product to its...

Cynergy Bank launches EPC C+ term loan

Cynergy Bank has launched a new product to help residential landlords make energy efficiency...

IMLA report calls for support for private landlords

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has published its latest research report, looking at...

Mercantile Trust offers free EPC guide amid lack of awareness over new rules

Mercantile Trust has published research which indicates a lack of awareness among brokers and...

Virgin Money becomes latest lender to raise fixed rate mortgage pricing

Virgin Money is increasing the pricing of a number of its mortgage products at...

Keystone Property Finance reduces rates and fees

Keystone Property Finance has revised its buy-to-let range with a number of rate and...

Landbay unveils 2-year fixed ‘like-for-like’ remortgage range

Landbay has introduced a suite of two-year fixed rate like-for-like remortgage products with a...

Only one in 10 landlords currently intending to expand portfolios

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has conducted research which found that the majority property...

CHL Mortgages reintroduces five-year fixes

CHL Mortgages has added a range of five-year fixed rate products to its product...

Foundation Home Loans introduces new rates and fees

Foundation Home Loans has added three new Limited Edition products to its core buy-to-let...

The Mortgage Lender relaunches residential and buy-to-let ranges

The Mortgage Lender has relaunched its residential and buy-to-let product ranges. Residential products include the...

Virgin Money ups mortgage rates

Virgin Money has made changes to its mortgage variable revert rates, following the announcement...

Crazy not to have an integrated housing policy, says Family BS

A new report has starkly outlined the failure to create an integrated housing policy...

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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...