Buy-to-let

First-time landlords are not a dying breed

The ongoing debate about the private rental sector (PRS) having anywhere near adequate supply...

EPC rules will put the rental sector to the test

As I write, speculation is mounting that the Government is on the verge of...

Virgin Money reduces select residential and BTL rates

Virgin Money is making changes to its residential and buy-to-let range tomorrow (Friday 31...

HTB partners with Finova Payment and Mortgage Services

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has partnered with specialist lender Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB). HTB...

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...

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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...