Buy-to-let

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...

Foundation Home Loans unveils new Limited Edition BTL deals

Foundation Home Loans has announced the launch of two new Limited Edition buy-to-let products...

Keystone Property Finance launches new mainstream BTL range

Keystone Property Finance has introduced a brand new range for landlords purchasing or refinancing...

Newcastle BS announces SVR increase

Newcastle Building Society is to increase its mortgage Standard Variable Rate (SVR). Effective from 1st...

Landbay to hold buy-to-let affordability webinar

To help intermediaries understand buy-to-let affordability challenges, Landbay is hosting a webinar which aims...

Monthly cost of owning a home £42 cheaper than renting it

The monthly cost of owning a home for first-time buyers is now £971 -...

Landlords reveal their ‘go to’ energy efficiency upgrades

LED lighting is the most popular and effective way of improving a property’s energy...

Phoebus and Keystone complete mortgage book migration

Phoebus has completed the migration of Keystone Property Finance’s back mortgage book onto the...

Almost half of landlords maintain positive outlook

46% of landlords remain positive about the future prospects of their buy-to-let business and...

Paragon adds four five-year fixes to offering

Paragon Bank has launched four limited edition five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages. Rates start...

OSB Group unveils new charity partner

OSB Group has announced its new charity partner for the next two years. Following...

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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...

Latest news

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...