Buy-to-let

Cooling rental growth poses new challenges for buy-to-let sector

Latest data from Hamptons reveals a continued slowdown in rental growth for new lets...

UK mortgage market braces for impact as business creation hits 8-year low

Mortgage intermediaries across the UK are being urged to prepare for tougher times as...

Brokers predict two further base rate cuts this year

Landbay has reported that mortgage brokers are now expecting just two more interest rate...

Barclays cuts rates for existing customers

Barclays is making changes to its EMC (existing mortgage customer) products. All the changes are...

Demystifying the specialist buy-to-let journey

The words complex and specialist are often used in the intermediary market, particularly in...

UTB Mortgages launches portal for BTL product transfers

United Trust Bank Mortgages has introduced a new buy-to-let portal for brokers looking for...

Marsden updates expat criteria

Marsden Building Society has made a series of changes to its expat mortgage criteria,...

Paragon Bank reduces switch and further advance rates

Paragon Bank has lowered rates on its switch and further advance products by up...

Rents continue to rise but rental growth slows

The average UK private rent increased by 8.7% in the 12 months to January...

Hinckley & Rugby unveils visa buy-to-let range

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has introduced a new Visa Buy-to-Let mortgage range, offering...

ModaMortgages now live on Iress

Iress has announced that ModaMortgages is now live on Xplan Mortgage and Trigold. This takes...

Zephyr cuts all two and five-year fixed rates

Zephyr Homeloans is cutting rates on its two and five-year mortgage products. The specialist buy-to-let...

Landbay cuts rates and expands product transfer offering

Landbay has announced mortgage rate reductions of up to 40 basis points (bps) across...

ModaMortgages added to TMA Club’s lending panel

ModaMortgages has been added to TMA Club’s lending panel allowing directly authorised (DA) members...

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FCA’s mortgage rule changes: it’s time to raise the advice bar, not drop it

The FCA’s move to relax some of the rules around mortgage switching and term changes might sound sensible on paper—cutting admin, giving borrowers quicker...

Tom Bill: Unintended consequences

Former Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduced a brick tax in 1784 to pay for the American War of Independence. Manufacturers were charged by...

U.S. Market: lower rates are needed to help unlock the market

When Donald Trump was reelected and took office at the start of this year, we knew it was going to be interesting! The property market...

A home shouldn’t be out of reach for those who keep the UK running

In a housing market that has grown steadily more selective, it is often those who arguably help keep the country running who are quietly...

Richard Pike: A conference of positivity – Global ABS Day three

It’s time for reflection of the last three days here in Barca. To readers, this must seem like a pretty decent gig to be...

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Kuflink reappoints Narwal to spearhead renewed focus on bridging

Bridging lender Kuflink has announced the return of Ranjit Narwal as head of origination,...

Finova adds equity finance provider to lender panel

Finova has added equity finance provider Pauzible to its Payments lender panel, bringing the...

Prime London property market slows in May as buyers and renters show caution

The prime London property market endured a muted May, with sales volumes and lettings...

Arc & Co. and UTB complete bridge in three weeks for overseas client

Arc & Co. has completed a £770,000 bridging loan for a foreign national borrower...