Buy-to-let

Advise Wise adds RIO mortgages to sourcing

Advise Wise has introduced Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgages and holiday let plans to...

Landbay reduces pricing on all five-year fixed rates

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has cut rates on all of its five-year fixed rate mortgages...

Coventry for Intermediaries makes further fixed rate cuts 

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced all standard residential two, three and five-year fixed rates...

There are some positives for the PRS

There has been a lot talked about, and written on, the buy-to-let market in...

Precise adds lifetime trackers to limited edition BTL range

Precise Mortgages, part of the OSB Group, has launched new buy-to-let lifetime tracker products,...

Canopy launches renter credit score subscription service

Canopy has launched CanopyGrow, a subscription service designed specifically to help renters grow their credit...

Virgin Money launches new exclusive remortgage deals

Virgin Money has unveiled a selection of new mortgage products today. The changes are as...

BTL loan sizes drop as rates rise

Loan sizes offered to buy-to-let borrowers have plummeted in the last six months. Rising rates...

New mortgage deals from Clydesdale Bank

Clydesdale Bank has made a number of changes to its product range. The changes are...

LRG joins GetGround’s partner network

Leaders Romans Group (LRG), a property services and lettings business, and GetGround, the buy-to-let...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts fixed rates and launches trackers

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced a number of fixed rate residential products. These include two,...

Government should lead an EPC improvement strategy

With the COP27 Conference currently taking place in Egypt at the moment, it seems...

HMRC targeting residential landlords with ‘nudge letters’

HMRC is targeting residential landlords in its latest nudge campaign that it suspects are...

United Trust Bank launches online BTL DIP 

UTB Mortgages for Intermediaries has made its online DIP process available for all its...

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The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Second-steppers take larger mortgages as deposits shrink

Home movers are turning to higher loan-to-value mortgages as rising property prices and smaller...

Property industry urged to help shape smart data rules

Property businesses are being urged to respond to a government call for evidence that...

Northern first-time buyers pay £10k price for delaying purchase

First-time buyers in northern cities risk losing thousands of pounds by postponing a purchase,...

Virgin Money to raise product transfer fixed rates

Virgin Money will increase residential and buy-to-let product transfer fixed rates on Friday, 24...