Buy-to-let

What does 2023 have in store for the buy-to-let market?

With the fresh new year, thoughts of course turn to planning for what might...

Proportion of owner-occupiers in England is declining

Leeds Building Society has analysed some key national, regional, and local owner occupation figures...

December mortgage searches down on previous month

Twenty7tec has issued its findings based on its mortgage platform data for December 2022. In...

Foundation Home Loans appoints regional account manager

Foundation Home Loans has announced the appointment of Sarah Hartwell as a regional account...

Majority of renters want properties with EPCs of A-C

58% of private renters would be less likely to look at a rental property...

Landbay reissues special Edition BTL range

Landbay is re-releasing a Special Edition five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage range offering a...

Louisa Sedgwick leaves HTB

Louisa Sedgwick has left Hampshire Trust Bank following a strategic review. Sedgwick (pictured) was formerly...

SmartrFit data show activity levels fuelled by foreign buyers

As UK lenders return to the market, data from Legal & General’s SmartrFit platform...

Family Building Society unveils new five-year fixed rate mortgages

Family Building Society has launched new fixed rate mortgages and replaced the majority of...

Lendlord unveils integrated auction tool

Lendlord, the platform for property investors, has collaborated with Network Auctions to launch an...

Interest rate uncertainty and cost of living crisis biggest broker concerns

New research from Crystal Specialist Finance has revealed how mortgage brokers view the market...

Landlord limited company adoption revealed

75% of landlords operating in the UK have now used a limited company to...

Skipton unveils new BTL and residential fixed rates

Skipton Building Society has launched a new range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage products. The...

Hodge cuts selected specialist rates

Hodge has announced reduced rates across its holiday let, 50+ and recently launched Professional...

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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...