Buy-to-let

Affordability crunch: private renters struggling to save as housing costs soar

A growing divide between renters and homeowners is placing mounting pressure on first-time buyer...

ModaMortgages trims 5-year fixed rates in limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by 5 basis points on selected limited edition five-year fixed...

LendInvest upgrades mortgages portal to improve product transfers

LendInvest has introduced a suite of enhancements to its mortgages portal aimed at simplifying...

One million homes increase in value by 50% since pandemic

More than one million UK homes have increased in value by 50% or more...

Rents cooling but remain high as UK house price growth picks up

Private rents across the UK rose by 6.7% in the year to June 2025,...

Stress test reform ‘revitalising’ buy-to-let market

The buy-to-let mortgage sector is showing clear signs of resurgence following a reform to...

Gatehouse Bank trims rates on buy-to-let plans

Gatehouse Bank has announced reductions of up to 0.20% on its range of fixed-term...

Paragon lowers two-year fixed rates on 75% LTV buy-to-let range

Paragon Bank has announced an 11 basis point cut to its two-year fixed rate...

Quantum Mortgages appoints national account manager

Quantum Mortgages has announced the promotion of Zouhair Mihramane to the role of national...

Zephyr cuts BTL mortgage rates across key fixed products

Zephyr Homeloans has announced further reductions to its buy-to-let mortgage rates, cutting pricing by...

Catalyst Property Finance acquired by Foundation’s sister company

Specialist lender Catalyst Property Finance has been acquired by The FHL Group, the sister...

Housing crisis deepens as supply falls and affordability worsens

The UK housing crisis is worsening, with affordability pressures mounting and housing supply stalling,...

The Coventry cuts rates on limited company buy-to-let range

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced pricing across its limited company buy-to-let mortgage range, with...

A third of landlords warn of disinvestment if rent caps are introduced

A substantial proportion of landlords say they would halt investment in their properties if...

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The nightmare of UK homebuying needs reform

House sellers will be forced to disclose problems with their homes before sale under plans by the Government to cut costs for buyers and...

Goldilocks and the three bear markets

Are you familiar with C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) or you might know it by its nickname 3I/ATLAS? Whatever you want to call it,  it is currently...

Mark Bogard on policy, politics and the future of advice

When Mark Bogard, Chief Executive of Family Building Society, talks about Britain’s housing policy, he is unsparing in his assessment: short-termism, revolving-door ministers and...

Finding efficiency will keep branches as the beating heart of mutual sector

Whether you speak to customers or building societies, they will tell you just how important branches are – even as financial services and wider...

Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

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Stamp duty receipts rise to £9.3bn – but signs of a peak emerge

Homebuyers have paid £9.3 billion in stamp duty between January and August, a 20.6%...

2.5 million homeowners could move if stamp duty scrapped

Around 2.5 million homeowners could be freed to move house if Conservative Party plans...

Roma Finance completes £1.5m four-day auction loan

Roma Finance has completed a £1.5 million bridging loan in four days to fund...

INDUSTRY REACTION: Badenoch pledges to scrap stamp duty in bid to revive homeownership

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to abolish stamp duty on home sales, describing it as...