Buy-to-let

MFS and Arc & Co. complete £2m BTL mortgage

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) and Arc & Co. have worked together to deliver a...

LendInvest partners with Smoove

LendInvest has announced a new buy-to-let legal panel in partnership with conveyancing panel manager...

Fleet Mortgages expands two regional centres

Fleet Mortgages has announced the expansion of its offices in two locations across the...

Tie up your landlords’ remortgage needs now

As I write, we are quickly approaching that ‘new school year’ period which often...

Impact Specialist Finance launches BTL range via MT Finance

Impact Specialist Finance has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage range via MT Finance. This range...

Coventry for intermediaries expands new business range

Coventry for intermediaries has bolstered its new business range with the launch of first...

Assetz Capital expands sales team

Specialist marketplace lender Assetz Capital has expanded its team with the appointment of relationship...

Edinburgh most expensive city for students

Edinburgh is now the most expensive place in the UK for students to live,...

Hampshire Trust Bank bolsters holiday let mortgage proposition

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has improved its holiday let offering. The specialist lender has increased...

Shawbrook provides portfolio landlord with £11m refinance

Shawbrook has used its bespoke lending approach to support a portfolio landlord with an...

MFS secures £125m in increased funding

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has secured £125 million of funding from an investment bank...

Recognise Bank funds £2.6m buy-to-let deal

Recognise Bank has agreed a £2.6 million refinance package for Caldew Court, a 35-unit...

Holiday let mortgage enquiries still strong

The holiday let mortgage market is still extremely popular with investors despite the easing...

HMOs moving up the value chain

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) are moving up the value chain as tenants demand...

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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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Buy-to-let returns beat major asset classes over 30 years, Hamptons finds

UK buy-to-let has delivered total returns of 2,130% since the launch of the first...

£5m-plus mortgage numbers rise as wealthy buyers turn to borrowing

The number of residential mortgages worth £5 million or more rose last year as...

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...