Buy-to-let

London landlords report surge in demand

Paragon Mortgages has reported that the proportion of landlords operating in Outer London who...

Foundation Home Loans unveils BTL ‘Summer Special’

Foundation Home Loans has launched a ‘Summer Special’ which sees a 40bps rate reduction...

Hampshire Trust Bank appoints Central London BDM

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Becki Fraser-Tucker as business development...

Finova partners with Quantum Mortgages

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has partnered with specialist buy-to-let lender Quantum Mortgages. Quantum Mortgages...

Hampshire Trust Bank increases maximum BTL loan size

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has enhanced its specialist buy-to-let offering, which includes Limited Company,...

New rate rises for Clydesdale Bank

Clydesdale Bank has made changes to a section of its residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Quantum Mortgages adds MAB to panel

Quantum Mortgages has expanded its distribution with the addition of Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB)...

Zephyr Homeloans adds TMG to key partner panel

Zephyr Homeloans has added The Money Group’s (TMG) network to its key partner panel....

Molo looking to relaunch back into UK buy-to-let market

Molo Finance has announced the strategic partnership with Australian mortgage lender, ColCap Financial, to...

Buy-to-let searches remain buoyant in June

June saw a spike in buy-to-let purchase activity, according to new data from Legal...

Precise Mortgages offers support to energy efficient landlords

Precise Mortgages, part of OSB Group, has expanded its refurbishment buy-to-let proposition, to offer...

West One launches buy-to-let discount two-year tracker

West One Loans has introduced a new two-year discounted tracker range for landlords with...

Investec joins Primis lender panel

Primis Mortgage Network has revealed that Investec will be the first private bank to...

Paragon bolsters buy-to-let range

Paragon Bank is expanding its range of buy-to-let mortgages with the addition of two...

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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...