Buy-to-let

MAB partners with Yuno

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has announced a partnership with Yuno. The form claims the new...

Lendco unveils new website

Specialist lender, Lendco, has revamped its website. The new website had been designed to be...

Central Trust unveils Family Let and Let to Buy ranges

Central Trust, the first and second charge mortgage lender, has launched a Family Let...

Bluestone Group to adopt LMS Secure Link

LMS has announced that Bluestone Group is launching with LMS Secure Link. LMS Secure...

Brilliant Solutions becomes new Zephyr Homeloans packager partner

Zephyr Homeloans has appointed Brilliant Solutions, the buy-to-let mortgage club for brokers, as a...

Quantum Mortgages adds TFC Homeloans to packager panel

Specialist buy-to-let lender, Quantum Mortgages, is expanding its distribution with addition of TFC Homeloans...

Why brokers value flexible buy-to-let lenders

Despite the many challenges landlords face, the truth is that the rental market remains...

FIBA and ASTL confirm education framework

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) and Association of Short Term Mortgage Lenders...

Paragon outlines disparity in EPC upgrade costs

Paragon Bank has found that there is a gulf in the amount that landlords...

Foundation Home Loans unveils new buy-to-let limited edition deal

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new buy-to-let limited edition product. Available as part...

L&G adds 10 lenders to SmartrFit tool

Legal & General has announced the integration of 10 lenders to its mortgage research...

Landbay unveils 10-year fixed rate mortgage

Landbay has launched its first 10-year fixed rate mortgage range. The buy-to-let lender is introducing...

Mortgage Brain relaunches lender service report

Mortgage Brain has relaunched its Lender Service Report, enabling mortgage advisers a single view...

MFS added to MBT Affordability platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has added MFS to its MBT Affordability research platform. MBT Affordability...

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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...