Buy-to-let

Paragon appoints new regional sales manager

Paragon Bank has bolstered its buy-to-let mortgage sales team with the appointment of Roger...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries and EY produce broker tax guide

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries and EY have worked together to produce an educational guide...

Equifax and Canopy look to bolster tenant credit scores

Equifax UK is expanding its partnership with rental platform, Canopy, to help tenants to...

Keystone Property Finance overhauls criteria  

Keystone Property Finance has revamped its HMO offering and hiked its maximum loan to...

MFS lowers buy-to-let and bridging rates

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has cuts rates across both its buy-to-let mortgage range and...

Alternative Bridging provides £1.5m loan for BTL investment

Alternative Bridging Corporation has provided a large bridging loan so a client could move...

Molo Finance joins Brilliant Solutions’ panel

'Digital' buy-to-let lender, Molo Finance, has partnered with mortgage distributor, Brilliant Solutions. The arrangement will...

Virgin Money pulls majority of exclusive deals and ups rates

Virgin Money has made a series of changes within its range of fixed rate...

CHL bolsters BDM team with North of England hire

Specialist buy-to-let lender, CHL Mortgages, has added Aidan Walker to its business development manager...

Fleet Mortgages unveils seven-year fixes

Fleet Mortgages has launched seven-year fixed rates in all three of its buy-to-let core...

Foundation Home Loans expands specialist solicitor panel

Foundation Home Loans has launched an expanded panel of solicitors for specialist property cases,...

Mutual moves into holiday let market

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has entered the holiday let lending market. It said it is bringing its...

Skipton improves buy-to-let criteria following broker feedback

Skipton Building Society has updated its lending policy to allow for mortgages on new...

Younger people lead trend of considering holiday let ownership

17% of UK adults have thought about buying a holiday let property during the...

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The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Brilliant racks up a memorable afternoon for charity

Brilliant Solutions was on cue at Rileys as 70 players and several late arrivals...

Rayner rules out rent controls

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has ruled out rent controls in England, providing greater certainty...

Mortgage Brain adds Uinsure home insurance quotes to CRM platform

Mortgage Brain has integrated Uinsure with CRM Brain, allowing brokers to arrange buildings and...

Nationwide and Accord the latest to increase rates

Mortgage borrowers have been urged to review their options after Nationwide and Accord increased...