Buy-to-let

CHL Mortgages joins finova lending panel

CHL Mortgages has been added to the panel of finova Payment and Mortgage Services. This...

Clydesdale Bank unveils new fixed rate residential mortgages

Clydesdale Bank has launched new fixed rate products today. The new products are as follows: New...

Keystone Property Finance moves to 85% LTV for first time

Keystone Property Finance has increased its maximum loan to value (LTV) to 85% for...

Monument unveils digital BTL loan calculator

Monument has launched a digital buy-to-let loan calculator to allow mortgage intermediaries to check...

Large growth predicted in renting of bungalows

Almost one in 10 rented homes in the UK could be a bungalow in...

Quantum Mortgages expands key accounts team

Quantum Mortgages has recruited its third key account manager. Serena Grewal, formally of Santander, is...

Vida makes Midlands sales team appointment

Vida has announced the appointment of Sophie Burton as key account manager for the...

Recognise Bank provides ‘blended rate approach’ to £4.2m refinance

Recognise Bank has provided a £4.2 million-plus refinance package for a portfolio investment client. The...

Politicians shouldn’t be trying to hurt landlords even more

There seems to be a lot of noise around the buy-to-let/private rental sector at...

Limited company strategy mitigates the risks of inflation, say landlords

New industry research by GetGround, the buy-to-let company creation and management platform, shows that...

Virgin Money makes widespread mortgage rate increases

Virgin Money has increased a number of its residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates. Across its...

Bath BS unveils broker calculator powered by SmartrFit

Bath Building Society has launched an affordability calculator for intermediaries. Integrated into the Bath Building...

Zephyr reinstates seven-year fixed mortgages

Zephyr Homeloans has reintroduced a seven-year fixed deal into its mortgage product range. The...

New senior BDM for Central and Mercantile Trust

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust have appointed a new senior business development manager within...

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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...