Buy-to-let

Suffolk BS moves into expat holiday let market

Suffolk Building Society has launched a new standalone expat holiday let product, to bolster...

Mercantile Trust revamps buy-to-let criteria

Mercantile Trust has made a series of changes across its buy-to-let proposition. Lending criteria now...

Pepper Money cuts over 100 fixed rate mortgages

Pepper Money has reduced rates on more than 100 fixed rate mortgages and launched...

Castle Trust Bank appoints director of proposition & strategy

Castle Trust Bank has appointed Anna Lewis to the newly created role of director of...

Hodge ups holiday let rental yield LTV criteria

Hodge will now accept 30 weeks' occupancy as a rental yield projection for its...

OMS partners with L&G’s SmartrFit

One Mortgage System (OMS has partnered with Legal & General’s SmartrFit affordability calculator tool. OMS...

No call for BTL doom and gloom

How has 2022 begun for you? There, of course, is always a sense of...

Paragon adds five remortgage deals for portfolio landlords

Paragon Bank has added five remortgage products to its range of buy-to-let mortgages. The loans...

Enra completes second Elstree securitisation

Enra Specialist Finance has completed its second public securitisation, backed by a portfolio of...

Broker searches for first-time buyers up by 64% last year

Legal & General has revealed the top search trends that have driven activity in...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts selected buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range, including its five-year-fixed...

Landlords favouring semi-detached purchases over terraces

Paragon Bank has reported that semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred...

Lender prices first 2022 securitisation

Belmont Green Finance, trading as Vida Homeloans, has issued the first European RMBS (Residential...

Untied and Lendlord launch integrated tax filing for landlords

Lendlord has selected personal tax app, untied, to power its tax capability for its...

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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...