Buy-to-let

Castle Trust Bank appoints new BDM

Castle Trust Bank has added to its sales team with the recruitment of Ashley...

Bucks BS unveils BTL product for those with impaired credit

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage product aimed at those with...

New facility boosts Tuscan’s portfolio landlord offering

Tuscan Capital has secured new funding for buy-to-let portfolio landlords looking to secure short-term...

Accord lowers ICR and ICRR for BTL remortgages

Accord Mortgages has improved the interest coverage ratio (ICR) and interest coverage reference rate...

Tenants see pets as key priority

18% of tenants rank permission to keep pets in their top three priorities for...

15% of tenants paying above going rate to secure property

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter, according to the Deposit...

UTB appoints key accounts manager for buy-to-let

UTB Mortgages for Intermediaries has announced the appointment of Stewart Green as buy-to-let key...

Buy-to-let driving growth in green mortgage market

Defaqto has examined how the green mortgage market is growing, incentivising homeowners to make...

Ban on ground rent for new leases to come into force in June

Future homebuyers will see their prospective property bills reduce in just over two months,...

Impact Specialist Finance joins UTB’s BTL packager panel

Impact Specialist Finance has been appointed by United Trust Bank (UTB) to its newly...

Prime London lettings market strengthening post-Covid

Residential buying and investment agency, London Central Portfolio (LCP), has issued its Q1 2022...

Bridging lender withdraws hybrid buy-to-let products

KSEYE's current hybrid buy-to-let product range will be withdrawn at the close of business...

Accord to replace buy-to-let range

Accord Mortgages is making changes to its buy-to-let mortgage offering this week. The current range...

Tenant demand reaches all-time high

Paragon Bank has reported that the strong tenant demand seen during last year has...

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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...