Buy-to-let

Fleet: quarterly buy-to-let yield returns remain steady

Fleet Mortgages has released the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q1 2022...

Paragon appoints customer retention and partnerships director

Paragon Bank has announced the appointment of Russell Anderson as customer retention and partnerships director...

CHL Mortgages introduces short-term let offering

CHL Mortgages has entered the short-term let marketplace with the launch of a new...

Clydesdale Bank announced BTL and residential rate rises

Clydesdale Bank has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let mortgage range. The changes are...

Broker searches being affected by cost of living crisis

Knowledge Bank has revealed that the cost of living crisis is impacting borrowers as...

MFS joins TBMC’s lender panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has joined the lender panel for The Business Mortgage Company...

Over 10m adults thinking of holiday let ownership 

17% of adults in the UK have contemplated buying a holiday let property during...

West One appoints new national account manager

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has appointed Jez Quinn as national account manager in...

New build not appealing to landlords hit by inflation

A high inflationary environment is triggering significant change in the way that landlords interact...

Less than one-third of landlords can fund EPC requirements

Landlords could lose up to £9,500 a year if they are unable to make...

Central & Mercantile Trust grow BDM team

Central and Mercantile Trust have expanded their field sales operations with the appointment of...

West One offers ‘first’ green second charge mortgage

West One Loans says it is the first lender to introduce a green second...

CHL Mortgages introduces new large HMO and MUFB range

CHL Mortgages has launched a new product range for large Houses in Multiple Occupation...

Residential properties will not escape EPC upgrades

As the mortgage industry eagerly awaits the government’s final proposals for what energy efficiency...

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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...