Buy-to-let

Helping landlords invest in MUFBs

The specialist buy-to-let market is attracting new lenders, becoming more competitive and expanding its...

30% of landlords to minimise activity while inflation is high

Landlords are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of rising inflation on their portfolio...

Foundation Home Loans expands green buy-to-let product range

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its green buy-to-let product range to specialist property types...

Departure for Recognise Bank CEO

Jason Oakley, chief executive officer of Recognise Bank, has left with immediate effect. Oakley was...

EPC refurb costs likely to be met in part by tenants

Over half of landlords said that they will pass at least some of the...

Majority of tenants happy with their landlords

Contrary to some narratives suggest renting is an inherently unhappy experience, a majority of...

West One Loans bolsters buy-to-let offering

West One Loans has added a series of new products to its buy-to-let product...

Vernon BS joins Paradigm lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Vernon Building Society to its lender panel launching to...

MFS products now on Criteria Brain

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) is now live on Criteria Brain. The specialist lender provides both...

Quantum Mortgages unveils green proposition

Quantum Mortgages, the new specialist buy-to-let lender which is scheduled to launch at the...

Higher rates now hitting landlords

The two recent increases in the Bank of England base rate have now fed...

Landbay builds dedicated portfolio team

Landbay has set up a portfolio underwriting team specifically to cater for professional landlords...

Keystone launches seven-year fix range

Keystone Property Finance has unveiled a range of seven-year fixed rates to support the...

Landlords targeting ‘secondary’ towns and cities

Paragon Bank has reported that buy-to-let landlords purchasing in urban areas are increasingly targeting...

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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...

Latest news

‘Complex ia the new vanilla’: Affordability reshapes market

Mortgage cases with one or two complications are becoming the new “vanilla” as affordability...

Vulnerability data can unlock commercial gains, says MorganAsh

Financial services firms could be overlooking commercial opportunities by treating customer vulnerability mainly as...

Asking prices rise for first time since May as autumn market picks up

The average asking price of newly listed homes rose by 0.7% in September, the...

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...