Buy-to-let

Impact Specialist Finance to hold two ‘expos’

Impact Specialist Finance has revealed that it will be hosting two 'Specialist Lending and...

Ian Boden to leave LendInvest for retirement

LendInvest has announced that Ian Boden, the company’s sales director responsible for buy-to-let, will...

Zephyr Homeloans cuts ICRs

Zephyr Homeloans has reduced a range of its interest coverage ratios (ICR). For houses in...

Fleet saw rental growth throughout England & Wales in Q4

Fleet Mortgages has launched the first iteration of its new Quarterly Buy-to-Let Index, which features...

Foundation Home Loans cuts core buy-to-let rates 

Foundation Home Loans has made a series of rate reductions across a number of...

Aldermore relaunches buy-to-let offering

Aldermore Bank has introduced increased flexibility, new products, reduced rates and fee options for landlords...

Pepper Money breaks £1bn barrier

Pepper Money has revealed that it completed more than £1bn worth of first and...

Uinsure receives Defaqto Five Star rating once again

Uinsure has been awarded a Defaqto Five Star rating for the seventh consecutive year. The...

InterBay Commercial appoints senior business development manager

InterBay Commercial has appointed Krissy Salmon as senior business development manager covering South West,...

PRIMIS adds Vida Homeloans to lender panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network is welcoming specialist lender, Vida Homeloans, onto its lender panel. Members of...

1.1% rise in Paragon specialist BTL lending

Paragon's specialist portfolio buy-to-let lending grew during the final quarter of 2019. Specialist buy-to-let lending...

ARLA: rents reached all-time high in 2019

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of tenants negotiating a rent reduction fell...

The Mansfield moves into limited company buy-to-let

The Mansfield Building Society has launched its limited company buy-to-let proposition, which includes product options...

The Mortgage Lender revises buy-to-let criteria

The Mortgage Lender has increased its overall lending threshold for buy-to-let from £2.5m to...

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We need clearer guidance on Stamp Duty advice

Just over a week ago Angela Rayner resigned following the discovery of a Stamp Duty breach on a flat she owns in Hove. She...

AI could make obsolescence obsolete and slash global e-waste

For decades, technology has been trapped in a cycle of forced obsolescence. Each year, a new iPhone or Android release quietly renders last year’s...

Discount Market Value: a local solution for a national housing challenge

The UK housing market is under constant scrutiny, especially when it comes to bolstering the supply of affordable housing. The government’s recent announcement of a...

Don’t overlook lifetime mortgages for clients with IHT worries

Lifetime mortgages have evolved significantly over the last few years. The industry has risen to the challenge, developing innovative new product features which ensure...

You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of the thoroughly discredited Angie Rayner, former Deputy Prime Minister, who...

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First-time buyers favour ‘forever homes’

First-time buyers are increasingly opting for larger homes and longer mortgage terms as they...

OPDA launches upgraded framework to cut delays in transactions

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has unveiled version 3.5 of its Property Data...

Majority of landlords plan to hold their ground, Landbay survey shows

Buy-to-let landlords are demonstrating renewed confidence in the private rented sector, with a majority...

One third of people relying on inheritance to secure retirement income

Nearly one in three people believe they will need an inheritance to help fund...