Buy-to-let

Pepper Money adds buy-to-let affordability calculator

Pepper Money has introduced an online buy-to-let affordability calculator, following its recent launch into...

Accord revamps buy-to-let proposition

The full Accord Buy To Let range has been relaunched with reduced rates, extended...

Primis refreshes packager panel

Primis Mortgage Network has announced a refresh to its packager panel for immediate delivery...

The Nottingham returns to 75% LTV buy-to-let market

The Nottingham has reintroduced 75% LTV buy-to-let mortgage products. In 2019 the society focused on...

Foundation Home Loans unveils new ICR and buy-to-let loan criteria

Foundation Home Loans has made a number of criteria enhancements across its buy-to-let product...

HMOs in the sights of purchasing landlords

Research from Paragon has found that landlords are planning to acquire Houses in Multiple...

Shawbrook BTL refresh includes new application form

Shawbrook Bank has simplifies its buy-to-let range and launched a new buy-to-let online application form. Its...

New raft of rate cuts from Barclays

Barclays is reducing the rates on a selection of products across its residential, buy-to-let...

22% of landlords expect to buy in the North West

Precise Mortgages has revealed that the North West is expected to be the busiest...

Higher wages helping with rental affordability

The proportion of income that tenants spent on rent decreased between 2016 and 2019...

Pepper Money moves into limited company buy-to-let

Pepper Money has revamped its complete range, with new products including the launch of...

Key promotion for Damian Thompson at Aldermore

Aldermore has announced that Damian Thompson, its director of mortgages, will become its new...

Fall in costs of five-year buy-to-let fixes

The cost of five-year fixed buy-to-let mortgages has resumed a downward trend as we...

Vida Homeloans hire to cover Yorkshire & Manchester

Vida Homeloans has expanded its field sales team with the appointment of Joe Noon as...

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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...