Buy-to-let

The Leeds refreshes buy-to-let proposition

The Leeds Building Society has reduced rates on selected fee free two-year buy-to-let fixed...

Together+ reaches £1bn pipeline

Specialist lender Together has generated £1bn of applications through its Together+ initiative. The scheme was launched...

Brokers to benefit from buy-to-let remortgaging in 2020

301% of landlords plan to remortgage over the next year, according to research for...

Foundation Home Loans makes flexible buy-to-let criteria changes

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

Year-on-year rise in outstanding value of mortgages

Latest Mortgage Lenders and Administrators Statistics show the outstanding value of all residential mortgage...

InterBay Commercial partners with Sesame Network

InterBay Commercial has partnered with Sesame Network to provide a direct submission route for...

Accord revises buy-to-let minimum income requirement

Accord Buy To Let has made changes to criteria and documentation requirements, in a...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts buy-to-let rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced rates on five-year fixed standard buy-to-let and portfolio landlord...

Metro Bank makes buy-to-let rate cuts

Metro Bank has reduced interest rates by 0.2 percentage points across its fixed rate...

Landbay exits peer-to-peer lending

Buy-to-let mortgage lender, Landbay, has shut its retail investment arm and exited the peer-to-peer...

New South East BDM for Castle Trust

Castle Trust has appointed James Adkin as business development manager (BDM) for the South...

November “a month of massive change in mortgage criteria searching”

Knowledge Bank has revealed the most popular criteria searches that brokers conducted in November. In...

Landbay backs homelessness charity

Landbay has partnered with the Cardinal Hume Centre to support local people facing homelessness...

Barclays unveils resi rate cuts and adds E-Sign

Barclays is makes changes to its residential and Reward ranges tomorrow (5 December). The key...

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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...

Latest news

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...