Buy-to-let

Landlords don’t want to be called landlords

The majority of the buy-to-let populace would prefer not to be called landlords, according...

Increase in JBSP broker mortgage searches

Knowledge Bank's latest criteria activity index has found that brokers in the residential market were...

Paragon expects rise in buy-to-let remortgaging in 2022

Paragon Bank has predicted that an increase in buy-to-let remortgage activity will be a...

Fleet Mortgages hires new BDM for the South East

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new business development manager (BDM) for...

L&G Mortgage Club unveils exclusive Harpenden holiday let

Adviser members of Legal & General Mortgage Club can now access an exclusive holiday...

CHL Mortgages makes BDM appointment

CHL Mortgages has appointed Mil Consiglio as a business development manager (BDM) to cover the...

Foundation Home Loans enters 85% LTV buy-to-let market

Foundation Home Loans has launched a range of new buy-to-let products at 85% LTV...

Trio of new key account managers for MPowered Mortgages

MPowered Mortgages has appointed three new key account managers. Simon Wilson will cover the South...

Saffron for Intermediaries joins PRIMIS panel

Saffron for Intermediaries has joined the PRIMIS Mortgage Network lender panel. It means PRIMIS advisers...

Dudley BS ups ex-pat and holiday let maximum loan sizes

Dudley Building Society has increased its maximum loan size on ex-pat mortgages from £1...

Recognise Bank appoints comms head

Paul Beadle has been appointed as head of communications for Recognise Bank. With over 25...

Foundation launches festive fixed rate promotion

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new ‘Festive Fixed Rate Special’ at 3.04% for...

NatWest allows buy-to-let additional borrowing

NatWest has stated that new and existing buy-to-let landlords will be able to apply for...

Recognise Bank partners with Rent Chief

Recognise Bank is collaborating with property technology firm, Rent Chief, to offer professional landlords...

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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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‘Complex is 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...