Buy-to-let

Fall in number of tenants seeing rents rise

40% of agents saw landlords increasing rent in September, compared to 48% in August,...

New BTL criteria and products from West One

West One has launched a new buy-to-let product range, offering rate reductions of up...

Landlords interested by subsidised sustainability savings

45% of landlords have indicated that they intend to make energy efficiency improvements to...

Accord streamlines buy-to-let offering

Accord  is refreshing its entire buy-to-let range in a move designed to provide a...

Summer shift in rental values from urban to rural areas

Rents increased in many rural areas and fell sharply in some cities over the...

Landlords to look beyond cities for purchases?

10%% of landlords are now looking to purchase properties compared to just 3% at...

Record month for The Mortgage Lender

The Mortgage Lender saw record increases in buy-to-let applications and completions at the end...

Hinckley & Rugby joins MCI panel

MCI mortgage club has appointed Hinckley & Rugby Building Society to its lender panel. Hinckley...

Octane provides 1,000th loan

Octane Capital has completed its 1,000th loan since launching in 2017. The lender said the...

Landbay lowers BTL rates and offers free valuations

Landbay has revamped its core product range, introducing a free valuation on its most...

New BTL and residential deals from Barclays

Barclays is launching new purchase and remortgage products for both residential and buy-to-let. New products...

Tenants “heading for country” due to Covid

21% of landlords believe tenants who want more space will look to move to...

Keystone publishes SLA information

Keystone Property Finance is to publish its Service Level Agreement (SLA) information on its...

Hanley Economic rejoins ex-pat BTL market

The Hanley Economic Building Society has re-entered the ex-pat buy-to-let market with a 3.49%...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...