Buy-to-let

London and the South drove Stamp Duty holiday buy-to-let purchase activity

Paragon Bank has revealed that London, the South East and the South West led...

Gatehouse Bank reinstates MUFB lending for international investors

Gatehouse Bank has expanded its buy-to-let product range for international investors to include Multi-Unit...

Shawbrook introduces new buy-to-let portfolio product

Shawbrook Bank has unveiled a new mid-range product to its buy-to-let proposition, aimed at...

Recognise Bank moves into buy-to-let

Recognise Bank has entered the buy-to-let market with a new product designed for professional...

Specialist Finance Centre launches SFC Scotland

Specialist Finance Centre (SFC) has announced the launch of its proposition into Scotland as...

Enra Specialist Finance appoints CTO

Enra Specialist Finance has appointed Aris Karidis as its new chief technology officer (CTO). Karidis...

Clydesdale Bank increases mortgage rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing the rates on selected mortgages. The bank is also launching new products. These...

Accord cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

Accord Mortgages is making changes to its mortgage range tomorrow (12 November). The intermediary-only lender...

Specialist buy-to-let research reaps rewards

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has found that thorough research is even more important for...

Cambridge BS improves holiday let proposition

The Cambridge Building Society has added a new two-year fixed rate mortgage and reduced...

Finova adds Metro Bank to panel

Metro Bank has joined the lending panel of finova Payment & Mortgage Services, previously...

West One now on Brilliant Solutions’ panel

West One Loans buy-to-let division has been added to Brilliant Solutions’ direct to lender...

Landlords begin to address 2025 EPC rules

New Shawbrook Bank research has found that 17% of landlords had made efforts to...

Landbay joins F4B Network panel

The F4B Network has bolstered its lending panel with the addition of Landbay. This partnership...

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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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FCA joins industry partners to tackle protection insurance gap

The Financial Conduct Authority is working with industry, government and consumer groups in an...

Family Building Society appoints Laura Hamp as chief financial officer

Family Building Society has appointed Laura Hamp as chief financial officer and a member...

Buy-to-let market reaches £311.6bn as sector marks 30 years

The UK buy-to-let market has grown to almost two million outstanding mortgages worth £311.6bn,...

Conveyancing Association names Nick Chadbourne as new chair

The Conveyancing Association has appointed former LMS chief executive Nick Chadbourne as its new...