Buy-to-let

MPowered Mortgages joins Abacus Funding panel

Products from buy-to-let lender MPowered Mortgages are now available to Abacus Funding’s brokers. The product...

Exclusive West One holiday let deals for TMA Club members

TMA Club has been provided with two exclusive holiday let products from West One...

Shawbrook extends Non-Portfolio product to small HMOs

Shawbrook Bank has made changes to its newly launched Non-Portfolio product, making it available to customers with small...

Vida makes limited edition BTL deals more competitive

Vida is making changes to its limited edition buy-to-let products. Changes include reducing three of...

Detached home rental rises outstrip all others

Rents on detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK...

KSEYE launches new hybrid buy-to-let products

Bridging lender KSEYE has unveiled a new range of hybrid buy-to-let finance products for...

Growth in later life landlord buy-to-let acquisitions

Paragon Bank has revealed that the number of buy-to-let acquisitions made by later life...

Rental yields likely to maintain their strength

Fleet Mortgages has published the seventh iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q3...

Landlords still place most importance on getting the right tenant

The two most important things for buy-to-let property-owners are securing the right tenant and...

Landlords spent over £13k on average on refurbishments over past year

62% of landlords surveyed by Shawbrook Bank have undertaken a refurbishment to one of...

LendInvest’s new holiday let range includes 7-year fix

LendInvest has unveiled a new product range for holiday lets and short-term properties, alongside...

MFS begins buy-to-let pilot

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has commenced a soft launch of a new buy-to-let proposition, which...

Pepper Money improves residential mortgage offering

Pepper Money has expanded its Limited Edition residential product range. The offering is now available...

InterBay Commercial makes 25bps buy-to-let reductions

InterBay Commercial has launched a new buy-to-let product range with all rates reduced by...

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We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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...

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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...