Buy-to-let

West One improves buy-to-let rates and criteria

West One Loans has made product and criteria changes in its buy-to-let division. New products have...

First 4 Bridging to hold specialist lending seminars

First 4 Bridging (F4B) will be hosting three specialist lending seminars across the country. These...

Keystone cuts rates & opens larger loan cashback to more landlords

Keystone Property Finance has cut rates by up to 0.2 percentage points across all...

Fleet Mortgages cuts two and five-year fixed rates

Fleet Mortgages has made a series of price reductions to its two and five-year fixed-rate...

Foundation Home Loans refreshes complete buy-to-let range

Foundation Home Loans has revised its entire buy-to-let product range and introduced a new short-term...

NatWest cuts rates by up to 84bps

NatWest has made a series of changes across its product portfolio for both new...

Tenet Network Services adds Zephyr Homeloans to panel

Tenet Network Services has appointed dedicated buy-to-let lender Zephyr Homeloans to its lending panel. ...

Barclays announces BTL and residential rate cuts

Barclays Mortgages have made rate reductions across its residential and buy-to-let product ranges for...

Landbay unveils rate reductions

Landbay has lowered pricing across the majority of its core products, including its green...

Accord cuts rates across buy-to-let offering

Accord Mortgages is lowering rates in the majority of its buy-to-let mortgage range, with...

Paragon Bank boosts limited-edition buy-to-let range

Paragon Bank has expanded its range of limited-edition buy-to-let mortgages by re-launching two products...

TBMC joins CHL distribution panel

CHL Mortgages has expanded its distribution panel with the addition of The Business Mortgage...

Portfolio landlords looking to release equity

Foundation Home Loans has reported a significant increase in the number who intend to release equity...

Pepper launches new limited edition deals

Pepper Money has unveiled new Limited Edition residential and buy-to-let products, including its lowest...

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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...