Buy-to-let

Strong rental yields continue to be achieved by landlords

Fleet Mortgages has publisheded the sixth iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q2...

Landbay cuts core product rates

Landbay has reduced the rates on its core product range by up to 0.24...

Skipton cuts residential and BTL rates

The Skipton Building Society is making selected rate reductions across its residential and buy-to-let...

CHL Mortgages joins MAB panel

CHL Mortgages has expanded its distribution with the addition of Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB). ...

Foundation Home Loans acquired by retirement savings specialist

Foundation Home Loans is to be acquired by Athene Holding Ltd, an affiliate of...

Intermediary buy-to-let confidence on the rise

Paragon Bank has found that the proportion of mortgage intermediaries expecting to see an...

Gatehouse Bank launches new BTL & HPP products

Gatehouse Bank has launched a new tier of buy-to-let and Home Purchase Plan (HPP)...

Knowledge Bank unveils product transfer tracker

Knowledge Bank has bolstered its criteria search system with the introduction of a product...

GetGround and Molo joins forces to provide new BTL service

GetGround and Molo are partnering to deal with all the administration underpinning buy-to-let purchases "in one...

F4B Network adds Metro Bank to panel

The F4B Network has announced the addition of Metro Bank to its lending panel. This...

LendInvest starts trading on AIM

LendInvest has begun its first day of trading on AIM, a market operated by...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries increases LTVs

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has increased the maximum loan to value (LTV) limits across...

Belmont Green prices second 2021 securitisation

Belmont Green Finance Limited, trading as Vida Homeloans, concluded its second Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities...

Foundation unveils 2.99% five-year deal for portfolio landlords

Foundation Home Loans has introduced a new Limited Edition five-year, fixed-rate buy-to-let product specifically...

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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...