Buy-to-let

The Mansfield cuts rates and ups max holiday let LTV

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced two new holiday let mortgages up to 70% LTV. The...

LendInvest unveils new pay rate products

LendInvest has made a number of changes to its buy-to-let offering, including the launch...

Bluestone Mortgages temporarily lowers LTVs to maintain service 

Bluestone Mortgages has lowered the maximum loan to value (LTV) options available on the...

New key account manager for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new key account manager. Wes Regis...

Paragon re-enters holiday lets and short-term finance markets

Paragon Bank is once again to offer holiday lets and short-term finance markets. Following...

The Nottingham revamps limited company proposition

The Nottingham Building Society has unveiled a new limited company buy-to-let range. The new offering...

CHL Mortgages joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

CHL Mortgages is further expanding its distribution with a distribution partnership with Legal &...

The Harpenden appoints BDM for the North

The Harpenden Building Society, has expanded its sales function with the appointment of Jacqui...

Fleet Mortgages extends lending to LLPs

Fleet Mortgages will now lend to limited liability partnerships (LLPs). The buy-to-let specialist lender is offering...

Paragon unveils extra-large loan products

Paragon Bank is cutting rates across its buy-to-let portfolio range, as well as launching...

CHL Mortgages selects BEP Systems for originations platform

CHL Mortgages has partnered with BEP Systems to provide advanced solutions for its buy-to-let...

Barclays to cut residential and BTL rates tomorrow

Barclays is making changes across its residential (including Mortgage Guarantee Scheme (MGS) and Green...

Keystone cuts rates and offers increased cashback

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates by up to 0.25 percentage points and has...

£79k a year in interest saved for client

Pitch 4 Finance has saved a client £78,900 a year in interest payments after...

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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...