Buy-to-let

New dispute training course for letting agents

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) and the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) have...

Barclays to make buy-to-let rate changes

Barclays is making changes across its buy-to-let range, including Reward. This follows its recent revisions...

Sharp rise in rents in January

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of tenants experiencing rent rises increased in...

The Hinckley & Rugby grows mortgage book

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reported mortgage advances of £183m for 2018,...

Paymentshield improves lettings proposition

Paymentshield has introduced a new tenants contents insurance product. The new product has been designed...

Landbay joins MCI Club panel

Landbay is partnering with The Mortgage Compliance & Insurance Club, to provide brokers and...

Foundation Home Loans unveils new Fix to Flex 5-year BTL product

Foundation Home Loans has introduced a new ‘Fix to Flex’ five-year, buy-to-let deal aimed...

Keystone appoints BDM for the Midlands

Keystone Property Finance has appointed Louise Roderick-Smith as a business development manager (BDM) covering...

12-year high for first-time buyer numbers

UK Finance has revealed that there were 370,000 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Skipton International extends UK buy-to-let mortgages to foreign nationals

Skipton International is extending its UK buy- to-let mortgage proposition to include applications from...

The Hanley Economic launches 1.84% no fee two-year BTL fix

The Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a no fee two-year fixed rate buy-to-let...

Brexit uncertainty having negative effect on housing market

Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser and Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index has found that mortgage advisers expect...

LendInvest expands lending operations team

LendInvest has reported a record month of signed applications in January 2019 with 428...

The Marsden launches online platform for intermediaries

The Marsden Building Society has introduced a new intermediary online platform. It is for mortgage...

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Discount Market Value: a local solution for a national housing challenge

The UK housing market is under constant scrutiny, especially when it comes to bolstering the supply of affordable housing. The government’s recent announcement of a...

Don’t overlook lifetime mortgages for clients with IHT worries

Lifetime mortgages have evolved significantly over the last few years. The industry has risen to the challenge, developing innovative new product features which ensure...

You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of the thoroughly discredited Angie Rayner, former Deputy Prime Minister, who...

Alan Cleary: Taking the helm at Chetwood Bank

When Alan Cleary retired from the mortgage industry in 2021 he thought his days of running banks were behind him. After more than three decades...

The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

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Market Harborough cuts rates on larger residential loans

Market Harborough Building Society has reduced rates on its larger loan products by as...

Shawbrook promotes Apollonio to lead retail mortgage sales

Shawbrook has promoted Louise Apollonio to sales and distribution director for retail mortgages, as...

Clydesdale Bank raises fixed mortgage rates across core and specialist ranges

Clydesdale Bank is set to raise a range of fixed mortgage rates from Monday,...

Growth in online auctions reshaping UK property market

The UK property auction market is being rapidly transformed by digital platforms, with record...