Buy-to-let

Zephyr Homeloans expands limited company conveyancer panel

Specialist buy-to-let lender, Zephyr Homeloans, has increased its limited company conveyancer panel to eight...

InterBay Commercial issues new holiday let offering

InterBay Commercial has launched a range of holiday let products. The lender, which is part...

Pepper cuts minimum BTL income requirements

Pepper Money has made a number of changes to its buy-to-let mortgage range, cutting...

MPowered Mortgages joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added new lender MPowered Mortgages to its lender panel. MPowered Mortgages offers...

Landbay cuts rates and improves flexibility

Landbay is lowering the minimum property value on its core products to £65,000 from...

Seven-year high for adviser BTL business expectations

The proportion of mortgage brokers expecting to do more buy-to-let business over the next...

Shawbrook uses new platform for seven-day BTL completion

Shawbrook Bank and broker Commercial Expert have completed a buy-to-let mortgage seven working days...

Pitch 4 Finance launches following broker pre-registration

Pitch 4 Finance has launched to help intermediaries source the best solutions for their...

Second charge market reflecting current economic divide

Knowledge Bank has reveal that capital raising featured in three of the top five...

Kensington makes buy-to-let rate reductions

Kensington Mortgages has introduced two "special" rates across its residential and buy-to-let offering, as...

LendInvest appoints key account manager

LendInvest has promoted Jan Gallagher from business development manager to key account manager. Gallagher will...

F4B Network adds Hodge to panel

The F4B Network has announced that Hodge Bank has been added to its lending...

Covid causing over-60s to move to rural areas

A Deposit Protection Service (DPS) survey of tenants who moved during the pandemic has...

Legal & General Mortgage Club in deal with MPowered Mortgages

Legal & General Mortgage Club has partnered with newly launched lender, MPowered Mortgages. Members of...

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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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FORTO Finance launches with focus on expat mortgage market

FORTO Finance has launched in the UK mortgage and protection market following a pilot...

Just Mortgages appoints Gina McLaren as Midlands area director

Just Mortgages has expanded the management team within its self-employed division with the appointment...

Brokers value access to underwriters over slick technology

Mortgage brokers would rather have access to an underwriter than a sophisticated lender portal...

Imperial Chartered and Cornerstone golf day raises £11,000 for MNDA

Imperial Chartered and Cornerstone Finance Group have raised more than £11,000 for the Motor...