Buy-to-let

Together+ reaches £1bn pipeline

Specialist lender Together has generated £1bn of applications through its Together+ initiative. The scheme was launched...

Brokers to benefit from buy-to-let remortgaging in 2020

301% of landlords plan to remortgage over the next year, according to research for...

Foundation Home Loans makes flexible buy-to-let criteria changes

Foundation Home Loans has made a series of criteria enhancements across its buy-to-let product...

Year-on-year rise in outstanding value of mortgages

Latest Mortgage Lenders and Administrators Statistics show the outstanding value of all residential mortgage...

InterBay Commercial partners with Sesame Network

InterBay Commercial has partnered with Sesame Network to provide a direct submission route for...

Accord revises buy-to-let minimum income requirement

Accord Buy To Let has made changes to criteria and documentation requirements, in a...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts buy-to-let rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced rates on five-year fixed standard buy-to-let and portfolio landlord...

Metro Bank makes buy-to-let rate cuts

Metro Bank has reduced interest rates by 0.2 percentage points across its fixed rate...

Landbay exits peer-to-peer lending

Buy-to-let mortgage lender, Landbay, has shut its retail investment arm and exited the peer-to-peer...

New South East BDM for Castle Trust

Castle Trust has appointed James Adkin as business development manager (BDM) for the South...

November “a month of massive change in mortgage criteria searching”

Knowledge Bank has revealed the most popular criteria searches that brokers conducted in November. In...

Landbay backs homelessness charity

Landbay has partnered with the Cardinal Hume Centre to support local people facing homelessness...

Barclays unveils resi rate cuts and adds E-Sign

Barclays is makes changes to its residential and Reward ranges tomorrow (5 December). The key...

Propertymark reveals 2019 sales and lettings trends

Propertymark has analysed its sales and lettings data to reveal trends from the year. NAEA...

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The continued evolution of the later life lending market

Later life lending has moved well beyond being an occasional enquiry about equity release or a maturing interest-only case. It is now a consistent and...

What does the year hold for specialist first charge residential mortgages?

A few months into 2026, it is already clear that many borrowers continue to fall outside the criteria set by high street and mainstream...

A turning point for British Islamic home finance

A quick question for brokers: what would you do if 80% of a fast-growing community told you the market was not serving them properly? That...

Mutual sector ambition needs tech-driven scale

The Government’s commitment to doubling the size of the mutual sector has been welcomed across financial services. Building societies continue to play a critical...

Conveyancing fees will rise and you can blame the Government

Tax is complicated and making sure you pay the right amount can be challenging - just ask MP Angela Raynor or indeed former Chancellor...

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CIExpert expands Critical Thinking research into IP

CIExpert is set to launch Critical Thinking 2026 on 12 March, expanding its flagship...

Vida to allow intercompany deposit loans and raises exposure cap

Vida Homeloans has widened its buy-to-let criteria, allowing intercompany loans as a deposit source...

Second charge lending tops £2.14bn

The UK second charge mortgage market surpassed £2.14bn in new lending during 2025 with...

23% of would-be homeowners stay in jobs they dislike to secure a mortgage

Almost one in four aspiring homeowners have remained in roles they dislike in order...