Buy-to-let

Castle Trust joins PMS and Sesame panels

Castle Trust Bank has been added to the lender panels of PMS Mortgage Club...

Metro Bank revamps higher LTV offering

Metro Bank has made changes to its higher LTV residential products. At 90% LTV, the...

Aldermore upgrades its product switch functionality

Aldermore has introduced new product switch functionality, with a six-step online process, following an...

Accord improves buy-to-let fees and limits

Accord  has increased its maximum borrowing limit and overall portfolio size for non-first-time landlords. In...

New special edition buy-to-lets from LendInvest

LendInvest has introduced a new range of special edition buy-to-let products. The lender has cut rates...

BEP Systems to provide lending solutions to Jordan International Bank

BEP Systems has been appointed by Jordan International Bank Plc (JIB) to provide system...

Foundation Home Loans offers ‘green reward’ buy-to-let

Foundation Home Loans has launched a ‘Green Reward’ remortgage for landlords The five-year fixed-rate mortgage...

Fleet Mortgages unveils widespread rate cuts

Fleet Mortgages has made rate cuts on both its two and five-year fixed rates across...

More adverse BTL borrowers expected

Research by Pepper Money has indicated that brokers expect to encounter more buy-to-let customers...

Accord revises EU nationals’ lending policy

Accord Mortgages is updating its lending criteria for mortgage applicants from the European Union...

West One Loans up BTL borrower exposure to £5m

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has made a number of criteria changes which will...

End of stamp duty holiday won’t stop portfolio expansion

Landlords still fully intend to continue purchasing rental property after the stamp duty holiday...

‘No risk’ investments continue to attract the amateurs

I suspect, like me, you first heard about the amateur ‘Reddit’ share speculators either...

Hodge bolsters buy-to-let proposition

Hodge has revamped its portfolio buy-to-let offering, with the relaunch of its standard portfolio buy-to-let...

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Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

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...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...