Buy-to-let

Securitisation and new MD for Keystone

Keystone Property Finance has completed its first-ever securitisation. The £400m securitisation, Hops Hill No.1 PLC,...

Legal & General Mortgage Club expands buy-to-let panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the addition of Habito to its buy-to-let...

West One Loans unveils new buy-to-let range

West One Loans has launched new a buy-to-let offering, with reduced pricing on a...

More tenants now seeking larger properties

The Deposit Protection Service's (DPS) latest quarterly Rent Index, the average monthly cost of renting...

Fleet: dampening of rental yields in most regions

Fleet Mortgages has published the fourth iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering rental...

Paragon extends larger loan availability

Paragon Bank has broadened its buy-to-let larger loan offering to include Houses in Multiple...

BM Solutions revamps portfolio landlord portal

BM Solutions has introduced a new online mortgage portal for portfolio landlord applications. The new...

Masthaven partners with PRIMIS

Masthaven Bank has teamed up with PRIMIS Mortgage Network to  provide the latter's c. 2,200 brokers access to...

Keystone rebrands winter range

Keystone Property Finance is rebranding its 'Winter Special' products. They will be now form its...

Fleet cuts rates and extends end dates

Fleet Mortgages has made a number of price reductions across its five-year fixed-rate mortgage...

Roma Finance joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Roma Finance has become the latest provider to joins the panel of Legal &...

BTL brokers to look to five-year remortgage business

A Paragon survey has found that brokers operating in the buy-to-let market will switch...

Dozens of lenders sign up for Mortgage Brain service report

Mortgage Brain has revealed that nearly 40 lenders are now supplying updates through its...

Foundation Home Loans revamps complete product range

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its entire range of specialist buy-to-let and residential products. Foundation...

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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...