Buy-to-let

Nationwide invests in digital lettings agency

The Nationwide Building Society has announced its latest venturing fund investment in Bunk, a...

Impact Specialist Finance to hold autumn breakfast broker seminars

Specialist mortgage broker and distributor Impact Specialist Finance has published details of its series...

Landlords continue to take a cautious approach

Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report for Q3 2019 has revealed that the proportion of...

Buy-to-let purchases up 5.5% year-on-year

UK Finance has revealed that there were 32,640 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Buy-to-let mortgage costs continue to fall

Latest figures from Mortgage Brain’s quarterly product data analysis reveal that mortgage costs in...

Brokers “missing out on six out of 10” buy-to-let transactions

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage brokers are missing out on £21bn of purchase and remortgage loans for...

Vida unveils specialist education campaign

Vida Homeloans has introduced an education campaign aimed at showcasing typical specialist customers, ranging...

Foundation Home Loans unveils new five-year BTL fixes

Foundation Home Loans has launched two new five-year buy-to-let fixed-rate products and made a...

LendInvest joins MCI Mortgage Club lender panel

LendInvest has become the latest provider to join MCI Mortgage Club’s lender panel. MCI Mortgage...

Zephyr Homeloans bins upfront application fee

Buy-to-let lender Zephyr Homeloans is to no longer charge an upfront application fee. The lender,...

Paragon reveals John Heron’s successor

Paragon Banking Group will be appointing Richard Rowntree as its new managing director of...

Andrew Ferguson to head up BTL for West One Loans

Andrew Ferguson has been appointed as managing director of West One Loans' buy-to-let.  Ferguson joined...

Fleet underwriter joins Complete FS office

Complete FS has announced its latest onsite underwriter addition with the appointment of Wayne...

HMO sector set for further expansion

21% of landlords who are planning to buy over the next year are looking...

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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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West One links with shared ownership specialist to tighten legal process

West One has agreed a partnership with Shared Direction Conveyancing as it looks to...

Finova Broker CRM signs up Watts Commercial Finance

Watts Commercial Finance has selected Finova Broker CRM as part of a wider drive...

OPDA secures data-sharing agreements with legal software and conveyancing bodies

The Open Property Data Association has signed new agreements with the Legal Software Suppliers...

Intermediaries arrange £33bn for SMEs

Broker-originated SME lending climbed to £33bn in 2025, up 25% year-on-year, according to the...