Buy-to-let

Why the buy-to-let sector is on the front foot

Figures issues by the financial industry body UK Finance last week showed that buy-to-let...

NatWest cuts existing customer rates

NatWest is making rate changes across its Existing Customer range for both residential and...

The Ipswich reintroduces wide range of mortgages 

The Ipswich Building Society is reintroducing products within its standard residential, buy-to-let (including expat...

Kensington’s Hero range now starts at 3.84%

Kensington Mortgages has made a series of rate cuts and relaunches across its residential...

Keystone unveils ‘Autumn Specials’

Keystone Property Finance has launch its new Autumn Special products, available across both its...

Castle Trust Bank introduces new buy-to-lets with ‘instant’ terms

Castle Trust Bank has launched a new range of buy-to-let products available up to...

Criteria searches show effects of Covid-19

Knowledge Bank saw ‘Temporary Maximum LTV Restrictions’ as the leading broker search last month;...

Zephyr Homeloans joins IMLA

Zephyr Homeloans has become the latest lender to join the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association...

Jeff Knight to leave Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans' director of marketing, Jeff Knight, is leaving the business this month. Knight...

Landlord unveils Android app

Online portfolio management platform Lendlord has launched an Android app to provide users with...

Keystone Property Finance unveils Covid-19 support for brokers

Keystone Property Finance has introduced a package of measures to help brokers throughout the...

Vida re-enters intermediary lending space

Vida has returned to the intermediary mortgage market following its £350 million securitisation deal...

The Mansfield partners with Brilliant Solutions

The Mansfield Building Society has launched with Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club. Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club...

LendInvest to produce ‘appetite statements’ for professional landlords

LendInvest has unveiled Appetite Statements for landlords seeking a pre-agreed financing offer for their...

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Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

Stamp duty deters half of over-65s from moving

Half of over-65s see stamp duty as a barrier to moving home, despite 58%...