Buy-to-let

UK rents on road to recovery

The average rent in UK has increased by 0.13%, the highest monthly increase since...

Keystone’s buy-to-let deal with Paratus AMC comes to an end

Keystone’s funding contract with Paratus AMC has ended after three years, originating close to...

Accord reduces buy-to-let rates

Accord has reduced buy-to-let rates by up to 0.25 percentage points. New deals include a...

Mantra passes £0.5bn completion mark

Boutique commercial finance consultancy, Mantra Capital, has arranged over £0.5 billion of specialist loan...

‘Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor’ tops criteria searches

Knowledge Bank latest Criteria Activity Tracker has revealed the most search criteria by brokers during...

Kent Reliance cuts five-year fixed BTL rates

Kent Reliance is making rate reductions to its five-year fixed buy-to-let mortgages for 75%...

Sainsbury’s Bank makes fixed rate mortgage changes

Sainsbury's Bank has made changes to its residential product range as well as the...

TDS Charitable Foundation breaks 500k in grants

The TDS Charitable Foundation is inviting funding bids from organisations that promote knowledge of...

Buy-to-let landlords divided over their future

Octopus Choice has revealed that while 56% of buy-to-let investors want to keep or...

MFB uses robotics to automate apps and AIPs

Mortgages for Business has automated the buy-to-let mortgage application submission process with Kent Reliance...

Magellan Homeloans unveils buy-to-let offering

Magellan Homeloans has launched a suite of buy-to-let mortgages which will initially only be available through...

South West of England has fastest rising rents

Rents in the South West of England grew faster than anywhere else in the...

NatWest announces widespread rate changes

NatWest is introducing rate changes to its core and semi-exclusive ranges of residential and...

TBMC introduces new online application form

TBMC has launched a new online application form for intermediaries to submit their buy-to-let...

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You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of the thoroughly discredited Angie Rayner, former Deputy Prime Minister, who...

Alan Cleary: Taking the helm at Chetwood Bank

When Alan Cleary retired from the mortgage industry in 2021 he thought his days of running banks were behind him. After more than three decades...

The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

Why the Renters’ Rights Bill should be a wake-up call for advisers and landlords

The Renters’ Rights Bill is shaping up to be one of the most significant legislative changes to the private rented sector (PRS) in decades. Expected...

Living in a box. Am I living in a cardboard box?

More young people are living with their parents than ever before. The bank of Mum and Dad has evolved into the hotel of Mum and...

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Industry titans weigh in behind charity concert

Two of the mortgage industry’s biggest names have thrown their weight behind Take Me...

Project 28 launches in a bid to slash time it takes to sell homes

A coalition of 23 of the UK’s leading property organisations has unveiled a sweeping...

Rotherham mortgage boss crowned Lord of the Manor

Scott Thorpe, founder and chief executive of TMG Mortgage Network, has been formally recognised...

Midlands and northern England dominate buy-to-let purchases as landlords seek value

Buy-to-let lending in the Midlands and the north of England accounted for nearly half...