Buy-to-let

Accord restarts lending to first-time landlords

Accord Buy To Let is now accepting applications from first-time landlords up to a...

Shawbrook’s latest results show Covid impact

Shawbrook Bank's pre-tax profit for the fist six- months of 2020 totalled £5.9 million,...

LendInvest maintains top rating

LendInvest has received the highest possible rating from a European ratings agency for the...

July reaches 2020 high for mortgage searches

Twenty7Tec has reported that July has been the busiest month of the year so...

New sales director for Castle Trust Bank

Castle Trust Bank has appointed Jason Neale as its new sales director. Neale will start...

New identity for Promise Solutions

Promise Solutions has rebranded the business as Promise Money. The packager and master broker is...

West One unveils new buy-to-let and second charge offering

West One has reintroduced buy-to-let and second charges products with new rates and criteria. West...

Network receives Shariah mortgage permissions

Try Adviser Network has been issued with FCA permissions to advise on Shariah mortgages. The...

Shawbrook returns to partial pre-Covid criteria

Shawbrook’s property division has confirmed that it has returned to some of its pre-pandemic...

June sees “record-breaking” supply of rental stock

ARLA Propertymark latest Private Rented Sector (PRS) report, covering June, has revealed that the...

Foundation Home Loans introduces 80% LTV buy-to-let deals

Foundation Home Loans has launched two new 80% LTV products in its core buy-to-let...

CSF appoints group sales and marketing director

Jason Berry has been appointed group sales and marketing director at Crystal Specialist Finance...

Accord refreshes buy-to-let offering

Accord Buy To Let has cut rates, extended end dates and unveiled 14 new...

Bridging lender moves into 75% LTV space

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has launched new rates for its bridging loans, now offering...

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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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Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...