Buy-to-let

Shariah-compliant provider joins Knowledge Bank

Gatehouse Bank's products are now available on the Knowledge Bank platform. Gatehouse provides Shariah-compliant mortgage...

Fleet cuts rates and ups maximum loan sizes

Fleet Mortgages has cut rates across its standard, limited company and HMO ranges, and introduced...

Buy-to-let lender completes securitisation

Foundation Home Loans has announced the completion of its fifth securitisation, Twin Bridges 2020-1...

Mortgage Broker Tools introduces BTL Affordability

Mortgage Broker Tools has launched BTL Affordability which allows brokers to research how much...

Keystone unveils ‘summer special’ buy-to-let offering

Keystone Property Finance has launched its new 'Summer Special' products available for both its...

New rates at Landbay following funding deal

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has launched a new funding partnership with a UK bank. The unnamed deposit-taking...

The Mansfield resumes holiday let lending

The Mansfield Building Society has reintroduced its holiday let mortgage product with a three-year...

Foundation Home Loans reduces pricing and adds flat fee deal

Foundation Home Loans has reduced the pricing on two products for standard property types...

Mortgage Brain: purchase ESIS “markedly” above pre-Covid levels

Mortgage Brain has reported that the number of ESIS generated through its sourcing systems...

Stafford Railway joins mortgage club panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced that the Stafford Railway Building Society (Stafford Railway) has joined...

Zephyr Homeloans expands distribution

Zephyr Homeloans has joined Openwork’s mortgage panel. Openwork’s community of more than 4,000 advisers and...

Pepper extends ‘light’ offering to BTL following product relaunch

Pepper Money has relaunched its buy-to-let purchase mortgages for individual investors and limited companies. The...

Stamp duty holiday boosts Skipton BTL enquiries

Skipton International has already seen a significant increase in its buy-to-let mortgage enquiries since...

Landbay ups max lending limit and lowers rates

Landbay has increased its maximum loan sizes from £1m to £1.5m on all standard...

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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,...