Buy-to-let

Paragon resumes physical valuations in Scotland & Wales

Paragon Bank has announced that surveyors will recommence physical valuations of properties in Scotland...

SimplyBiz Mortgages expands buy-to-let panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of Paragon’s buy-to-let range to its panel. It represents...

Foundation reverts to pre-lockdown BTL offering

Foundation Home Loans has returned its buy-to-let product range to its pre-lockdown structure with...

Softer rental yields across England during Q2

Fleet Mortgages has published the second edition of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer, which looks at...

Castle Trust launches ‘Covid-19 level 3’ criteria

Castle Trust Bank has introduced new criteria which is says is in response to...

Landlords remortgaging to build a war chest

Mortgage for Business says 30% of property investors are now taking out a buy-to-let...

Landlords “taking brunt of the pandemic”

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of agents seeing rent rises hit an...

The Mortgage Lender resumes physical valuations in Scotland & Wales

The Mortgage Lender is now able to offer physical valuations on buy-to-let applications for...

Lendlord produces investor deal analysis tool

Lendlord has unveiled an improved Property Deal Analyser as part of its portfolio management...

Roma Finance unveils holiday let product

Roma Finance has launched a holiday let and serviced accommodation five-year term base rate...

Kent Reliance produces tax guide for intermediary broker partners

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries and EY have partnered to produce a guide for property...

LendInvest offers limited edition BTL up to 75% LTV

LendInvest has introduced a range of updates to its buy-to-let product, including a series...

FIBA pleased with BTL webinar series take-up

Specialist finance trade body, the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), has reported that over...

Zephyr Homeloans joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added buy-to-let mortgage lender, Zephyr Homeloans, to its panel. Paradigm member...

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Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

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...

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PMS reports double-digit growth in mortgages and protection

PMS Mortgage Club says it is on course for its strongest performance in five...

Property firms urged to engage early with digital home-moving reforms

Property professionals have been urged to start testing digital home-moving processes now rather than...

DPMSG launches consumer guide to Smart Property Data

The Digital Property Market Steering Group has launched a consumer-focused video explaining how Smart...

Together joins Equity Release Council as later life market broadens

Together has become a member of the Equity Release Council as the specialist lender...