Buy-to-let

99.9% of Scottish landlords complying with tenancy deposit laws

Deposit protection scheme, SafeDeposits Scotland, has reported that 290 cases of non-compliance with tenancy...

Foundation Home Loans welcomes five new sales recruits

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its sales team with five new recruits covering both...

Legal & General Mortgage Club expands buy-to-let panel

State Bank of India (UK) has announced that its buy-to-let product range is to...

Elise Coole becomes Keystone COO

Keystone Property Finance has promoted Elise Coole to the position of chief operating officer...

CSF posts record annual performance in 2019

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has reported a decade of continual growth with a record...

Knowledge Bank sees continuing mortgage market volatility

Knowledge Bank's latest monthly analysis of brokers’ criteria searches has revealed a number of surprising...

Gatehouse Bank cuts all buy-to-let rental rates

Gatehouse Bank has cut the rental rates on its complete buy-to-let range, offering the largest reductions...

West One Loans appoints national account manager

West One Loans has appointed Annette Tilbury as national account manager. Tilbury (pictured) joins from Foundation...

Landlords set to put 500,000 homes up for sale

26% of landlords plan to cash in on at least one property this year,...

Castle Trust introduces 10-year term loan

Castle Trust has launched TermTen, a 10-year term loan that is fixed for five...

Brightstar creates head of mortgages position

Brightstar Financial has promoted Gina Blagden to the new role of head of mortgages. Blagden...

Paragon cuts rates on 14 products

Paragon has refreshed a number of mortgage products for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords. The changes...

Paragon expects continued rise in complex buy-to-let business

Specialist lender Paragon believes that the increase in portfolio and complex buy-to-let business seen...

Rents and tenant demand fall

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of tenants experiencing rent rises fell by...

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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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Acre adds Comentis vulnerability checks to mortgage platform

Acre has integrated financial vulnerability assessments from Comentis into its mortgage platform to help...

First-time buyer and home mover demand holds up as mortgage applications fall

First-time buyers and home movers proved more resilient than remortgage borrowers during a weaker...

Specialist Hub appoints OMS to streamline client management

Specialist Hub has selected One Mortgage System (OMS) as its customer relationship management provider...

Brokers brace for possible interest rate rise as borrowers turn cautious

Nearly six in 10 Primis brokers expect the Bank of England to raise interest...