Buy-to-let

New dispute training course for letting agents

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) and the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) have...

Barclays to make buy-to-let rate changes

Barclays is making changes across its buy-to-let range, including Reward. This follows its recent revisions...

Sharp rise in rents in January

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of tenants experiencing rent rises increased in...

The Hinckley & Rugby grows mortgage book

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reported mortgage advances of £183m for 2018,...

Paymentshield improves lettings proposition

Paymentshield has introduced a new tenants contents insurance product. The new product has been designed...

Landbay joins MCI Club panel

Landbay is partnering with The Mortgage Compliance & Insurance Club, to provide brokers and...

Foundation Home Loans unveils new Fix to Flex 5-year BTL product

Foundation Home Loans has introduced a new ‘Fix to Flex’ five-year, buy-to-let deal aimed...

Keystone appoints BDM for the Midlands

Keystone Property Finance has appointed Louise Roderick-Smith as a business development manager (BDM) covering...

12-year high for first-time buyer numbers

UK Finance has revealed that there were 370,000 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Skipton International extends UK buy-to-let mortgages to foreign nationals

Skipton International is extending its UK buy- to-let mortgage proposition to include applications from...

The Hanley Economic launches 1.84% no fee two-year BTL fix

The Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a no fee two-year fixed rate buy-to-let...

Brexit uncertainty having negative effect on housing market

Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser and Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index has found that mortgage advisers expect...

LendInvest expands lending operations team

LendInvest has reported a record month of signed applications in January 2019 with 428...

The Marsden launches online platform for intermediaries

The Marsden Building Society has introduced a new intermediary online platform. It is for mortgage...

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Technology: from transformation to stewardship

For most of the modern history of UK mortgage lending, stability has not simply been a preference – it has been a necessity. Boards have...

The continued evolution of the later life lending market

Later life lending has moved well beyond being an occasional enquiry about equity release or a maturing interest-only case. It is now a consistent and...

What does the year hold for specialist first charge residential mortgages?

A few months into 2026, it is already clear that many borrowers continue to fall outside the criteria set by high street and mainstream...

A turning point for British Islamic home finance

A quick question for brokers: what would you do if 80% of a fast-growing community told you the market was not serving them properly? That...

Mutual sector ambition needs tech-driven scale

The Government’s commitment to doubling the size of the mutual sector has been welcomed across financial services. Building societies continue to play a critical...

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Beverley Building Society launches RIO Lifetime Discount Mortgage

Beverley Building Society has expanded its later life proposition with the launch of a...

Saffron broadens FTB access and adds 5yr fix for lending into retirement

Saffron for Intermediaries has expanded first-time buyer eligibility across its owner occupied range and...

Kensington lowers rates across specialist residential ranges

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its Resi 12 and Resi 6 ranges, lowering...

Landlords alert to renters’ reforms but most unclear on practical impact

Research by Paragon Bank, based on responses from more than 500 landlords, suggests that...