Buy-to-let

9.3% rise in number of mortgage products

The number of mortgage products available on the market has increased by 9.3% over...

Foundation Home Loans partners with The Mortgage Trading Company

Foundation Home Loans has joined the lender panel of packager firm, The Mortgage Trading Company. The...

Newcastle Intermediaries added to Mortgage Intelligence’s lender panel

Newcastle Intermediaries has joined Mortgage Intelligence’s lender panel. The appointment gives more than 400 network...

Homeowners can be 18% better off per month than renters

Renters are paying up to 18% more each month than those who own their...

Skipton International improves expat buy-to-let proposition

Skipton International has unveiled a deal which it believes offers the best value for money...

Mortgage market maintained resilience in December

UK Finance has reported that there were 29,490 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Kensington revises residential and BTL offerings

Kensington Mortgages has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let propositions. For Kensington’s residential Help to...

Rise in popularity for two-year buy-to-let fixes

Mortgages for Business has reported that the percentage of landlords opting for two-year fixed...

Tenant demand expected by landlords to grow this year

37% of landlords expect tenant demand to grow during 2020, compared to 7.3% predicting...

Impact Specialist Finance to hold two ‘expos’

Impact Specialist Finance has revealed that it will be hosting two 'Specialist Lending and...

Ian Boden to leave LendInvest for retirement

LendInvest has announced that Ian Boden, the company’s sales director responsible for buy-to-let, will...

Zephyr Homeloans cuts ICRs

Zephyr Homeloans has reduced a range of its interest coverage ratios (ICR). For houses in...

Fleet saw rental growth throughout England & Wales in Q4

Fleet Mortgages has launched the first iteration of its new Quarterly Buy-to-Let Index, which features...

Foundation Home Loans cuts core buy-to-let rates 

Foundation Home Loans has made a series of rate reductions across a number of...

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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...