Buy-to-let

Rely completes £2.1m buy-to-let refinance ahead of development loan deadline

Rely has completed a £2.1m buy-to-let refinance on a newly built four-home portfolio, securing...

Family boosts buy-to-let borrowing by up to 35%

Family Building Society has enhanced its buy-to-let affordability assessment, increasing potential borrowing by up...

Wealthy investors increase exposure to buy-to-let as tax allowances are exhausted

Affluent UK investors are allocating more capital to buy-to-let property once ISA and pension...

Landlords spending up to 10 working days a month managing portfolios

Landlords are committing the equivalent of almost four working days a month to managing...

Pepper Money trims buy-to-let rates by 0.50%

Pepper Money has reduced buy-to-let rates by 0.50% across its 70%, 75% and 80%...

The Marsden eases expat mortgage criteria with higher LTVs for flats

Marsden Building Society has widened its expat mortgage criteria, increasing maximum loan-to-value ratios on...

Chetwood Bank hires Simon Parish as south east business development manager

Chetwood Bank has appointed Simon Parish as business development manager for the South East,...

Landbay adds five-year fixed cashback deals to Premier remortgage line-up

Landbay has introduced five five-year fixed-rate remortgage products within its Premier buy-to-let range, each...

Keystone’s latest rate reductions extend across new and existing business

Keystone Property Finance has introduced a further round of rate cuts across its new...

OSB Group appoints BDM for the South West and South Wales

OSB Group has appointed John Hoole as business development manager to support brokers across...

Virgin Money’s residential and buy-to-let ranges see rate cuts and rises

Virgin Money is implementing a series of rate reductions and increases across residential and...

Buy-to-let growth matches first-time buyers as demand holds

Buy-to-let lending is expanding at the same pace as first-time buyers and home movers,...

Professional landlords step up borrowing despite Renters’ Rights concerns

Professional landlords remain the principal source of buy-to-let borrowing and advice demand, even as...

Record surge in buy-to-let companies as landlords pivot

A record 66,587 buy-to-let limited companies were incorporated in 2025 due to more landlords...

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How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

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Bank of Ireland expands JBSP mortgage criteria

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has widened its Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) mortgage...

Try Financial links with The Insurance Surgery to support complex protection cases

Try Financial has formed a partnership with specialist protection adviser The Insurance Surgery to...

VouchedFor unveils enhanced membership as advisers adapt to AI-led search

VouchedFor has launched Verified+, a new membership tier aimed at helping financial advisers improve...

TMG boss promises Bank Holiday Monday if England reach World Cup final

TMG mortgage network founder and CEO Scott Thorpe has pledged to give every member...