Buy-to-let

Aldermore publishes standardised BTL templates

Aldermore has made new documents available to brokers and landlords in advance of the...

Outer boroughs offer most affordable London rents

Landbay has found that graduates renting in London are spending over 45% of their...

The Bucks BS launches limited company buy-to-let

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has unveiled a range of new buy to let products, including...

Skipton International reaches 1,000 expat mortgages

Skipton International has reached 1000 mortgages on UK buy-to-let properties for British expats, with...

L&G Mortgage Club events to include Lingfield

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the addition of Lingfield to its Autumn...

“UK’s first criteria search system” launches

Knowledge Bank, which claims to be the UK’s first criteria search system, has...

Mortgages for Business hires finance director

Mortgages for Business has recruited William Grove as its new finance director. Grove joins from...

TDS partners with deposit replacement insurance provider

Tenancy deposit protection and dispute resolution company The Dispute Service (TDS) has announced a...

Foundation Home Loans improves limited company proposition

Foundation Home Loans has removed the £500 processing and administration fee for buy-to-let applications...

Keystone brings forward proc fee rise

Keystone Property Finance has expedited its planned procuration fee rise by one month.  Brokers...

Shrinking supply pushes up rents

Your Move has reported that average rents increased in most areas of England and...

Precise outlines portfolio landlord strategy

Precise Mortgages has announced its approach to portfolio landlords ahead of the implementation of...

Landlords identify next London hotspots

Landlords believe the next London property hotspots will include the likes of Woodford, Leytonstone...

IMLA sees improving picture for first-time buyers

88% of mortgage applications made via intermediaries resulted in offers during the second quarter...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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London’s luxury lettings market surges 154% as wealthy tenants opt to rent

London’s prime lettings market has more than doubled in size during the first half...

3.3 million households locked out of home ownership

More than three million households have been priced out of home ownership since the...

Carlyle to acquire intelliflo from Invesco in $200m deal

Global investment group Carlyle has agreed to acquire intelliflo, the London-based provider of cloud-based...

LMS becomes affiliate member of the Conveyancing Association

The Conveyancing Association has welcomed LMS as its newest affiliate member, marking a formal...