Buy-to-let

Foundation Home Loans agrees deal with Brilliant Mortgage club

Foundation Home Loans has embarked upon a new relationship with Brilliant Solutions’ mortgage club. Members...

Brokers need to advise HMO clients over options available

It’s now well over a year since the introduction of the new HMO regulations...

Pension withdrawal for buy-to-let could cost thousands

Savers should consult an adviser before raiding their pension to purchase property, Royal London...

Redesigned Fleet Mortgages website offering new features

Fleet Mortgages has launched a new website which includes a range of new features and...

Lendinvest appoints underwriting director and BDM

LendInvest has recruited a new director of mortgage underwriting and expanded its business development manager...

Virgin Money makes buy-to-let stress test changes

Virgin Money has announced changes to stress test rates when assessing affordability for buy-to-let...

Gatehouse Bank widens buy-to-let customer eligibility

Gatehouse Bank is making its range of buy-to-let products available to first-time buyers as...

Skipton International ups potential borrowing levels

Skipton International has made a criteria change which allows overseas resident buy-to-let investors to...

LendInvest joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added LendInvest to its lender panel. Member firms are now able...

Paragon: landlords are feeling bruised

Landlords operating in the East Midlands are the most optimistic about the future prospects...

Newcastle Intermediaries makes buy-to-let rate reductions

Newcastle Intermediaries has cut rates on its buy-to-let range by up to 0.16 percentage...

TSB cuts rates in product transfer range

TSB Bank has made changes to its Product Transfer range. The changes are as follows: ...

The Leeds cuts two year buy-to-let fixes

The Leeds Building Society has lowered rates on selected two-year buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages. The...

Paragon appoints director of mortgage sales

Moray Hulme has been appointed as director of mortgage sales at Paragon. His remit is...

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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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Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

Quantum Mortgages promotes Mihramane and Ajaib

Quantum Mortgages has made two internal promotions across its sales and completions teams as...

Complex incomes hindering aspiring Scottish buyers

More than half of Scottish adults with complex incomes who do not own a...

MAB adds three senior hires across marketing, finance and technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau has strengthened its executive team with three senior appointments spanning marketing,...