Buy-to-let

Office move for VIBE Finance following new appointments

VIBE Finance has moved to new office premises after taking on two case managers. The...

LendInvest improves five-year buy-to-let offering

LendInvest has increased its maximum loan size to £750,000 on its five year fixed...

TMW cuts two and five-year fixed rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced selected two and five-year buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages by...

33,000 properties “being let illegally” due to EPC failings

A new study has estimated that poor measurement standards currently used by the property...

Average rents up 1.8% year-on-year

Tenant referencing firm HomeLet has reported that demand for rental properties remaining high and that...

First-time landlord criteria searches most popular in June

Knowledge Bank has revealed the top five most searched-for lender criteria by brokers in...

Habito moves into buy-to-let lending

Online mortgage broker Habits has unveiled a range mortgages for individual landlords. The offering includes...

IMLA predicts a shrinking of PRS over next decade

A new report from the Intermediary Lenders Association (IMLA) has revealed how the buy-to-let...

Landbay secures further £1 billion in funding

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has agreed a £1 billion deal with an institutional investor to...

Keystone joins TBMC panel

Keystone Property Finance has joined the lender panel of The Business Mortgage Company (TBMC). The...

Most property investors think government is failing the market

97% of property investors don't believe the government is doing enough to support the...

Vida launches four new deals

Vida Homeloans has announced the launch of four new specialist residential and buy-to-let. The new...

Barclays to cut residential and buy-to-let rates

Barclays is reducing rates on a range of residential and buy-to-let products tomorrow (Thursday...

Buy-to-let mortgage costs start to fall

Mortgage Brain’s latest quarterly product data analysis has revealed that while the buy-to-Let market...

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The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Brilliant racks up a memorable afternoon for charity

Brilliant Solutions was on cue at Rileys as 70 players and several late arrivals...

Rayner rules out rent controls

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has ruled out rent controls in England, providing greater certainty...

Mortgage Brain adds Uinsure home insurance quotes to CRM platform

Mortgage Brain has integrated Uinsure with CRM Brain, allowing brokers to arrange buildings and...

Nationwide and Accord the latest to increase rates

Mortgage borrowers have been urged to review their options after Nationwide and Accord increased...