Buy-to-let

Brightstar Financial joins SmartrRefer panel

Brightstar Financial has become the latest distributor to be added to SmartrRefer, the new...

Rental values “regulating themselves against inflation”

The Deposit Protection Service has reported that average UK rents rose between July and...

Zephyr Homeloans joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Zephyr Homeloans has been appointed to the Legal & General Mortgage Club lender panel. The...

Foundation Home Loans partners with Mortgage Intelligence

Foundation Home Loans has announced a new relationship with mortgage network and club, Mortgage...

PMS and Sesame add Axis Bank UK to lender panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have expanded their respective specialist lending panels with...

The Saffron cuts expat buy-to-let rates

The Saffron Building Society has reduced rates and fees and extended terms to its range...

Don’t pull the plug on buy-to-let advice

Given the Rugby World Cup has now kicked off, we’re into early morning breakfast...

Impact Specialist Finance added to SmartrRefer

Impact Specialist Finance has joined SmartrRefer, Legal & General Mortgage Club’s approved specialist distribution panel. Legal...

Bluestone Mortgages partners with PRIMIS Mortgage Network

Bluestone Mortgages has joined PRIMIS Mortgage Network’s lender panel. The partnership will give advisers...

Accord widens buy-to-let age criteria

Accord Mortgages is broadening its age criteria, to support to new landlords and those who want...

New five-year BTL deal from Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new five-year buy-to-let product, aimed at those landlord clients...

The Dudley launches specialist buy-to-let product

The Dudley Building Society (DBS) has launched a buy-to-let product aimed at a particular niche...

Moody’s upgrades three Fleet Mortgages’ origination notes

Fleet Mortgages has revealed that the ratings of three of its loan origination notes...

Tenants ‘can’t change a lightbulb’

A new report has outlined the issues that landlords are typically facing with tenants. The...

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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,...