Buy-to-let

LendInvest removes debenture and cuts ICR assessment rates for BTL

LendInvest has dropped its debenture and floating charge amongst a series of changes to...

UK sees slowdown in rental growth

Rents in the UK, excluding London, rose by 1.18% in the 12 months to...

Buy to Let Club offering Precise exclusives

Precise Mortgages has launched two new buy-to-let fixed rate products exclusively through Buy to...

Foundation Home Loans unveils its lowest ever fixed rates

Foundation Home Loans has introduced its lowest ever fixed rates with its new ‘Summer...

Marsden BS adds new expat, older borrower and residential deals

The Marsden Building Society has added new products across its expat, older borrower and...

The Swansea BS partners with TBMC

The Swansea Building Society has team up with TBMC to offer its buy-to-let and...

Transaction falls don’t tell the whole story

When we put together the LendInvest Buy to Let Index every quarter, we bring...

London buy-to-let market attracts investment in Q2

Commercial Trust has reported that during the second quarter of the year, London recorded the...

The Coventry publishes half-year results

The Coventry Building Society has reported net lending of £1.5 billion for the first...

Sutherland Mortgage Services moves into UK market

Sutherland Mortgage Services has announced Gatehouse Bank as its first UK client. The Sharia-compliant bank...

Accord cuts buy-to-let rates

Accord Buy To Let has reduced rates across its mortgage range by up to...

Castle Trust appoints new telephone BDM

Castle Trust has appointed Steve Gregory as its new telephone business development manager (BDM)for...

69% of BTL landlords choose to fix for five years

The second quarter of the year saw 93% of landlords financing buy-to-let property choose...

Rental yields at three-year high

Confidence in landlords' own lettings at its highest level for 18 months and 8%...

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The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

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Santander lowers higher LTV rates for FTBs with 95% 5-year fix at 4.72%

Santander will cut rates by up to 0.32% across its 85%-95% LTV first-time buyer...

First-time buyer solo females outpace couples

More women are planning to step onto the property ladder alone rather than with...

Melton targets foreign national borrowers with new five-year fixes

Melton Building Society is launching a dedicated foreign nationals mortgage range, aimed at borrowers...

North West leads HMO market share as yields edge below 10%

The North West has the highest proportion of HMOs in the UK at 17.9%,...