Buy-to-let

Call to tackle informal lease extensions

Leasehold Solutions has called on the government to rescue the "forgotten casualties" of the...

TMW cuts two and five year rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has reduced rates on selected two-year tracker products by up...

Remortgage lending gradually decreasing each month

UK Finance has reported that in May, home buyers borrowed £10.8bn, up 10% on...

Landlords focussing on lower value properties

The latest Complex Buy-to-let Index by Mortgages for Business has found that landlords are...

Paragon outlines PRA Phase 2 implementation schedule

Paragon has stated that it will implement the PRA Phase 2 changes, which require...

Hinckley & Rugby applications top £100m in H1

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reported that it received over £100m of...

Keystone to up Classic Range proc fee

Keystone is to increase the Classic Range procuration fee paid to brokers by 10...

‘Rapid increase’ in product availability over past two years

The number of mortgage products available to advisers has increased by 108% over the...

Landbay offers point-of-demand insurance for landlords

Landbay has partnered with Legal & General to launch Landbay Insurance, a point-of-demand insurance service...

Keystone Property Finance joins TMA panel

Keystone Property Finance has joined TMA’s Mortgage Club. Aimed at landlords with typically more complex...

The Skipton makes cuts to buy-to-let range

Skipton Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.28 percentage points across its...

Aldermore provides guide on PRA underwriting changes

Aldermore has launched a high level guide to help brokers and their clients navigate Prudential...

Slowdown in rent rises continues

Landbay's latest Rental Index has found that the average rent of a new letting...

Landlords urge govt u-turn on tax relief changes

Paragon Mortgages’ latest PRS Trends Report for Q2 2017 has found landlords calling on...

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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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Rightmove warns property tax reforms could stall housing market

Rightmove has warned the government that proposed changes to property taxation risk distorting the...

Bradford retains crown as UK’s leading property hotspot

Bradford has once again been named the country’s most in-demand housing market, topping OnTheMarket’s...

Keystone reduces expat buy-to-let rates and adds new product

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its expat buy-to-let range, cutting selected fixed...

Gatehouse cuts buy-to-let rental rates and eases paperwork

Gatehouse Bank has cut rental rates by 0.25% across its buy-to-let purchase plans for...