Buy-to-let

Buy-to-let purchases up 5.5% year-on-year

UK Finance has revealed that there were 32,640 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Buy-to-let mortgage costs continue to fall

Latest figures from Mortgage Brain’s quarterly product data analysis reveal that mortgage costs in...

Brokers “missing out on six out of 10” buy-to-let transactions

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage brokers are missing out on £21bn of purchase and remortgage loans for...

Vida unveils specialist education campaign

Vida Homeloans has introduced an education campaign aimed at showcasing typical specialist customers, ranging...

Foundation Home Loans unveils new five-year BTL fixes

Foundation Home Loans has launched two new five-year buy-to-let fixed-rate products and made a...

LendInvest joins MCI Mortgage Club lender panel

LendInvest has become the latest provider to join MCI Mortgage Club’s lender panel. MCI Mortgage...

Zephyr Homeloans bins upfront application fee

Buy-to-let lender Zephyr Homeloans is to no longer charge an upfront application fee. The lender,...

Paragon reveals John Heron’s successor

Paragon Banking Group will be appointing Richard Rowntree as its new managing director of...

Andrew Ferguson to head up BTL for West One Loans

Andrew Ferguson has been appointed as managing director of West One Loans' buy-to-let.  Ferguson joined...

Fleet underwriter joins Complete FS office

Complete FS has announced its latest onsite underwriter addition with the appointment of Wayne...

HMO sector set for further expansion

21% of landlords who are planning to buy over the next year are looking...

Accord cuts five-year buy-to-let fixed rates

Accord Buy To Let has reduced the rates of five-year fixed term products. Among...

Bluestone Mortgages joins Dynamo lender panel

Bluestone Mortgages has partnered with Dynamo for Intermediaries. so its full residential and buy-to-let...

Brexit uncertainty not denting overseas interest in UK BTL

Skipton International has reported "strong" customer interest despite ongoing uncertainty from Brexit. To the end...

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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,...