Buy-to-let

10% rise in limited company mortgage completions for purchase

Mortgages for Business' latest Limited Company Buy-to-let Index has reported that during the second...

Private Label brand resurrected by Brightstar Financial

Brightstar Financial is re-launching Private Label as a specialist lending brand. The brand was originally...

Scottish rents fall because of general election

Your Move Scotland has reported that the average rent north of the border dropped...

New expat guide for UK BTL interest relief changes

Skipton International has launched a guide to help expat buy-to-let investors with new changes...

Openwork teams up with LSS portal

Openwork has appointed Landlord Support Services (LSS) to its provider panel. It will be actively...

New expat BTL deals from the Saffron

Saffron For Intermediaries has improved its specialist deals for ex-pat borrowers and 'everyday' buy-to-let...

FSE Wales: portfolio landlord broker proc fees to rise

Financial advisers involved in the buy-to-let sector, especially in writing portfolio landlord mortgage business,...

Only portfolio landlords benefit from limited company structure

Buy-to-let investors could see their income cut by £1,000 each year by purchasing through...

Barclays introduces new mortgages rates

On 27 June Barclays is launching new residential and buy-to-let mortgage products, including exclusive...

Landbay to offer accounting services to landlords

Landbay is to launch an accounting, reporting and tax compliance service to help landlords...

Santander moves to boost buy-to-let market

Santander has made fee reductions on both its 60% loan to value (LTV) and...

Bank of Ireland UK boosts choice with new range

Bank of Ireland UK had broadened choice across all loan to values in its...

13 new deals from Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has launched a new product range covering its three key borrower groups:...

Landlord confidence takes a hit

Kent Reliance has reported that landlords’ confidence has fallen as investors face the prospect...

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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...