Buy-to-let

NatWest IS to use actual letting agent costs

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is making changes to its buy-to-let calculator by using actual rather...

Landbay products now available to Mortgage Intelligence

Landbay has embarked upon a new partnership with the Next Intelligence mortgage club, Mortgage...

The Leeds up maximum BTL LTV to 80%

The Leeds Building Society is increasing its maximum loan to value (LTV) on buy-to-let...

Fleet Mortgages secures new funding line

Fleet Mortgages has agreed a new funding partnership with asset manager, One William Street...

Keystone products to follow BBR instead of Libor

Keystone Property Finance has launched a new range of buy-to-let products. It has cut reduced...

TMA Club partners with Together

TMA Club has added specialist lender, Together, to its lender panel. TMA members now...

Large majority of landlords remain committed to buy-to-let

The Mortgage Lender has published a report which reveals that 84% of landlords say...

Landbay revamps product offering

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has cut its standard five-year fixed rate, which now starts at...

Sam Barker: Can Boris Johnson save buy-to-let?

Buy-to-let has suffered a series of body blows recently, but is heading for what...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts standard & portfolio landlord BTL mortgages

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced fixed rates across its standard buy-to-let and portfolio landlord...

The Leeds unveils pair of new 10-year mortgages

The Leeds Building Society has inutroduced two new 10-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages. The new...

3mc launches Kensington Mortgages exclusives

3mc has unveiled new packager exclusives with Kensington Mortgages, offering 90% LTV and cashback...

Barclays makes cuts to residential and Reward rates

Barclays has announced a new round of rate reductions across our Residential and Reward...

Rental costs race to new high

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of tenants experiencing rent rises rose to...

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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,...