Buy-to-let

CML downgrades buy-to-let forecasts

Gross mortgage lending reached £20.1 billion in May, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has...

Keystone Property Finance unveils case tracking system

Keystone Property Finance has launched MyKeystone, an online case tracking facility for brokers using...

3mc website allows criteria comparison

3mc has improved the functionality of its website, now letting brokers compare and contrast...

London has lowest cost to rent proportion in UK

London is the most expensive region in the country to be a landlord, according...

New resi and BTL deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has unveiled a range of new mortgage products across its residential and...

Fixed rate BTL cuts at Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans has reduced its two, three and five-year fixed rates on its...

Keystone cuts Classic Range rates

Keystone Property Finance has cut all rates in its Classic Range by 10 basis...

Doubling in expat BTL enquiries

Skipton International has reported a large increase in mortgage enquiries from British expats in...

SMP to hold BTL protection webinar

The Society of Mortgage Professionals will continue its 2017 digital programme on Thursday 22...

CML expects BTL to remain subdued during the summer

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that in April, home buyers borrowed...

Metro Bank enters consumer buy-to-let market

Metro Bank is now accepting consumer buy-to-let buy-to-let applications. The lender says its new product...

Vida unveils expat buy-to-let offering

Vida Homeloans is introducing a new 'Vida Expat' buy-to-let mortgage range. The lender says its...

Together to lend up to £2m on buy-to-let

Specialist lender Together has launched a new specialist buy-to-let product range and increased the...

Accord introduces cashback to buy-to-let range

Accord Buy To Let has added cashback to its entire mortgage range. Landlords opting for...

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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...