Buy-to-let

Monthly dip in gross mortgage lending

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £18.4...

London sees large drop in rental supply

The number of properties managed per ARLA member branch increased marginally in April, with...

Landlords to flock to the North?

80% of brokers think that the North of England will become a landlord hotspot over...

Sharp fall in BTL lending at Paragon

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported that its new buy-to-let lending totalled £556.2 million for...

Limited company BTL grows in popularity

Research from moneyfacts.co.uk shows that the proportion of buy-to-let deals available to limited companies has...

New ICR calculation from Coventry for Intermediaries

Coventry for intermediaries has introduced a tiered ICR proposition for buy-to-let landlords, based on...

Landbay unveils quick quote tool for brokers

Landbay has introduced a quick quote tool for mortgage brokers on its intermediary website. Brokers...

TMA adds Marsden to lender panel

TMA Mortgage Club members now have access to Marsden Building Society’s Lending Solutions which include residential,...

New limited edition five-year deal from Mortgage Trust

Mortgage Trust has launched a new limited edition, five year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage...

New BDM for Castle Trust

Castle Trust Capital has appointed Alan Coleman as telephone business development manager (BDM) for...

Ingard publishes annual conference agenda

The Ingard Annual Conference on Tuesday 27 June will cover issues such as the...

Accord unveils new BTL cashback offer

Accord Buy To Let is giving remortgaging landlords an extra £250 cashback when they...

MBE Bristol Expo open for registration

Free registration for the Bristol Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) on 6 June is now...

Tenants’ confessions ‘show need for landlord cover’

According to research from Lloyds Bank Business Insurance Services, 25% of tenants have damaged...

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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...