Buy-to-let

Decline in buy-to-let valuations

April saw a 7% drop in buy-to-let valuations, as the reduction to landlord’s mortgage...

Greater proc fees required for buy-to-let?

David Whittaker of Mortgages for Business expects the amount of gross buy-to-let mortgage lending...

Portfolio BTL market likely to expand

An industry panel at the FSE Manchester event on Wednesday was of the view...

Mortgage volumes down 12% year-on-year

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis,...

Foundation Home Loans unveils professional landlord deal

Foundation Home Loans has launching a new two-year fixed rate mortgage aimed primarily at professional...

New rates from Platform

Platform has cut select residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.10 percentage points. the intermediary-led...

First Complete and Pink offer BTL insurance system

First Complete and Pink have introduced a new buy-to-let insurance system for advisers. It launches with a...

LendInvest joins Home Builders Federation

LendInvest has joined the Home Builders Federation, the representative body of the private sector home building...

Non-executive director leaves OSB

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has announced the resignation of non-executive director Nathan Moss after three...

TMW cuts minimum ICR for lower rate tax payers

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is adjusting its Interest Cover Ratio (ICR) for lower rate...

Landbay offers retention procuration fee

Landbay has announced its introduction of a retention fee. Intermediaries will now receive a...

One-third of landlords to cut annual spending

As their tax burden increases, over a third of landlords are looking to cut...

Keystone unveils new 3.69% three year BTL deal

Keystone Property Finance has launched a new three-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage at 3.69% to...

New Select mortgage range from Kensington

Kensington Mortgages has unveiled a new Select mortgage range, with rates starting from 2.39% for a...

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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...