Buy-to-let

Significant increase in rents during Q2

The Deposit Protection Service's Rent Index said the UK experienced a sharp increase in...

Office move for VIBE Finance following new appointments

VIBE Finance has moved to new office premises after taking on two case managers. The...

LendInvest improves five-year buy-to-let offering

LendInvest has increased its maximum loan size to £750,000 on its five year fixed...

TMW cuts two and five-year fixed rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced selected two and five-year buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages by...

33,000 properties “being let illegally” due to EPC failings

A new study has estimated that poor measurement standards currently used by the property...

Average rents up 1.8% year-on-year

Tenant referencing firm HomeLet has reported that demand for rental properties remaining high and that...

First-time landlord criteria searches most popular in June

Knowledge Bank has revealed the top five most searched-for lender criteria by brokers in...

Habito moves into buy-to-let lending

Online mortgage broker Habits has unveiled a range mortgages for individual landlords. The offering includes...

IMLA predicts a shrinking of PRS over next decade

A new report from the Intermediary Lenders Association (IMLA) has revealed how the buy-to-let...

Landbay secures further £1 billion in funding

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has agreed a £1 billion deal with an institutional investor to...

Keystone joins TBMC panel

Keystone Property Finance has joined the lender panel of The Business Mortgage Company (TBMC). The...

Most property investors think government is failing the market

97% of property investors don't believe the government is doing enough to support the...

Vida launches four new deals

Vida Homeloans has announced the launch of four new specialist residential and buy-to-let. The new...

Barclays to cut residential and buy-to-let rates

Barclays is reducing rates on a range of residential and buy-to-let products tomorrow (Thursday...

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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,...