Buy-to-let

Paragon to pay product switch proc fee

Paragon Mortgages has become the latest lender to introduce procuration fees for brokers. It will pay a...

New buy-to-let rates from Santander

Tomorrow (26 April) Santander is launching a range of new buy-to-let remortgages. The bank will be...

Trio of limited edition deals from Mortgage Trust

Mortgage Trust has unveiled three new limited edition products for buy-to-let property purchases and remortgages. These...

Clever Lending hires new sales manager

Clever Lending has appointed Scott Leach to the position of sales manager. Leach (pictured) has previously...

BTL percentage-based fees more popular than flat fees

Mortgages for Business' latest Buy-to-let Mortgage Costs Index, has stated that percentage based arrangement fees have...

HMO renting could be solution to ‘tenant tax’

79% of tenants could not afford the average rent rise needed for most landlords...

Record month for Complete FS

Complete FS has reported that March was its best month for new business since 2008 with...

New BTL affordability assessment from Santander

From 19 April Santander will assess eligible buy-to-let remortgage applications, where no increase in borrowing...

CML: home buying up slightly

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

Landlords target affordable investments

The first quarter of the year saw landlords opting for smaller mortgages and cheaper properties,...

Accord moves into consumer buy-to-let market

Accord Buy To Let will now accept buy-to-let mortgage applications from borrowers classed as...

New buy-to-let range from the Monmouthshire

The Monmouthshire Building Society has launched a new range of two-year buy-to-let house purchase...

Equity release “to help fill buy-to-let vacuum”

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has warned that, after doubling in volume from £20.1bn...

Improvement in landlord understanding of tax relief changes

Paragon Mortgages has reported an increased understanding of the implications of the government’s changes to...

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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...