Buy-to-let

Buy-to-let mortgage costs start to fall

Mortgage Brain’s latest quarterly product data analysis has revealed that while the buy-to-Let market...

Landlords want fast track tribunal if Section 21 abolished

39% of landlords want the government to introduce a fast track housing tribunal if the...

JLM Mortgage Services unveils specialist mortgage desk for members

JLM Mortgage Services has launched Master Private Finance, a new specialist mortgage desk exclusively...

The Furness joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

The Furness Building Society has become the latest lender to join Legal & General...

Precise Mortgages: increasing need for top slicing

52% of landlords are using letting income to top up their earnings from a...

MCI Club selects Knowledge Bank as criteria search partner

MCI Club has partnered with Knowledge Bank for its exclusive criteria search provision. It means...

Landbay revamps range and cuts rates

Landbay has refreshed its range for professional landlords. It has expanded and improved over 30...

Fleet Mortgages joins PRIMIS panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has announced the addition of Fleet Mortgages to its lending panel. Members...

Glasgow and the Clyde see largest Scottish rental rises

Your Move Scotland has reported that landlords in Scotland’s biggest city saw rents rise...

Rents rose in advance of Tenant Fees Act

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of tenants experiencing rent rises increased to...

New BTL calculator and rate cuts from NatWest

NatWest is introducing rate reductions on selected core and semi-exclusive residential and buy-to-let products...

TML opens up access to low rate, high fee buy-to-let deal

The Mortgage Lender has extended its 2.83% initial rate with 2% completion fee buy-to-let...

Fleet Mortgages cuts rates and simplifies offering

Fleet Mortgages has introduced rate cuts for specific standard, limited company and HMO products. It...

Confidence in the specialist lending market continues to rise

Masthaven Bank's latest Broker Beat report has found that 73% of intermediaries working in...

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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,...