Buy-to-let

Confidence in the specialist lending market continues to rise

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

Sharp rise in HMO purchase interest

Paragon has reported that larger scale landlords are continuing to make targeted investments to...

Foundation Home Loans issues ‘portfolio landlord special’

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new portfolio landlord special product, with a minimum...

Newcastle Intermediaries makes buy-to-let move into Scotland

Newcastle Intermediaries is expanding its current buy-to-let range into Scotland. The lender entered the buy-to-let...

Lettings agents should help landlords curb void periods

Letting agents can help landlords to reduce void periods between tenancies with the right...

Gatehouse Bank added to Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced that Gatehouse Bank is the latest bank...

Barclays makes widespread rate cuts

Barclays has reduced rates on a number of products across its residential, buy-to-let and...

Axis Bank UK expands key account team

Axis Bank UK has appointed Dean Linklater as key account manager for the north. The...

April first-time buyer completions up 8% year-on-year

UK Finance has published its Mortgage Trends Update for April 2019. There were 27,370 new...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries joins MCI panel

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has joined the MCI Mortgage Club lender panel. MCI Mortgage Club...

TMW cuts limited company and HMO mortgages

The Mortgage Works has reduced rates on selected products in its limited company mortgage range. Rates...

Pepper Money offers Summer Special promo

Pepper Money has cut most of its residential and buy-to-let rates as it introduces...

21% increase in BTL product availability over past year

The number of buy-to-let products available, currently 2,396 products, is the highest on record...

Spencer Gale joins Axis Bank

Axis Bank UK has announced the appointment of Spencer Gale as key account manager. Gale...

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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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Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost?...

MIMHC makes final call as charity lunch nears capacity

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has made a final call for industry...

Virgin Money to move eligible product transfers to Nationwide from October

Virgin Money is changing its residential product transfer process, with some customers whose deals...

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...