Buy-to-let

The Mansfield increases BTL loan size and portfolio limits

The Mansfield Building Society has increased its maximum loan size from £300,000 to £500,000 across...

RICS: transactions and buyer enquiries both flat

The February 2017 RICS UK Residential Market Survey shows key activity indicators in the sales...

BTL landlords planning to weather tax change impact

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) says that recent YouGov Reports survey data suggests...

Bullish start to year for Scottish rental market

The Scottish rental market has made a strong start to 2017, with growth across...

Aldermore cuts residential mortgage rates

Aldermore has cut reduced rates on its residential mortgage range by up to 0.5 percentage points,...

BEP Systems powers online Landbay platform

BEP Systems has developed an online application process and underwriting platform for buy-to-let lending specialist...

Cost of renting affecting home ownership chances

Citizens Advice has found that private tenants are struggling to get a foot on...

Brilliant Solutions teams up with Landbay

Brilliant Solutions has partnered with peer-to-peer mortgage lender Landbay, to provide mortgage brokers and...

Q4 2016 surge in remortgaging

Paragon Mortgages has reported a a shift in type of mortgage borrower in 2016, with...

BUDGET PREVIEW: don’t expect stamp duty reform

I’m writing this prior to the weekend before the Budget but, up until this...

FSE Glasgow seminar programme published

Front Events has announced its seminar programme for the Financial Services Expo (FSE) Glasgow, which takes place on...

Record gross mortgage lending for the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has reported that its overall gross residential mortgage lending for 2016 of...

The Leeds offers new BTL remortgage deals

The Leeds Building Society has introduced two new five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages. The deals, which as...

L&G outlines LIVE club event schedule

Legal & General Mortgage Club is to hold its sixth series of Mortgage Club LIVE...

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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...