Buy-to-let

NatWest to make widespread rate reductions

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

Northern properties delivering stronger rental yields

Rents across England and Wales have not moved in the last 12 months, according...

Fleet Mortgages: how we dealt with the downtime

Keeping staff motivated and engaged can be a difficult job at the best of...

Renters hit hardest by rising costs

The ONS household living costs index shows that households that own their own homes...

Barclays adds new deal and cuts BTL rates

Barclays is making a series of changes across its buy-to-let Core and Reward ranges,...

Rental supply up 13% year-on-year

ARLA Propertymark's March Private Rented Sector (PRS) Report has revealed that the supply of...

Landlords squeezed as CGT receipts reach record high

Capital Gains Tax receipts increased by 18% (up £1.4bn) to a record £9.2bn in...

Contrasting fortunes of buy-to-let landlords revealed

Property investment specialist BondMason has created a new index to help Britain’s private landlords and...

The Saffron expands buy-to-let offering

The Saffron Building Society’ has added a Limited Company buy-to-let mortgage to its range. Recent tax...

The Buy to Let Business becomes Dynamo

The Buy to Let Business has rebranded as Dynamo. Ying Tan, founder and chief executive,...

We can’t do it alone

Sorry to say this, but I am not a fan of golf. However, hearing...

The Mortgage Lender adds BTL remortgage product to offering 

The Mortgage Lender has introduced its first buy-to-let remortgage product. It comes with free standard legal...

Landbay ups maximum loan term

Landbay is increasing its maximum loan term from 25 to 30 years. This change is...

First-time buyer growth continues

Latest data from UK Finance shows there were 24,880 new first-time buyer mortgages completed...

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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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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...