Buy-to-let

‘Best ever’ BTL deals from Barclays

Barclays has launching what it claims to be its best ever range of fixed rates...

Accord adds new 65% LTV buy-to-let options

Accord Buy To Let has reduced rates on selected lower loan-to-value (LTVs) mortgages and...

New Street cuts buy-to-let rates

New Street Mortgages has reduced rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range. It includes 1.59% at 65% LTV...

Commercial Trust partners with Vida Homeloans

Buy-to-let and commercial finance broker Commercial Trust now has access to Vida Homeloans' products. The lender's range...

L&G updates mortgage club BTL matrix

Legal & General Mortgage Club has updated its Buy to Let Matrix to include...

Two-fifths of tenants not looking to buy

In a survey of 1,000 tenants whose deposits are registered with the Deposit Protection Service...

Paradigm awards lenders and providers

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed the third-yearly winners and runners-up from its Lender and Provider...

Scottish property market continues to thrive

Across Scotland rents increased or remained stable in every single region between October and...

Southern Rail disruption hitting rental market

Disruption caused by the Southern Rail strikes could be damaging the desirability of areas...

Coventry for Intermediaries offers new offset deals

Coventry for Intermediaries has unveiled new offset mortgages and reduced rates on selected buy-to-let products. Deals...

Dealing with uncertainty

I’m writing this on the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the next President...

Castle Trust relaunches mortgage offering

Castle Trust has relaunched its mortgage proposition, complete with a new website and telephone...

New BTL and HTB deals from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has cut rates on selected buy-to-let and Help to Buy products. The...

New specialist distributor panel for SimplyBiz Mortgages

After a tender process, SimplyBiz Mortgages (SBM) has unveiled its new specialist and complex lending...

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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...

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...

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...