Buy-to-let

Nationwide reports 26% rise in gross mortgage lending

The Nationwide Building Society has posted its results for the quarter from 5 April...

Accord unveils ERC-free buy-to-let trackers

Accord Buy To Let has launched a range of new tracker mortgages with no...

The Leeds changes tenancy criteria

The Leeds Building Society will now accept tenancy agreements for a period to suit...

New 3.29% five-year BTL from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has unveiled a five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage at 3.29%.  It...

Property market contracting pre-Brexit

In July, house prices rose by £700, or 0.2%, to an average £293,318, according...

FTBs continuing to drive house purchase lending

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that in June, home-owners borrowed £12.3bn...

Good July for first-time buyers

Housing market activity has moved in favour of first-time buyers and remortgagors, in the...

Accord reduces buy-to-let fixed rates

Accord has cut rates across its two, three and five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages...

Precise cuts HMO and Ltd Co BTL rates

Precise Mortgages has made changes to its buy-to-let product range. HMO rates are being...

Sales promotion at Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Ian Hawes as a new internal sales team leader. Hawes (pictured) has been...

Complete FS responds to distribution appointment

A director at Complete FS, the South Coast based specialist lending packager, has expressed...

Stonebridge Group unveils packager panel

Stonebridge Group has introduced a new mortgage packager panel for its appointed representative (AR)...

HMRC reveals post-surcharge Stamp Duty figures

HMRC quarterly stamp duty statistics to June 2016, has revealed that the provisional non-seasonally...

Top districts for rental yield voted for Brexit

Only two of the top 20 local authority districts for rental yield voted to...

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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...

Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Right of Light risks: a looming shadow over construction projects

Gone are the days when a Right of Light infringement could be swiftly dealt with by simply taking out an indemnity insurance policy. Specialists used...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

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Lloyds ad banned over misleading £19.5bn housing claim

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that a Lloyds Banking Group advertisement overstated...

Reeves mulls Capital Gains Tax on high-value homes as Treasury seeks £40bn

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering ending the capital gains tax (CGT) exemption on high-value...

Landbay unveils new free valuation options and cuts rates on two-year fixes

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has expanded its Summer Special range with the launch of four...

Commuter hotspots offer affordability lifeline as office returns pick up

With more employees heading back into the office commuting is once again shaping homebuying...