Buy-to-let

New BDM for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has appointed a new business development manager (BDM) covering the Midlands. Chris Kirby joins the buy-to-let lender with...

Masthaven begins ‘competitive pricing strategy’

Masthaven has cut rates across its range of secured loans, first charge residential and buy-to-let...

CML: mortgage market regaining some equilibrium

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that home-owners borrowed £9.4bn for house purchase,...

Increase in growth of BTL product numbers slows

Buy-to-let product numbers grew more slowly in the second quarter of 2016 compared to...

Mortgage Intelligence added to Fleet’s distributor panel

Fleet Mortgages has added Mortgage Intelligence networks and mortgage club to its distributor panel. All appointed representatives...

FTBs continue to drive property market activity

Connells Survey and Valuation has revealed that the pace of property valuations conducted in...

Fleet’s criteria changes include gifted deposits

Fleet Mortgages has introduced a number of criteria changes. These changes to the lender's...

Together sees record month for buy-to-let

Specialist lender Together has reported that its buy-to-let lending hit a record high in...

CSC Loans completes Together’s largest second charge BTL

Master broker CSC Loans has completed a £1.435 million second charge buy-to-let loan with...

Coventry for Intermediaries tweaks BTL rental calculation

Coventry for Intermediaries is adjusting its buy-to-let lending policy in advance of the changes to...

3% rise in bridging lending

Gross annual bridging lending increased to £3.6bn in February, rising from £3.5bn at the end of...

Metro Bank reduces rates on five-year deals

Metro Bank has cut rates on its five-year fixed rate residential and buy-to-let mortgages.  For residential mortgages under...

Large rise in proportion of limited company BTLs

There was an increase in lending to buy-to-let investors borrowing via limited companies in...

Keystone cuts five-year fixed rates

Keystone Property Finance has cut all five year fixed rates in its Classic Range by...

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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...

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...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

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Hope Capital targets refurb market with high-LTV bridging product

Hope Capital has launched a new bridging loan product offering 75% net initial advance. It...

Savvy summer sellers deliver strongest July sales since 2020

July delivered the highest number of sales agreed for this month since 2020 as...

Newcastle for Intermediaries removes age cap on standard repayment mortgages

Newcastle for Intermediaries has abolished the maximum age limit for the repayment of standard...

Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

The rising cost of living remains the most pressing concern for Britons and could...