Buy-to-let

New BTL fixes from BM Solutions

BM Solutions has introduced two new buy-to-let fixed rate products. Details are as follows: 1.45%...

TMA Club adds lender to panel

TMA Club has added Chorley Building Society to its lender panel. TMA’s members will now...

Foundation Home Loans unveils portfolio BTL cashback product

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new cashback buy-to-let product for portfolio landlords. The deal...

Buy to Let Club expands panel

Buy to Let Club has welcomed new panel members The Family Building Society and...

Accord reduces ICR for remortgaging landlords

Accord Buy To Let has reduced its minimum rental cover requirements for landlords wanting...

Scottish rental market ended 2017 with higher yields than UK

Your Move’s latest Scotland Rental Tracker has found that the Scottish rental market continued to...

LendInvest forms 200-strong buy-to-let broker panel

LendInvest has announced the formation of a national broker panel, comprising more than 200...

Vida moves into second charge market

Vida Homeloans is a piloting a second charge mortgage offering. It has a range of...

The Monmouthshire extends geographical lending area

The Monmouthshire Building Society is expanding its geographical lending area, in which residential mortgage...

Platform cuts fixed rates and changes criteria

Platform cut has rates on selected 90% LTV mortgages across two, three and five-year...

Ex-pat buy-to-let mortgages an opportunity for brokers 

Ex-pat mortgages were back in the news recently when challenger bank, Aldermore, launched a...

The Mansfield unveils Family Buy to Let deal at 100% ICR

The Mansfield Building Society has launched a new Family Buy to Let mortgage that enables...

Tenant demand at lowest level in five years

BM Solutions' latest quarterly index has revealed that landlord confidence ended 2017 low but relatively...

Kensington and New Street Mortgages launch in Scotland

Kensington and New Street Mortgages are launching in Scotland.  Initially this will be a limited...

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Plugging the first-time buyer knowledge gap

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself down at my local, surrounded by family, friends and the usual mix of conversation. Among the...

Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership. The market has seen a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients whose circumstances fall outside traditional lending models. From self-employed professionals...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

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Renters would buy if mortgage payments matched rent, MAB research finds

Nearly half of renters would buy a home immediately if their monthly mortgage payments...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 0.31bps

HSBC UK has reduced rates across parts of its mortgage range, with cuts of...

The Market Harborough cuts holiday let rates and ups max loan size to £3m

Market Harborough Building Society has reduced rates across its holiday let range by up...

The Buckinghamshire launches three-year fixed mortgage range

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new range of three-year fixed mortgage products aimed...