Buy-to-let

Stabilisation ahead for buy-to-let market?

Mortgage Brain has reported that while the cost of buy-to-let mortgages remain at record...

TMW cuts five-year rates

The Mortgage Works has cut its five-year fixed rate mortgage products by up to 0.50...

Landlords cautioned over limited company incorporation

Specialist buy-to-let broker Commercial Trust Limited is urging buy-to-let landlords to tread with caution...

Accord offers let to buy market for first time landlords

Accord Buy To Let has expanded its offering for first time landlords after seeing...

Kent Reliance extends day one remortgage option

Kent Reliance has announced that the option to remortgage a property from Day One will...

Majority of landlords aware of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards

Landlords are most likely to have invested in a boiler upgrade in the last...

Virgin Money improves buy-to-let proposition

Virgin Money is now accepting buy-to-let applications from portfolio landlords. Applications from portfolio landlords with...

SimplyBiz Mortgages expect more limited company BTL growth

SimplyBiz Mortgages says its research shows that 68% of brokers think they will write...

LendInvest maintains top rating from ARC Ratings

LendInvest has received the highest possible rating for the quality of its loan servicing from...

Picking the perfect policy

There are currently more than 1.8 million private landlords operating in the UK. Being...

Roma Finance sounds death knell for small landlord

The private rental sector of the future will be dominated by larger institutional landlords...

Lenders and brokers accused of being ‘too quiet’ over buy-to-let changes

Mortgage lenders and brokers have been too quiet over the Prudential Regulatory Authority’s (PRA)...

The Leeds Building Society reduces BTL fixed rates

The Leeds Building Society has cut rates on its no fee buy-to-let mortgages range by...

Octopus Property appoints head of structuring

Octopus Property, part of the Octopus Group, has announced the appointment of Matthew Pritchard...

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The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Brilliant racks up a memorable afternoon for charity

Brilliant Solutions was on cue at Rileys as 70 players and several late arrivals...

Rayner rules out rent controls

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has ruled out rent controls in England, providing greater certainty...

Mortgage Brain adds Uinsure home insurance quotes to CRM platform

Mortgage Brain has integrated Uinsure with CRM Brain, allowing brokers to arrange buildings and...

Nationwide and Accord the latest to increase rates

Mortgage borrowers have been urged to review their options after Nationwide and Accord increased...