Buy-to-let

TFC Homeloans expands lender panel

TFC Homeloans has added Kensington to its panel of lenders. Brokers will now be able...

CML estimates 29% month-on-month fall in lending

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £18.5...

Brokers can benefit from BTL changes

Current changes in the buy-let-sector should be advantageous to brokers, according to David Whittaker, managing director...

Don’t sweat the stress tests

David Whittaker, Managing Director of Mortgages for Business, told the audience at the Financial Services...

New lettings and property management app unveiled

Rentr, a lettings management solution for private landlords and tenants, is now available to download...

Expats not put off UK buy-to-let market

A survey by Skipton International has found 85% of British expats would not be put off...

CML publishes BTL-skewed March figures

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that home-owners borrowed £13.8bn for house...

BTL rush stretching first-time buyer affordability

Rightmove has reported a small rise of 0.4% (+£1,118) in price of property coming...

Dutch top EU buy-to-let investment poll

The Netherlands is the best location in the EU for buy-to-let investments as it...

Limited company BTL gaining in popularity

Foundation Home Loans has claimed that landlords are likely to favour limited company buy-to-let in...

Stamp Duty hike behind rise in new rentals

There was an 11.5% increase in new rental properties being listed in April, compared...

Kensington cuts buy-to-let mortgage rates

Kensington Mortgages has reducing the rates on buy-to-let products carrying a percentage fee by 25...

Virgin Money unveils rate cuts

Virgin Money has made a number of rate reductions on selected products.  Key changes to the...

Connect adds Kensington to panel

Connect for Intermediaries has become the latest specialist distributor to partner with Kensington. The specialist...

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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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Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

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

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has announced reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points on selected...

Homeowners stay put as remortgaging nears parity with home purchases

Britain’s homeowners are increasingly choosing to refinance rather than move, with remortgage activity now...

Co-operative Bank in sub-4% mortgage arena following rate cuts 

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates, bringing...